In 2022/23, we embarked on an ambitious project to speak to the Black diasporic experience of conversations around environmental justice and climate change. This was a research project encompassing workshops, nature walks, artist commissions and green care packages for the local communities in Watford and the South East, Bristol, and Bath. The project examined mental health impacts for Black British, African heritage, and Global Majority communities, and how creative resistance can support responses. It began with a Town Hall meeting, facilitated by Samia Dumbaya and Selina Nwulu with live illustration by Jasmine Thompson. Discussions shaped workshops led by Zakiya McKenzie and Kaysha Provost in Bristol, focusing on: • What climate justice means to us • Guilt and mental health • Creative resistance These insights informed the Green Care Packages, created with Community Apothecary and Afrofuturists Apothecary, also available in PDF. We hope this resource helps communities and arts organisations create space and joy for Global Majority people in climate justice conversations.

For our 25th birthday, we supported six artists from different disciplines to collaborate on new work: Raphael Dada (multidisciplinary) and Karis Beaumont (photography) created Black British Yearbook, an intergenerational exploration of the immigrant experience through portraiture, music, and food. Alexander Williams (singer/writer/actor) and Lexie Dufficy (singer-songwriter) produced original music exploring race, identity, and the Black/mixed-race experience in Britain. Stephanie Stevens (actor/writer/singer) and Jasmine Kahlia (multidisciplinary) created FINESSE, a two-hander musical using live looping to explore loneliness, scams, insecurity, and belonging.

Museum Lates was our series of 5 readings and conversations held at Watford Museum exploring the Black British Canon from 1970 - 2010. In each, a cast of emerging actors performed a play from a different decade by a Black writer who has made a notable contribution to Black Stories. These plays were: Rum and Coca Cola by Mustapha Matura (1970s), Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock (1980s), Boy with Beer by Paul Boakye (1990s), Random by debbie tucker green (2000s), Chewing Gum Dreams by Michaela Coel (2010s). The series helped to introduce the local community and beyond to an important element of Black British theatre.