The arts & culture in healthcare: where next?
Between June 19th and 21st, Bristol’s Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference 2017 saw 400 people from 22 countries present, debateContinue Reading
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Nimble Finland: slot machine fund supports mental health
At the beginning of 2017, the Finnish gambling system was reformed and merged into a single gaming company owned byContinue Reading
You don’t have Hospital Clowns? You can’t be serious!
On my research Fellowship to Finland, during an interview at TAIKE, I asked what is the public perception of the arts inContinue Reading
Functional Finland! Be part of the Well Wishes Collection
My Travelling Fellowship is turning out to be a tornado tour of Finland’s best examples of arts, culture and wellbeing initiatives, includingContinue Reading
Modelling social change: Arts Promotion Centre, Finland
At TAIKE in Jvaskyla, Arts Development Manager Pauliina Lapio and I held a 3 hour open meeting for people working in theContinue Reading
‘Culture Club’ “Diagnosis Free Zone” in Jyvaskyla
On May 23rd, Following Baby Dance Hour in a residential home, I visited the innovative ‘Trombi’, (Culture Club), located under trees aroundContinue Reading
Dementia and dancing babies
Following a rich exchange with the Ministry of Education and Culture in Helsinki on Monday, I travelled three hours northContinue Reading
Why Finland features in the Fellowship: day 1 from Helsinki
Over the next few weeks I will visit colleagues in the field of arts and health across Finland, in Helsinki, Turku,Continue Reading
Why you should watch Horizon: ‘Why Did I Go Mad?’ – the psychology of voice hearing
On 2nd May, 2017, 9PM, BBC 2 will air a programme with Jacqui Dillon, Chair of the Hearing Voices Network, promising toContinue Reading
What is a Churchill Travelling Fellowship and what does it have to do with bipolar disorder?
The Churchill Trust is about enabling people who want to make things happen, all you need is a vision. AtContinue Reading
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