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May 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"Be more real": Inner Worlds and the possibilities of speculative fiction for exploring and communicating mental and emotional experiences
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#MentalHealth #Madness #CreativeHealth #SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic #SciFi #Fantasy #Horror #Phenomenology
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#MentalHealth #Madness #CreativeHealth #SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic #SciFi #Fantasy #Horror #Phenomenology
June 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"Be more real": Inner Worlds and the possibilities of speculative fiction for exploring and communicating mental and emotional experiences
inner-worlds.ghost.io/be-more-real...
#MentalHealth #Madness #CreativeHealth #SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic #SciFi #Fantasy #Horror #Phenomenology
inner-worlds.ghost.io/be-more-real...
#MentalHealth #Madness #CreativeHealth #SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic #SciFi #Fantasy #Horror #Phenomenology
First time posting on Bluesky.
Looking forward to reconnecting after quite some time away from Twitter.
Current research #CreativeHealth #ChronicPain #CoProducedResearch #ParticipatoryResearch #DigitalLearning
Looking forward to reconnecting after quite some time away from Twitter.
Current research #CreativeHealth #ChronicPain #CoProducedResearch #ParticipatoryResearch #DigitalLearning
November 21, 2024 at 3:25 PM
First time posting on Bluesky.
Looking forward to reconnecting after quite some time away from Twitter.
Current research #CreativeHealth #ChronicPain #CoProducedResearch #ParticipatoryResearch #DigitalLearning
Looking forward to reconnecting after quite some time away from Twitter.
Current research #CreativeHealth #ChronicPain #CoProducedResearch #ParticipatoryResearch #DigitalLearning
Fabulous print by Anita Klein celebrates #women and helps fund the work of @paintingshospitals.bsky.social
Availaible to buy paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/product/anit...
#IWD2025 #women #internationalwomensday #creativehealth
Availaible to buy paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/product/anit...
#IWD2025 #women #internationalwomensday #creativehealth
March 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Fabulous print by Anita Klein celebrates #women and helps fund the work of @paintingshospitals.bsky.social
Availaible to buy paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/product/anit...
#IWD2025 #women #internationalwomensday #creativehealth
Availaible to buy paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/product/anit...
#IWD2025 #women #internationalwomensday #creativehealth
Such a joyful piece - if you need a little morning positivity #dancesky #creativehealth #parkinsons
#pride 🩰🕺🏽🏳️🌈
#pride 🩰🕺🏽🏳️🌈
A moment that changed me: I thought my Parkinson’s was the end of my life, but dancing changed everything
A moment that changed me: I thought my Parkinson’s was the end of my life, but dancing changed everything
The moment I stepped into English National Ballet’s studio, I stopped being just a patient. Among fellow spirits, I have rediscovered my sense of joy and agency
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March 25, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Such a joyful piece - if you need a little morning positivity #dancesky #creativehealth #parkinsons
#pride 🩰🕺🏽🏳️🌈
#pride 🩰🕺🏽🏳️🌈
Hello everybody. I’m new here. Hope I will find some new friends and learn lots from you all #Photography #Poetry #CreativeHealth #SocialInnovation #PublicHealth #RespiratoryHealth #Nursing #ABCD #writing (that just about covers it)!
December 10, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Hello everybody. I’m new here. Hope I will find some new friends and learn lots from you all #Photography #Poetry #CreativeHealth #SocialInnovation #PublicHealth #RespiratoryHealth #Nursing #ABCD #writing (that just about covers it)!
Now two days in and beginning to find my way around thanks to #HIVsky #IDsky #medsky #creativeHealth #gardensky #artsky. Any #fasttrackcities on here yet?
November 14, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Now two days in and beginning to find my way around thanks to #HIVsky #IDsky #medsky #creativeHealth #gardensky #artsky. Any #fasttrackcities on here yet?
Sending thanks to friends and mentors.
#creativehealth #mindfulpainting #mindfulness #gratitude #mixedmedia @fabercastell.bsky.social #kitpas #artist #watercolor #watercolour #oilpastel #softpastel #pastel #gratitudeproject
#creativehealth #mindfulpainting #mindfulness #gratitude #mixedmedia @fabercastell.bsky.social #kitpas #artist #watercolor #watercolour #oilpastel #softpastel #pastel #gratitudeproject
July 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sending thanks to friends and mentors.
