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Don't miss Professor Lisa Taylor who will be speaking in the Keynote Theatre at 3.30pm today on the #EACHOT project 😀 and, even better, some lucky attendees will receive a copy of the #ElizabethCasson biography 😉 Don't miss it!

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Occupational therapists are you interested in sharing ideas for an OT exhibition?! Jemma Channing ElizabethCassonTrust & I are working to curate just such an exhibition! Share your thoughts and please share this post!: forms.office.com/e/5aGUi83Twu BAMEOTUK AbleOTUK LGBTQIA+OT UK Royal College of Occupational Therapists

A new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Creative Health launched on 26 Nov. Chaired by Dr Simon Opher, MP for Stroud & a longtime supporter of creative health. At its first meeting, the APPG elected Officers & set the agenda for the year ahead. ncch.org.uk/blog/all-party…

Are you a #CreativeHealth Practitioner working in Mental Health and Wellbeing? The Creative Health Communication Framework is a new resource designed to help you articulate your impact and navigate the complexities of engaging with diverse audiences. ncch.org.uk/blog/the-creat…

Great opening to #GMcreativehealth with Company Chameleon who's artistic director spoke about the unique power of dance in mental health 'it's an opportunity to express your internal world in a way that words can't'

Excited to be at the launch of #GMcreativehealth place partnership, funded by Arts Council England Bringing together multiple partners, supporting communities to live well through creative health initiatives, including developing motor skills early years and supporting unpaid carers

Sam Elliot of Bolton Council talking about the incredible value of libraries at #GMcreativehealth "Libraries are places of trust, solace, entertainment and learning, palaces for the people in an unequitable world"

Emma Ansell-Meehan talking about the importance of not only measuring the impact of creative health through a set of clinical measures 'How do we capture hope, joy, resilience and connection?' #GMcreativehealth

Jemma Channing 3rd webinar #ArtofNursing. This time it’s lived experience. rcn.org.uk/news-and-event…

From reducing loneliness to aiding recovery from illness, engaging in creativity and culture is proven to improve our health and wellbeing. But new research undertaken by Department for Culture, Media and Sport is the first in the UK to explore the financial benefits. Read the report👇 buff.ly/3DjE7YV

Dr Becca Khanna Rampton ArtsTherapies Jemma Channing Dr Sophie J Knight (was Smith) I have been working to connect #OccupationalTherapists students to diverse placements in creative organisations as part of their training in Sussex Places. Bognor Makerspace in West Sussex has resident OT in Wellbeing team.

Started the new year right, with a hoodening and wassail in the village of Sandwich. Everyone's bushels of apples have been well and truly blessed.

This Frontier Economics (w/Social Biobehavioural Research Group research) study commissioned by Department for Culture, Media and Sport finds that the health & wellbeing benefits of cultural engagement contribute up to £8bn/yr to wider society through improved quality of life, healthcare savings & increased productivity assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/675b166a…

Occupational Therapy Mental Health Conference Update I've asked an events company for some figures and here they are.... Liverpool February 2026 - To do a 2 day conference with 2 nights accommodation, an evening event the middle day and food throughout it would be £495 per person

👀 Is it you we're looking for?! 📢 Our Chair of Trustees Dee Christie OBE FRCOT will be standing down in Oct 2025 after serving the maximum 2 terms in office. We are actively recruiting for our new Chair *NOW* to allow for a period of transition 👇👇👇 peridotpartners.co.uk/jobs/chair-of-… If you

There is a lot that health policy-makers can learn from artists – the way they see, understand and analyse the health and care system and use the tools of their trade to explain and seek to change it. Ruth Roberton explores in her blog. kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Genuinely saddened by the loss of David Lynch. He was such a champion of the arts - and making work that doesn't need to make sense. He was so loved in our house that our hallway is decorated like the black lodge.

Thanks to Hospital Rooms for facilitating 2 amazing Digital Art School workshops for Occupational Therapists and Activity Coordinators at NHS Maudsley today!! We can’t wait for the next term to put our new skills into practice! #HospitalRooms #SLaMOTs 💚

Just tried my first VR creative health experience - Soul Paint. Stepping into a virtual world of bodymapping which invites you to paint in 3D, with different textures & colours, to explore the mind body connection through creativity. Amazing stuff! #ACEFunded #CreativeHealth