This is an anonymous story collected from the public as part of THE WOKINGHAM ARC PROJECT.
I am a gecko lover, happy person and always caring.
I love the smell of cultural food and just food in general.
To me “home” means a safe, fun place to feel how you want.
For the future I hope to have my own reptile shop when I’m older. I have a crested gecko and two cats
This is an anonymous story collected from the public as part of THE WOKINGHAM ARC PROJECT.
I am kind and happy. I am a dog and horse lover
I love horse riding and taking my dog for a walk
Home, to me means the family gets together for parties and celebrations
For the future I wish that I could be a jockey and have a good time
This is an anonymous story collected from the public as part of THE WOKINGHAM ARC PROJECT.
I am one of the people in this great big world. I love my family and friends and pets; (two guinea pigs, Flo and Freddie; two cats, Maisie and Milo; my 11 fish; and my mice; peanut, butter and jelly)
The word “home “means being with everyone I love, tying my laces before walking through a forest, snuggling in my bed wrapped in a blanket, three mice snuggling on my shoulder.
For the future I wish for there to be a pride parade in Wokingham, for everyone to be happy, to have a cottage in the middle of the woods. To have LOTS of pets.
My favourite animal is my three mice; peanut, butter and jelly and I want a happy life.
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I really like drawing and being with my friends and my dog, having my nose in a book and writing my own stories.
I love plants and being with my dog she is very ‘floofy’.
Home, to me, means dogs. I like dogs.
For the future I wish for DOGS
The bit in my story with the dog. Hooray for dogs.
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I am a ‘Weeb’ who loves cats and dogs and loves drawing and sleeping. What makes me feel alive in my local area is vanilla, silence, cats, dogs, wisteria.
Home to me is a place where my dog, Penny, and family are. It is a place with wisteria surrounding me and sweet smelling flowers, with a bed and cats.
For the future I wish to have three cats, a huge garden with plants all over and trees and the clearing with soft fluffy grass.
I love Japanese food, cats, dogs, wisteria, fluffy things, drawing and sleeping.
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I am a cat lover, art lover (I love sketching mostly). I love playing video games like Minecraft.
What makes me feel alive are cats and vanilla. Home means having cats.
For the future I imagine having a cat (more than one). THE MOST FLUFFIEST CAT!
I have a cat, I have a cat, I have a cat, I have a fluff cat, I have the best cat!
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I am a boy that likes sport. I’m a boy that likes art. I am a normal boy that eats and sleeps. I am a boy that is adventurous and curious.
What makes me feel alive in my locale is nature all around outside my house and inside my house. I like the smell of fresh breeze.
Home is like a safe house to me. Home is a place where I can relax and enjoy every second with my family.
For the future, I imagine a happy world to enjoy and a peaceful place with no drama.
This is an anonymous story collected from the public as part of THE WOKINGHAM ARC PROJECT.
I am a cat lover, I am them / they, I love to dance and sing.
What makes me feel alive in my local area is parks, smelling the flowers, looking, watching the plants.
Home means to relax and chill and stroke my cat!
For my future, I wish to be an actor and have three cats and two beagles!
I have a cat. I play football. I like watching Charli D’Amelio on TikTok.
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I am so many different things to many different people. I am a mother, wife, teacher, neighbour, friend and a member of the community.
What makes me feel alive in my locale is the contrast of busy and quiet, hectic and peaceful.
Home is being cosy in my slippers, watching the kids staying in the garden or playing with their trains. Home is where I’m comfy, relaxed and surrounded by the people I love.
For the future, I hope for Wokingham to be a peaceful, safe and happy place to live.
I have lived and travelled all over the world. There’s something about Wokingham that draws me back like a magnet.
This is an anonymous story collected from the public as part of THE WOKINGHAM ARC PROJECT.
I am a teacher, a linguist, an artist, a parent, her mother, sister, a daughter.
What makes me feel alive in my locale is walking my dog, birds singing, fresh air and the wind’s breeze, the sun’s warmth, laughing with my sister.
