Coming Together – our community magazine
Developed alongside our lived experience editorial team and reporters, Coming Together is a place for honest stories, conversations about issues we're passionate about, and never-ending creativity. Have a story to tell, an idea to share or just want to know more about the magazine? You're in the right place.
What is Coming Together?
Coming Together is our community magazine where we share stories from the inspirational people involved in our local services, explore issues we’re passionate about, highlight projects making a difference in our communities, and share the creativity bursting out of Waythrough in the form of art, photography, poetry and much more.
It’s all about connection, advocacy, reducing stigma, and giving a voice to anyone involved with our work. And we want you to help us create it.
If you want a quick chat with our team before continuing, you can email us on coming.together@waythrough.org.uk.
Who can contribute?
We welcome contributions from:
- People who use or have used our services
- Family members, carers, and supporters
- Volunteers and staff
- Partner organisations and subject matter experts
- Anyone with relevant lived or learned experience
You don’t need to be a perfect writer – just have something you want to share.
If you’re currently accessing one of Waythrough’s services, we’ll work with you and your keyworker to develop your submission
What can you submit?
We’re open to a wide range of content, including:
- Personal stories
- Opinion pieces or reflections
- Poetry or creative writing
- Artwork or photography
- Interviews or conversations
- Activities for other people – recipes, crafting ideas, even quizzes or crosswords!
If you’re not quite sure right now, just send us your idea. We’ll help you to shape it.
How it works
- Submit your idea using the form below
- Our editorial team will review it
- We’ll support you to develop your piece, if you need it
- Your story is published in a future issue of Coming Together
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
No. You can publish anonymously or use a pseudonym (a fake name). We will always be led by your preference.
We will contact you about your idea once you have submitted it, and this discussion can include the level of support you’ll need through the publication process. You may also work with the Waythrough Communications team and our team of lived experience editors and reporters.
Yes, we may make edits for clarity, length, or safeguarding.
We want honest stories – people’s experiences vary and it’s important to us that Coming Together reflects the reality of lived experience. We may work with you to make sure your content is safe and appropriate for readers, and doesn’t put you or anyone else at risk.
Yes, as long as you (and therefore we) have the right permissions to share it in Coming Together.
Submissions to Coming Together are made on a voluntary basis. If you’re interested in a career at Waythrough, our People team will want to hear from you.
Coming Together is mainly published through a mailout to our email subscribers, on our website and social media. It may also be published in print.
Yes – just talk to us and we can support you to withdraw your submission. It is important to understand that once we publish your piece, we lose full control of where it is shared. We will cover this in our media consent form. You can complete this now or at any time before we publish your submission.