Contacting Age uk in regards to potentially putting my work to use for an elderly campaign.

Firstname: Rebecca

Lastname: Williamson

Enquiry type: Miscellaneous enquiry

Message: Hello   I am studying Illustration at Leeds Collage of Art and complete my course in June.  The work you are doing to combat loneliness amongst the elderly generation is something close to my heart, and is what i am focusing my Final Major project on.  I am creating a number of portrait illustrations inspired by the elderly people I have met and talked to during this project, aiming to personalise and give each illustration an authentic, individualised tone of voice, representative of the person. I hope this will reinforce the interesting and diverse lives these people have had, and eliminate the common perception that all elderly people are the same.  Is their anything you are working on at the moment or in the future that my illustrative, documentary approach could be applied to?     i would love to show you some of ideas and illustrations.   here is my Website in the meantime.     www.rebeccawilliamsonillustration.com  Thanks for your time;   Rebecca

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Dear Miss Williamson,

Thank you very much for your email on the 19th April and please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to you. We are a small team and due to an increase in correspondence we have not been able to get back to you as quickly as we would have liked to.

Thank you very much for contacting us about your final project at Leeds College of Art looking at loneliness among those in later life. I’ve had a look at your work on your website and your illustrations are fantastic! It’s great to hear that you wish to incorporate your own work someone into Age UK. At the moment we don’t have anything that we could incorporate your illustrations into. We do have our ‘no one should have no one’ campaign but that focuses around Christmas time (you might have seen our advert with John Lewis). You can find out more info about it via this link: http://www.ageuk.org.uk/no-one/

You may also wish to have a read around our ‘Love Later Life’ work which highlights the diversity of the older community and celebrates all of their passions/love for later life. You can find some of their stories here:  http://www.ageuk.org.uk/love-later-life/fauja-singh/

I do think it would be best for you to contact your local Age UK to find out whether they could find a way to incorporate your work into their charity. I believe your local Age UK is Leeds, and I’ve included their details below:

Age UK Leeds

Bradbury Building/Mark Lane,

Leeds

LS2 8JA

Email: frontofhouse@ageukleeds.org.uk

Telephone: 0113 389 3000

I do apologise that we aren’t able to use your illustrations within our work, but I hope the information I’ve provided is of use to you. If you require any further assistance please contact us again using the address below, or at contact@ageuk.org.uk or on Freephone 0800 169 87 87. Lines are openMonday to Friday from 8.30am until 5.30pm.

I wish you the best of luck with your final project!