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In October 2026, Blue Cabin turns 10. As people are the heart of Blue Cabin, we asked our team members past and present to share some memories of their time with Blue Cabin. Thank you to everyone who took part!

October marks 10 years since a belief about the difference creativity can make to care experienced children and young people, led to the formation of Blue Cabin. Blue Cabin director, Jenny Young, has written about what this anniversary means to her and to the Blue Cabin team.

As part of Blue Cabin’s commitment to investing in its people, the charity offers its core team a £250 annual learning and wellbeing budget to spend as they wish.

Blue Cabin’s early music-making project has been shortlisted in the Youth Music Awards 2026.

A Local Authority Social Worker, a Principle Business Analyst with the NHS, and a Strategy Consultant will be bringing their skills to Blue Cabin’s Board of Trustees.

Takeaways from a knowledge exchange event bringing together cultural organisations, sector stakeholders, practitioners, and researchers to address the wellbeing of musicians working in challenging and complex contexts.

Three of Blue Cabin’s associate artists are developing playful, trauma informed, creative evaluation tools which participants can use at the end of projects. Artist Michelle Wood explains more.

Artist Alison McGowan shares her process of developing a creative, accessible way of capturing feedback, opinions and reflections from children and young people.

Blue Cabin associate artist, Nic Golightly, gives a behind-the-scenes look at how she developed a creative tool which captures feedback from participants about Blue Cabin’s projects.

Since 2021, the way Blue Cabin measures its impact has changed. Find out how, with Blue Cabin director Jenny Young, and tialt co-founder and co-director, Dougie Lonie.

Through a new project called Between Chapters, Blue Cabin is exploring the provision of life story work for care leavers aged 16 to 25.

From creating an ‘uber tracker’ spreadsheet to Waste Captain duties, being part of Blue Cabin’s Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a varied role!