We are delighted to present our 10th and final podcast episode in our current series of the Maternal Journal Podcast - ‘Redefining Motherhood and Giving Yourself Permission’. MJ producer Laura Godfrey-Isaacs talks to Julie Phillips an award-winning writer, biographer, book critic and author of the influential book – Baby…
The Royal College of Physicians has extended their emotive Covid-19 exhibition Fortitude after it welcomed 37% more visitors than the museum’s previous display. Opened in September last year, Fortitude was created to share the experiences of physicians, consultants, GPs and…
Help enhance the power of music for dementia! Whether you’re a support worker, volunteer, musician, music therapist or facilitator for music activities for people living with dementia, your insights are invaluable. We are conducting a survey that aims to explore…
By Dr Katey Warran, Research Fellow in the Social Biobehavioural Research Group at University College London and Deputy Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arts & Health Evaluating arts and health activities to demonstrate their impact in view of…
Creative engagement offers many possibilities to support people living with health, psychological, or social challenges. For the artists who facilitate these arts, health and wellbeing (AHW) programmes, the work can be inspiring and rewarding. But it can also be emotionally…
Our colleagues at the National Centre for Creative Health have launched both the Creative Health Review, and a brand-new Creative Health Toolkit. Together with the Creative Health Quality Framework this gives us a great grounding for 2024. The Creative Health Review - a collaboration between the…
It undeniably has been a tough year for communities up and down the country - also in Bromley by Bow. Many people are struggling to meet even basic needs, grappling with loneliness and mental ill health. The effects of Covid are still being felt and the…
A new report from the Centre for Mental Health, outlining how the voluntary sector can help meet the needs of racialised communities. Research shows that racism can cause psychological trauma, anxiety and depression. But it also stops people from getting help when…
With kinship as the heart of this programme, this is a gathering for dreamers and makers to come together and learn from each other. This is a space to tend our garden of hope for futures of coexistence, freedom and…
Laura speaks with memoirist and bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink. They consider the power of writing for mental health, advocating for a focus on process over content. Cathy tells us how writing has helped her understand and manage traumatic life experiences.…
