ABOUT

‘We all need support sometimes. Yet too often those who have been helped by benefits get ignored, misrepresented or at worst blamed for their situation. But if the millions of us who have needed benefits share our stories - and those who haven’t express their support – then together we can change the debate.’

This public conversation project looks at society’s social stereotypes, focusing on the theme ‘Government hand outs.’ It’s aim is to voice the unheard and create a conversation between the ‘takers’ and the ‘givers’. The posters were pasted up in public spaces to kick start conversations with members of the public about the topic. The content sourced from these conversations were typographically designed and printed onto folding posters which were handed out again to the public. The purpose of this project was to break down the common language used to describe the people who receive government hand outs.