John S
John co-founded the musical collective, The Mad Jammers, who have hosted open mic nights across Scotland.
Name: John Sawkins
Years: 2000s – Present
John co-founded the musical collective, The Mad Jammers, who have hosted open mic nights across Scotland.
Being involved with SMHAF, John shares the successes and challenges of organising events and promoting music as a way to wellness.
Excerpts:
“We debated whether that would stigmatise us or not, and we decided that we would own that. Other people said oh, they’re just mad jam people, so we’ll own that, we’ll call ourselves that.”
“If you’re isolated, you’re not going to get well, you’re going to get much sicker … bringing people in to form their own community seemed to be the best way, because you can’t change the world, but you can change things locally.”
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