#creativehealth #mindfulpainting #mindfulness #gratitude #mixedmedia @fabercastell.bsky.social #kitpas #artist #watercolor #watercolour #oilpastel #softpastel #pastel #gratitudeproject
#creativehealth #mindfulpainting #mindfulness #gratitude #mixedmedia @fabercastell.bsky.social #kitpas #artist #watercolor #watercolour #oilpastel #softpastel #pastel #gratitudeproject
Starting with an ABBA warmup at this person centred international conference #percieconf24 singing needed on this frosty UK morning - #CreativeHealth #ArtofNursing @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Starting with an ABBA warmup at this person centred international conference #percieconf24 singing needed on this frosty UK morning - #CreativeHealth #ArtofNursing @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social
✂️🧶 Crafts are not just hobbies, they support #CreativeHealth initiatives. Knitting, pottery, quilting & more can help to reduce stress, build confidence, and bring communities together.
Learn more: creativehealthtoolkit.org.uk#:~:text=and%...
Learn more: creativehealthtoolkit.org.uk#:~:text=and%...
September 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
✂️🧶 Crafts are not just hobbies, they support #CreativeHealth initiatives. Knitting, pottery, quilting & more can help to reduce stress, build confidence, and bring communities together.
Learn more: creativehealthtoolkit.org.uk#:~:text=and%...
Learn more: creativehealthtoolkit.org.uk#:~:text=and%...
#BASConf25
Presented our Mini creative CPT with Leeds NHS acute stroke ward & Leeds Museum & Galleries. Reflections:
1. Sharing challenges 😳 can inspire others to try
2. #creativehealth can help see the person behind a stroke
3. Perseverance needed
@leedsmuseums.bsky.social
@jentslt.bsky.social
Presented our Mini creative CPT with Leeds NHS acute stroke ward & Leeds Museum & Galleries. Reflections:
1. Sharing challenges 😳 can inspire others to try
2. #creativehealth can help see the person behind a stroke
3. Perseverance needed
@leedsmuseums.bsky.social
@jentslt.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#BASConf25
Presented our Mini creative CPT with Leeds NHS acute stroke ward & Leeds Museum & Galleries. Reflections:
1. Sharing challenges 😳 can inspire others to try
2. #creativehealth can help see the person behind a stroke
3. Perseverance needed
@leedsmuseums.bsky.social
@jentslt.bsky.social
Presented our Mini creative CPT with Leeds NHS acute stroke ward & Leeds Museum & Galleries. Reflections:
1. Sharing challenges 😳 can inspire others to try
2. #creativehealth can help see the person behind a stroke
3. Perseverance needed
@leedsmuseums.bsky.social
@jentslt.bsky.social
Intake geplande opname: #P krijgt vanmorgen een nieuwe knie ‘gemonteerd’.
Duim je voor’m? 😊
#myview #gezondheid #knieoperatie #donornier #Bipolair2 #mantelzorger #CreativeHealth #Eindhoven #Catharinaziekenhuis
Duim je voor’m? 😊
#myview #gezondheid #knieoperatie #donornier #Bipolair2 #mantelzorger #CreativeHealth #Eindhoven #Catharinaziekenhuis
March 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Intake geplande opname: #P krijgt vanmorgen een nieuwe knie ‘gemonteerd’.
Duim je voor’m? 😊
#myview #gezondheid #knieoperatie #donornier #Bipolair2 #mantelzorger #CreativeHealth #Eindhoven #Catharinaziekenhuis
Duim je voor’m? 😊
#myview #gezondheid #knieoperatie #donornier #Bipolair2 #mantelzorger #CreativeHealth #Eindhoven #Catharinaziekenhuis
To celebrate #CreatvityandWellbeingWeek we are launching a case study exploring the development of a #creativehealth strategy at a new systems health building in Havering, NEL London.
Read more here: bit.ly/3ZqRYVi
Read more here: bit.ly/3ZqRYVi
May 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
To celebrate #CreatvityandWellbeingWeek we are launching a case study exploring the development of a #creativehealth strategy at a new systems health building in Havering, NEL London.
