Brathay and the University of Cumbria are pleased to announce a joint research conference focussing on wellbeing.

The conference aims to bring UK academics and practitioners together from multiple disciplines to share practice ideas, insights and research into multiple aspects of wellbeing, helping practitioners and academics network cross disciplinary work.

The conference will feature keynotes, papers, interactive workshops, panel debate and a creative lunch break.

The event will be hosted at Brathay Hall in Ambleside. Cost for the day is £30 per delegate (or £10 if a PhD student).

Further details

This blog entry, by Dina Poursanidou may be of interest, in relation to last night’s discussion about arts and mental health.

Julia Darling’s poem, read by Clive at the CCrAMHP meeting yesterday, is here.

This is the project that Clive mentioned, during the CCrAMHP meeting yesterday.

blueSCI is a not-for-profit Social Enterprise that supports people who may be experiencing emotional or psychological distress.

The service promotes  eudemonic well being, an approach that focus on what it means to flourish and is about having a sense of purpose and direction in life, good quality relationships with others and opportunities to realise ones potential (Ryff & Singer 1998).

Website.

Jenny went to visit Joseph Atukunda of Heartsounds Uganda, whom she met through CCrAMHP.  A report of her visit is here.

Clive Parkinson from Arts for Health will be joining us at the next CCrAMHP meeting, on Monday 20 May from 6-8pm at the Friends Meeting House, Lancaster.  Clive is involved with Arts for Health at Manchester Metropolitan University – the UK’s longest established arts and health organisation.  Clive coordinates the North West Arts and Health network, which has a blog here: http://artsforhealthmmu.blogspot.co.uk/.  He will be talking about the Manifesto (a conversation on arts, health and society).  You can download it or listen to a podcast here: http://www.artsforhealth.org/manifesto/

This meeting will be an opportunity for CCrAMHP members with an interest in the links between creative arts and wellbeing to network and to share ideas.   William Park will, for example, be speaking about his work in Preston.

The Mental Health in HIgher Education hub is aimed at anyone with an interest in learning and teaching about mental health.  You can join it here: http://mhhehub.ning.com/.  You can follow us on twitter too: https://twitter.com/mhhehub. Do get in touch if you have any queries.

The Ragged University project, underpinned by the concept of free education and
self learning, delivers free and informal public talks in social spaces, such as
pubs, cafes and libraries, around the UK, as well as uses available technology
(internet) for open access learning www.ragged-online.com
There
is a Ragged University Event (public talks) in Manchester on 19th February 2013.
see here for further details

CommonGround is a US web-based application that helps people prepare to meet with psychiatrists and arrive at the best decisions for treatment and recovery.  There are details on the website here: https://www.patdeegan.com/commonground/about