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Storytelling as a
tool for change

Alongside his academic and creative work, Bradford leads community initiatives that bring the craft of digital narrative to people who rarely get to tell their own stories. These projects have reached young offenders, children in care, BIPoC writers, people with dementia, and at-risk teens — work that runs from 2017 to the present.

Rising Voices BIPoC Writing Showcase at Bournemouth University

Rising Voices BIPoC Writing Showcase, Bournemouth University

2024

Allies in Action

A practice-led research project supporting diverse student teams in creating short multi-media narratives that explore intersectionality and empathy. Developed in collaboration with Samantha Iwowo (Media Production) and Hyun-Joo Lim (Sociology) at Bournemouth University.

Intersectional Media · BU Collaboration
2023

Rising Voices

A series of writing workshops and public showcases for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour writers, culminating in live performances including a showcase at Wilkswood Reggae Festival. The project creates space for underrepresented voices in literary culture.

BIPoC Writers · Workshops & Showcases
2023

Memory Markers

A digital storytelling project working with people living with dementia, using narrative and memory as tools for connection and identity. Participants create their own digital stories, preserving personal histories in their own voices.

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2023

comMENt

A writing workshop series exploring masculinity, identity and emotional expression through narrative. Men are invited to write and share their own stories in a supported creative environment, challenging the cultural silences around male vulnerability.

Masculinity · Identity · Writing
Rising Voices at Wilkswood Reggae Festival

Rising Voices at Wilkswood Reggae Festival

Bradford with Rising Voices writers

With Rising Voices participants

DISC: Digital Interactive Storytelling in the Community

A long-running series of projects using interactive digital narrative as a tool for engagement with marginalised communities. Participants — including young offenders, children in care, and at-risk teens — become the authors of their own stories, developing voice, agency and digital skills in the process.

2023Young Offenders
2022Young Offenders
2018–19Bishop of Winchester Schools
2017AIM At-Risk Teens
Bradford with Bournemouth University students

With students at Bournemouth University

The Bournemouth Journal

Bradford serves as Editor in Chief of three publications through the Bournemouth Journal, amplifying community and student voices through literary anthologies and competitions.

Editor in Chief — The Bournemouth Journal Visit →
Editor in Chief — Community Outreach Anthologies Visit →
Editor in Chief — Writing Prize Anthologies Visit →