Read more here: bit.ly/3ZqRYVi
Read more here: bit.ly/3ZqRYVi
Thank you Patient Experience Library @patientlibrary.bsky.social for inviting us to write an article for their quarterly magazine on creative health and the Breast Cancer Art Project! Thank you too to our featured artists! Download for free below. #cansky #breastcancer #creativehealth #cancerart
How can creative health aid healing? Find out how Adriana Ford used painting to express her experience of cancer – and how she then then set up the Breast Cancer Art Project. More here: pexlib.net?247182 @breastcancerart.bsky.social #PatientExperience
April 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Thank you Patient Experience Library @patientlibrary.bsky.social for inviting us to write an article for their quarterly magazine on creative health and the Breast Cancer Art Project! Thank you too to our featured artists! Download for free below. #cansky #breastcancer #creativehealth #cancerart
"Inclusive practice is best practice" - John Kelly. We agree! 🎯
NEW! OUT NOW -'Music is a passport to freedom' - we chat with our guests about the power of singing for #mentalhealth & #wellbeing
#MusicEducation #ArtsandHealth #EDI #Inclusion #musiced #InclusivePractice #edusky #creativehealth
NEW! OUT NOW -'Music is a passport to freedom' - we chat with our guests about the power of singing for #mentalhealth & #wellbeing
#MusicEducation #ArtsandHealth #EDI #Inclusion #musiced #InclusivePractice #edusky #creativehealth
December 6, 2024 at 12:50 PM
"Inclusive practice is best practice" - John Kelly. We agree! 🎯
NEW! OUT NOW -'Music is a passport to freedom' - we chat with our guests about the power of singing for #mentalhealth & #wellbeing
#MusicEducation #ArtsandHealth #EDI #Inclusion #musiced #InclusivePractice #edusky #creativehealth
NEW! OUT NOW -'Music is a passport to freedom' - we chat with our guests about the power of singing for #mentalhealth & #wellbeing
#MusicEducation #ArtsandHealth #EDI #Inclusion #musiced #InclusivePractice #edusky #creativehealth
#BASConf25 great presentation right now about magic ingredients of “The AphasicTheatre” based in Canada. What an exciting example of #creativehealth approach to a personal recovery programme spoken about by Dr Molly Manning, raising awareness and making such programmes replicable !
August 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
#BASConf25 great presentation right now about magic ingredients of “The AphasicTheatre” based in Canada. What an exciting example of #creativehealth approach to a personal recovery programme spoken about by Dr Molly Manning, raising awareness and making such programmes replicable !
Have a wonderful Easter Bank Holiday from all of us at Paintings in Hospitals!
:Margaret Thomas’ (1916-2016) ‘Easter Daffodils’, a beautiful oil painting within our collection, available to loan.
#easter #stillife #oilpainting #creativehealth #paintingsinhospitals #artandhealth #healthandwellbeing
:Margaret Thomas’ (1916-2016) ‘Easter Daffodils’, a beautiful oil painting within our collection, available to loan.
#easter #stillife #oilpainting #creativehealth #paintingsinhospitals #artandhealth #healthandwellbeing
April 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Have a wonderful Easter Bank Holiday from all of us at Paintings in Hospitals!
:Margaret Thomas’ (1916-2016) ‘Easter Daffodils’, a beautiful oil painting within our collection, available to loan.
#easter #stillife #oilpainting #creativehealth #paintingsinhospitals #artandhealth #healthandwellbeing
:Margaret Thomas’ (1916-2016) ‘Easter Daffodils’, a beautiful oil painting within our collection, available to loan.
#easter #stillife #oilpainting #creativehealth #paintingsinhospitals #artandhealth #healthandwellbeing
Is there a #CreativeHealth or #ArtsinHealth starter pack? I can't seem to find one, would anyone be interested in me putting one together?
November 27, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Is there a #CreativeHealth or #ArtsinHealth starter pack? I can't seem to find one, would anyone be interested in me putting one together?
Dive into our fascinating research review on creative vocals and "agency" exploring how giving young people control over their musical experiences can boost confidence, create connections and improve #wellbeing
#MusicEd #EduSky #MentalHealth #Research #SEL #YouthEmpowerment #CreativeHealth #singing
#MusicEd #EduSky #MentalHealth #Research #SEL #YouthEmpowerment #CreativeHealth #singing
February 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Dive into our fascinating research review on creative vocals and "agency" exploring how giving young people control over their musical experiences can boost confidence, create connections and improve #wellbeing
#MusicEd #EduSky #MentalHealth #Research #SEL #YouthEmpowerment #CreativeHealth #singing
#MusicEd #EduSky #MentalHealth #Research #SEL #YouthEmpowerment #CreativeHealth #singing
Driven by this conviction, he stood for Parliament and was elected as the MP for Stroud in July 2024. He now serves as Chair of the Health APPG.
