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What Makes Loughborough Feel Like Home? Win a £20 LoveShopping voucher
Find Your Loughborough Story - Creative Content Competition
What's This About?
Ever wondered what makes Loughborough feel like home? Dr. Sophie Cranston's research team has been diving deep into how newcomers to Loughborough develop a sense of belonging - and now YOU can be part of telling these stories! We're creating an interactive story map that will showcase real experiences of finding home in Loughborough, and we want YOUR creative content to bring these stories to life. Deadline: 19th of June.
💰 What's In It For You? £20 LoveShopping Vouchers for every piece of content we feature! (up to 12 winners!)
🎯 Your Mission Create original content (photos, images, videos, or audio) that captures specific places in Loughborough representing our research themes.
1. The Rules:
✅ You own it - Only submit content you created yourself
✅ Keep it solo - No other people in your shots (privacy matters!)
✅ Location matters - Must be somewhere in Loughborough
✅ Theme connection - Should represent one of our categories
2.🎯 Your Creative Challenge: Pick Your Category
🏠 Familiar Places That spot that instantly reminded you of home when you first arrived Where did you go when Loughborough felt familiar? Maybe it's a café that serves your hometown's favourite coffee, or a park that looks like where you used to walk your dog
🌿 A Space to Relax Your sanctuary when everything feels overwhelming We all need that breathing space when being in a new place hits hard. Where is yours?
🚶♀️ Routes and Routines The paths you walk without thinking, the habits that make this place yours Your route around town, the way to your favourite takeaway, that shortcut only locals know. Show us the Loughborough you navigate with your eyes closed
👥 Spaces of Community Where you found your people (or are still looking!) Sports clubs, societies, study groups. Religious spaces, cultural centres. Could be anywhere, with anyone!
💫 Connections Places that just... get you. Where you feel genuinely connected Maybe it's the view from campus that never gets old, or the street where you had your first proper Loughborough friend date. Spaces that hold your memories and make you smile
🎭 Representing Places where you'd bring visitors to show off your town "This is why I love living here" locations. Where you feel proud to call yourself a Loughborough resident
3.🚀 Ready to Explore? Pick a category that speaks to you and start seeing Loughborough through this new lens. You might discover something about your own belonging journey in the process!
Remember: Every piece of content we use earns you £20 - and helps future newcomers to Loughborough understand what makes this place special.
Questions? Please get in contact with Jiaying and Sai: j.xue@lboro.ac.uk/ S.Kulkarni2@lboro.ac.uk
4. Ready to submit? Affiliated to Loughborough University? Go to our Google Form.