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Christina O'Neill

Call for Scotland's workers to share stories capturing day-to-day life during the pandemic

A project documenting the experiences of Scotland's workers is calling for story submissions capturing life in lockdown.

The Workers Stories Project is building an online archive will help illustrate the day-to-day lives of ordinary people as the country battles coronavirus.

Whether you're on the frontline, volunteering, on furlough or working from home, the group wants to share experiences from people across all industries in the challenging covid-19 crisis.

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You can submit in various forms including writing, art, music or photography – and it will be preserved in an online archive at the National Library of Scotland for generations to come.

A statement reads: "The important thing is to document this new reality as it develops, from the viewpoint of workers themselves, and to create a historical record of these experiences for future generations. 

"The ‘everyday’ experience of adapting to an unprecedented set of changes to our economy and society. Our project is based on an ethos of co-production.

"Your experiences, no matter how mundane they may seem, are important to us. As the political narrative of covid-19 is continually rewritten and it passes into history, workers’ experiences must be included.

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"If we don’t record workers’ experiences, then unique perspectives on this hugely important episode will be lost to history and future generations."

Need a bit of support? The Workers Stories Project is offering creative writing workshops online in partnership with the Workers Educational Association. You can enrol for free HERE.

You can read submissions on the webpage. Follow Workers Stories Project on Facebook and Twitter.

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