We are Eddie Bovingdon and Alice Silvestri, husband and wife with over 30 years of combined experience in the creative industries.

As a fashion photographer and graphic designer, we've seen first-hand the powerful impact an artistic education can have on a young person’s life.

Two years ago, alongside our friends—award-winning film director Marcus McSweeney and industry-leading photo retoucher Russel Farrar—we launched PAPER SCISSORS STONE, a children's charity with a clear and simple mission: to get kids creating.

We asked ourselves, How can we truly make a difference? How can we help? So we started close to home.

Every year, hundreds of rolls of 9ft photography backdrop paper are discarded by studios across London, vibrant, high-quality paper that ends up in recycling centres, unused and unloved. That sparked an idea: why not repurpose this paper for schools and community centres?

From that spark, our recycled paper program was born.

We began collecting and donating these rolls, giving them a second life in classrooms, after-school clubs, and creative community spaces.

But this is just the beginning.

The NHS Confederation has reported an alarming rise in mental health issues among children post-pandemic.

We believe creativity can play a vital role in supporting emotional wellbeing and self-expression, and we want to be part of that solution.

Our goal is to raise the funds and community support needed to open art-based clubs in schools, deliver flat-pack art studios, and champion projects that use recycled materials - from colourful paper to natural resources like clay - to spark creativity in young minds.

We're building something simple yet powerful: access, opportunity, and joy through the arts.

Our first step was to rescue paper from waste. Now, we’re working to build a sustainable creative movement at the grassroots level, one that gives every child the tools and space to imagine, make, and express.