#BritishComedy #CreativeHealth #LaughterAsMedicine #ComedyHeals #ComedyOnPrescription #SocialPrescribing
#BritishComedy #CreativeHealth #LaughterAsMedicine #ComedyHeals #ComedyOnPrescription #SocialPrescribing
April 29, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Driven by this conviction, he stood for Parliament and was elected as the MP for Stroud in July 2024. He now serves as Chair of the Health APPG.
#BritishComedy #CreativeHealth #LaughterAsMedicine #ComedyHeals #ComedyOnPrescription #SocialPrescribing
#BritishComedy #CreativeHealth #LaughterAsMedicine #ComedyHeals #ComedyOnPrescription #SocialPrescribing
We're delighted to be shortlisted for the Making a Difference Awards!
@officialuom.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperialnhli.bsky.social @letsgetvocal.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
#cough #ChronicCough #CreativeHealth #PublicEngagement #participatory
@officialuom.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperialnhli.bsky.social @letsgetvocal.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
#cough #ChronicCough #CreativeHealth #PublicEngagement #participatory
🏆 2025 Making a Difference Awards: Shortlist announced! 🌍
37 projects have been shortlisted across 9 categories and will progress to the final awards ceremony.
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏰ 6 PM, Live-streamed on YouTube
🔗 View the full shortlist here:
37 projects have been shortlisted across 9 categories and will progress to the final awards ceremony.
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏰ 6 PM, Live-streamed on YouTube
🔗 View the full shortlist here:
2025 Making a Difference Awards shortlisted entries announced | StaffNet | The University of Manchester
Starting and leaving
www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk
March 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We're delighted to be shortlisted for the Making a Difference Awards!
@officialuom.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperialnhli.bsky.social @letsgetvocal.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
#cough #ChronicCough #CreativeHealth #PublicEngagement #participatory
@officialuom.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperialnhli.bsky.social @letsgetvocal.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
#cough #ChronicCough #CreativeHealth #PublicEngagement #participatory
The National Centre for Creative Health (@ncch.bsky.social) have published their report on key insights from the trailblazing Creative Health Associates programme, created with investment from Arts Council England.
Read the full report 👇
buff.ly/BDlUBZR
#ACEsupported #CreativeHealth
Read the full report 👇
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#ACEsupported #CreativeHealth
Our new report shares insights from the Creative Health Associates Programme, funded @artscouncilengland.bsky.social & Baring Foundation, & delivered through ICBs. Showcases how creative health roles in systems is an asset in delivering a more sustainable & person-centred NHS
tinyurl.com/5a2yybcr
tinyurl.com/5a2yybcr
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The National Centre for Creative Health (@ncch.bsky.social) have published their report on key insights from the trailblazing Creative Health Associates programme, created with investment from Arts Council England.
Read the full report 👇
buff.ly/BDlUBZR
#ACEsupported #CreativeHealth
Read the full report 👇
buff.ly/BDlUBZR
#ACEsupported #CreativeHealth
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we’re spotlighting how arts, culture & creativity support young people’s mental health. From music to heritage, Creative Health is safe, scalable & effective. Follow for tools, case studies & real-world impact #CreativeHealth #YouthMentalHealth #MentalHealth
May 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we’re spotlighting how arts, culture & creativity support young people’s mental health. From music to heritage, Creative Health is safe, scalable & effective. Follow for tools, case studies & real-world impact #CreativeHealth #YouthMentalHealth #MentalHealth
"There's intrinsically deep power in singing ... and finding out who you are through your sound... " 🙌
Listen to 'Singing and Neurodiversity', featuring Abi Mann-Daraz (@themusicalself.bsky.social) and Alice Nicholls
#musiced #musiceducation #creativehealth #mentalhealth #singingforwellbeing
Listen to 'Singing and Neurodiversity', featuring Abi Mann-Daraz (@themusicalself.bsky.social) and Alice Nicholls
#musiced #musiceducation #creativehealth #mentalhealth #singingforwellbeing
January 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"There's intrinsically deep power in singing ... and finding out who you are through your sound... " 🙌
Listen to 'Singing and Neurodiversity', featuring Abi Mann-Daraz (@themusicalself.bsky.social) and Alice Nicholls
#musiced #musiceducation #creativehealth #mentalhealth #singingforwellbeing
Listen to 'Singing and Neurodiversity', featuring Abi Mann-Daraz (@themusicalself.bsky.social) and Alice Nicholls
#musiced #musiceducation #creativehealth #mentalhealth #singingforwellbeing