Category: Stories

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 […]

May 21
Music and Marbling: developing a cross-artform approach and sharing it with patients

Hello! We’re artist Chloe Cooper and composer Jackie Walduck. This year we’ve developed a cross-artform approach inspired by our artistic practices and many years of working together on projects with young artist-musicians with autism through a partnership with Turtle Key Arts, National Portrait Gallery and Wigmore Hall. The closing of galleries and music venues during […]

May 20
Writing for Wellbeing and Personal Development workshops for healthcare staff,those receiving care and the public

I’m a writer, poet, former NHS Consultant Physician, Portfolio Medical Educator teaching medical students and Health & Social Care Students in the UK with a passion for Arts in Health and Health Humanities in the education and development of healthcare staff. I also trained on the MA Creative Writing & Personal Development, Sussex University in […]

May 19
Covid Creativity 3 Ways – by Emily Chilvers

Hello I’m Emily, a potter and basketmaker from South London and I have been running creative workshops for the community since 2011. I’m going to be honest I have found this year a massive challenge. I have worked closely with certain hospitals and elderly care homes for a number of years and feel very attached […]

May 18
Creating online to empower, connect and upskill during the pandemic

Since I started Create 18 years ago at my dining room table, the last year has probably been the most demanding and rewarding. I dreamt then of a society in which every vulnerable child and adult would have access to the power of creativity in their lives. I was motivated by my longing for a […]

May 18
Branching Out

I have been running art sessions with care home residents since 2016. I found that many older people lack confidence when it comes to painting, saying they were never any good at it. To overcome this reluctance, I started making collages, to which each person could contribute a single element like a flower or butterfly. […]

May 16
Writing ourselves back together: self-care and self-discovery during a pandemic year

I’m Kate Steel Jardel from Write Mind. As a child I would sit and watch my mum, a school secretary, while she typed, wide-eyed with fascination at the blank pages being transformed right in front of me. Fast forward through a life woven with words, and post-graduate study of Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, and […]

May 13
Singing for connection and health

Since March 2020, I have been delivering 3 – 4 live online singing sessions a week as well as recording video for those who would prefer not to join a live session. I have also been delivering online training for Sing to Beat Parkinson’s and delivering webinars for different arts organisations including ABCD, Trinity Laban […]

May 12
Everyday Creativity Care Project

Everyday Creativity Care is a six month project commissioned by Culture Shift and East Sussex Public Health. Lead by project artists Marisa Gardner, Sarah Bryant and Lucy Groenewoud the project has been co-designed with Care Staff and families from nine care homes in East Sussex to explore the impact of creative activities during lockdown on […]