The Make Space EP
The project is a collaboration between David Green (Musician, Producer and start-up Principal of a school in DRC) and Stephen (Spoken word artist/poet and Nurse in Bristol).
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The project started out as a lockdown-driven adventure into new musical territories for David who was quarantining a camper van studio after being whooshed out of Africa on the last plane. A few months later he was in DRC and thinking about his friends back home and wondering what to do to help the frontline staff dealing with the crisis in the wards and beyond. David reached out to Stephen and he brought some lyrics to the project.
Make Space is an artistic reflection of, and a response to, Covid-19. It is given freely on the following platforms in return for contributions to the RCN Foundation's Covid-19 Support Fund for Nurses.
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“Right now, thousands of nurses, midwives and healthcare support workers across the UK continue to be at the forefront of battling COVID-19. This is why we want to support the RCN Foundation and are asking you to donate to enable them to continue to help nurses, midwives and health care support workers who are been adversely affected by the pandemic.
We want to help people like Assy, a paediatric agency nurse for 13 years, who had to self-isolate for two weeks due to a member of her household showing COVID-19 like symptoms. During this time, she wasn’t paid any sick leave – and later lost her job. As a single mother of 2 young children, she felt desperate and worried that due to the loss of income she wouldn’t be able to pay her rent or bills. On receiving the grant, Assy said “I am so grateful to the RCN Foundation – I am not sure what I would have done without this grant, the money provided me with much needed relief at one of the most difficult times in my life. Thank you so much.”
To raise further awareness of this cause, we will be (insert paragraphs about the song and how people can donate)
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