Oh, oh, oh, oh, Hello and

today we're speaking with Sarah Corbett,

the founder of the Craftivist collective. Welcome, Sarah.

Thanks for having me.

How would you describe yourself to the audience? I'm a craftivist. So I found the

craftivist collective which is activism, using needlework, and I guess it's all about slow activism and I'm from

West Everton in inner city Liverpool and how did you move from your upbringing in Liverpool to the craftivist that you are now?

What were some of the key events or the key things that kind of inspired you to do the work that you do now.

I guess my journey into running the Craftivist Collective,

which is now a global social enterprise,

and I work with everyone from galleries to universities to charity still and sell kits and tools for

craftivists around the world to do on their own or in groups which is a very odd thing to do. I sort of grew up in West Everton, which is a very low-income area in Liverpool, with my dad as a local vicar.

And my mom, I'm one of three, she had three kids under the age of five at

one point I don't know how she survived and was a nurse and then full-time mom and

now she's a local politician. So I always grew up around the

kitchen table talking about religion and politics which you don't really

expect and I always say that I've been an activist from the age of three or even from in the womb because my mom and dad were always at community meetings,

whether it was about getting better health centers or whether it was about social housing that was moldy

that was causing lots of health issues or education. We had lots and lots of issues

in the 80s that my mom and dad were with the community trying

to look at how they could improve them and then they squatted in local housing.

So age three there's a picture of me on the front of the local

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