A Creative Transformation

“A Creative Transformation” is a Creative Health intervention and platform about brain injury, trauma, mental health, creativity and film. This project incorporates workshops for people with lived experience of brain injury or trauma in Buckinghamshire and Yorkshire; discussion workshops or symposia for academics and students in Oxford, Birmingham and London; and NHS staff training sessions in Oxford, South-West Yorkshire and University College London Hospitals NHS Trusts. The aim is to experiment and build new ways of coping with brain injury and trauma, using creativity and film.

Creativity - 2 creative art workshops for people with lived experience of brain injury, in Buckinghamshire and Yorkshire. These events explore creative expression and storytelling, responding to brain injury, trauma and mental health. Each session is 4 hours long, including opportunities to immerse and connect with nature, watch scenes from the project film, and respond creatively using different art materials and mediums. Participants will receive £50 for attending a workshop, with additional bursaries available towards travel costs.

• May 14: Penn Street Village Hall, Buckinghamshire
• May 28: Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Sign up here: https://acreativetransformation.org/art-workshops-for-people-with-lived-experience/

Healthcare - Training sessions for clinicians, nursing staff and AHPs who work with people who have brain injury, neurological conditions, trauma, hallucinations and/or mental illness. We examine how creativity can positively impact people who have experienced brain trauma, and the role that art and film can play in the context of NHS treatment programmes.

We are running sessions with the following NHS Trusts:

• Museum of Mental Health, South-West Yorkshire NHS Foundation Trust, 29/05
• Reablement Team, Adult Mental Health Team, Neill Unit, Warneford Hospital, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, 04/06
• Neuro Rehabilitation Unit, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NSH Foundation Trust, 13/06

Academia - Academic discussion workshops in University College London (January 2024), Stanford University in Oxford (June 18, 2024) and University of Birmingham (July 1, 2024):

• Garden Room, Stanford University Centre in Oxford, 65 High St, Oxford. Tuesday 18th June, 17:00-18:00. Panelists: Dr. Lorna Collins, Professor Paul Lodge, Georgina Aasgaard. No registration required – turn up!
• Institute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham. Monday 1 July, 11-12pm. Panelists: Dr. Lorna Collins, Professor Matthew Broome, Dr. Roxana Baiasu. Registration details to follow.