I contacted Anna White to ask her if it was possible to have a more in-depth discussion about her work as I had talked to he when she visited the college but couldn’t make the tutorials, she suggested we meet up for a coffee in the Northern Quarter in Manchester. We met in a small coffee shop I was a little nervous but Anna was very down to earth and very chatty before I could ask her any questions she was telling me how she had just come from a meeting at Manchester Town Hall in regards to funding for the Pod Collective that had taken two years to organise she was saying this is the norm when trying to organise anything in regards to arts funding around Asylum seekers apparently it’s very difficult to get the backing for workshops via the council. We discussed my project last “Hidden Hunger” Anna had brought a book to lend me it was by an artist called Bethany Kane Anna though I would be interested in Bethany’s work “Hidden Hunger” as she had taken photographs of empty halls that where used as food banks. I spoke to her about my project and my involvement with SPARC I asked her advice on Safeguarding issues within Community photography, how she had dealt with different situations when she was volunteering, her advice was if you feel uncomfortable  leave the room also if anyone tells you anything you feel is inappropriate explain to the person that you will have to inform a staff member of any conversations that you have with them. I felt this was good advice as on a couple of occasions I have had people tell me very personal stories about their lives and although this didn’t upset me I would feel safer sharing what they said with a member of staff. Now Anna is running her own groups safeguarding is a big part of what she does and for this reason she prefers working with another artist Emily they run the Pod Collective together. We also discussed ethical issues, working with vulnerable people, getting model release forms when working with people or groups making sure you explain about how and where the photographs will be used. After speaking with Anna I am positive I my future lies in Community Arts and I am looking forward to doing more research on the subject.