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May 18
Creative Prompt: Genevieve Rudd invites you to ‘think like a dandelion’

Have you ever wondered …what a dandelion might be thinking? …what it might be witness to? …what it might be feeling? Today, I’d like you to offer you an invitation to think like a dandelion! *When you discover a patch of their sunny yellow heads bobbing in the wind, or notice their fluffy seeded pom-poms, […]

May 18
Creative Prompt: Try combining art, music and nature for a multi-sensory approach as you ‘Get Creative, Get Outdoors’

Isobel Murdoch from Medley has come up with some ideas to help you explore art, music and nature’s impacts on health and wellbeing this Creativity & Wellbeing Week. *Listen to some of these pieces of music on a birds theme: Tit Willow by Gilbert & Sullivan; The Swan from Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals; A […]

May 13
A Day in the Life of Richard, Refuse Collector at Veolia

We all know our rubbish gets collected every week. We put it in the bin, a big old truck comes and takes it away and we never see it again. But have you ever wondered what happens to it afterwards? What’s it like to be responsible for collecting all of the waste from 2000 people’s […]

May 11
‘Get Creative Outdoors’ Exhibition by Trapped in Zone One

This year’s Creativity & Wellbeing Week’s theme is ‘Get Creative Get Outdoors’ – in line with this we have been looking to fill the festival roster with events that promote and highlight the importance of incorporating our art with the world around us – while exploring the many ways art can be found in nature. […]

May 05
Bexhill Museum -Tai Chi in the Park

Enjoy a session of Tai Chi in Egerton Park Bexhill as part of Museums Creativity and Wellbeing Week. Saturday 21 May 11am. For more information see www.bexhillmuseum.org

Apr 11
In Our Own Words – an innovative healthcare staff support collaboration

Wake The Beast Theatre Company have been working in partnership with the Clinical Psychology Team at the Whittington Trust since 2018, using verbatim theatre to support patients at different stages of cancer treatment. ‘The C Factor’ is our award-winning creative arts and psychology initiative devised with and for people undergoing cancer treatment, combining psychology, storytelling […]

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