Home means family, friends, mountains, calm, peace, care, love.
For the future, I hope we will be building a kinder, more peaceful world. Saving our planet.
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I am a boy who does whatever everyone else does, a boy that likes things and a boy that dislikes things. A boy that sleeps in, a boy that plays.
What makes me feel alive is nature, in my garden, all over the place. The fields and the town is an amazing place!
Home is home, a safe and warm place just for my family, no one else could feel the same warmth.
For the future, I hope for a happy environment for people to live in.
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I am what you see, what you can’t see, what’s left of my past, and what’s ready for my future.
Haven – an oasis in a steamless desert, an island amongst a stormy sea, a colonisation in space, a place in the world where your mindset feels safety
I have grown up constantly being isolated from my classmates. I have had no idea why. They gave me weird looks and I try to draw them. When they receive them, it ended in the bin.
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I am someone trying to get by, building a future for myself and just being able to live eventually. Successful, numb, “one day and “, reputation, hope, maybe, why,
What makes me feel alive in my locale is how still a fast-paced world can be, only if you choose to stop for one second. When you try to look for better you realise only you are able to help yourself because no one will come to save you when you need them to.
Home is a belief that there just might be a refuge for you to run away to, that you will find one day.
For the future I wish to be seen as a success in other peoples’ eyes.
Not everything has a meaning, including life.
This is an anonymous story collected from the public as part of THE WOKINGHAM ARC PROJECT.
I love drawing/art, filming movies and community. I am passionate.
I love Wokingham at night or in the afternoon. The Sun and the moon. Friendly. Caring. Safe.
Home to me means love, Wokingham, family, friends, futuristic, artistic, enjoyment.
I hope that the future in Wokingham is friendly and futuristic.
I am a young, strange mind.
This is an anonymous story collected from the public as part of THE WOKINGHAM ARC PROJECT.
I am strong, brave, creative, courageous, amazing.
What makes me feel alive in my local area is the sports, activities, people, shops, community.
Home, to me, means where the people I love are.
I wish for a good life and family. I imagine Wokingham is a warm welcoming community.
This is an anonymous story collected from the public as part of THE WOKINGHAM ARC PROJECT.
I am creative, kind, sociable, happy, loving
What makes me feel alive in my locale is the nature and the new buildings. I like the sports stuff as well.
Home is a safe space where I can talk to people about how I feel and with my family where people I love are.
I want to be successful and happy. I want to be healthy as well.
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I am forever moulding and changing.
Home is a place when no one is watching and you can be you. Home is where you feel completely safe.
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I am the person I am today.
I love cafés and going out with my family. I love being able to talk to the people I love.
For the future I’ve always wanted a CAFÉ that stays open till like 3am in Wokingham. Kind of like a bar but only serves coffee.
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I am myself, I doodle, I draw through life calming myself
In my locale, what makes me feel alive is looking at nature, smelling the fresh roses.
Home, to me, means close to safety
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I am a girl, a woman, a mother, a wife. Sometimes lost yet always found. Strong career woman and vulnerable new mum of two tiny boys. Reaching out for help, thankful for the community. Therapy is revealing a new perspective (our) and growth after becoming a mum.
Taking the chance and opportunity to slow down and be present makes me feel alive. Watching my two sons play, the laughter in the noisy playground (Elms Park), holding their hands crossing the road, wiping their grazed knees, drying their tears.
Home to me is familiar, calm and safe. It's a feeling of pure belonging, recognising faces of friends, feasting together around the table.
Plentiful, abundant and full of joy. Watching the deer roam in the garden, dancing in the kitchen and bedtime stories and cuddles after Friday movie night on the sofa.
For the future of Wokingham, I wish for an active, healthy, vibrant community. An old market town turned modern and thriving. Blood pumping, beating heart, bringing us together – young and old supporting and living hand-in-hand. No more homelessness or wanting for food.
The struggle of modern life – too busy, too full, two scheduled. Too much stuff, not enough time. Changing definition of success and what it means – to go back to basics and value how we spend our time wisely, it is our biggest wealth.