Meridian Raw CIO is a registered charity that helps to bring about social change and advocacy through creative participatory photography programmes, inspiring photo-walks and community photography projects.

We use photography as an empowerment tool for marginalised communities, socially excluded individuals and for the wider community.

​VISION & MISSION

Our vision is of a world where everyone is empowered to live fuller lives. Our mission is to bring communities together to drive positive change through photography.

 ​PARTICIPATORY PHOTOGRAPHY

Through our guided photography workshops, participants will be encouraged to use digital cameras to take pictures that highlight personal issues in their life, provide an insight into their community, highlight issues around a given topic and communicate expressions of feelings through imagery.

Meridian Raw CIO is motivated and driven by the impact of our work. It's the positive change that we see in people and communities that is the most valuable and valued part of what we do. To ensure we consistently deliver positive social change, we have identified three key desired outcomes which help articulate the impact that we aim to achieve:

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Improved health and wellbeing

Stronger and more resilient communities

Reduced social isolation

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers -Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.