Adwoa Aboah launches #CopingTogether scheme to encourage creativity during lockdown

‘I’m inviting you all to join me in submitting art, videos, photos, poetry, essays, journal entries, humour – anything that helps you process your emotions,’ writes model

Model and activist​ Adwoa Aboah has launched an initiative to encourage creativity during the lockdown.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Boris Johnson has told the public they should now only leave the house for several key reasons.

These include travelling to work as a key worker, shopping for food or medicine and taking one form of exercise per day. Meanwhile, those with underlying health conditions should be self-isolating at home for a period of 12 weeks.

In a bid to inspire millions of house-bound Britons, Aboah has created #CopingTogether.

For the initiative, the 27-year-old is inviting her 862,000 followers to submit creative work, which can be anything from art, videos, photographs, essays or journal entries.

Then, Aboah will share the submissions on Instagram via her Gurls Talk account, which is an online platform she launched to inspire young women to speak openly about mental health, body image and other issues in a safe environment.

Aboah announced the initiative on her own Instagram page via a video, in which she explained that she hopes creativity will help curb people’s anxieties during the lockdown.

“These are uncertain times and I know that like me, a lot of you out there are feeling anxious and looking for ways to cope,” she said.

Aboah explained that she hopes #CopingTogether will help people to “stay connected” during the lockdown.

“I can’t wait to see all your work!” she added. “Mad love and stay safe!”

Those wishing to submit their work to Coping Together should send it via email to info@gurlstalk.com.