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Creative (re)presentation

‘Creative (re)presentation - Telling stories through a participatory and voice-led approach and the making of the film Healing Pitch' - is a free online session focused on including people's authentic experiences in creative ways that empowers people without exposing them to harm. If you are…
Published 1 Sep 2025 in Events

A tea dance mash-up

"When I am an old woman," says Jenny Joseph, I shall get up to all sorts of tricks. But 50 years on, her famous poem Warning with its wearing of red hats and sitting on the pavement doesn’t seem that…
Published 23 Jun 2014 in Features

Feed your mind at lunchtime

As I pondered the theme for my first Creative Bite, the name sparked a thought. How come most workers don’t make the most of their lunch breaks? Why do so many people just grab a quick bite, return…
Published 19 Jun 2014 in Features

Write to recovery

On 12 June 2014, the Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) launched its Write to Recovery website at The Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. The launch forms part of the organisation's 10-year…
Published 13 Jun 2014 in Features

'You are invited!' Developing the ‘intentional invitation’ mechanism to accelerate social inclusion

Whilst in years gone by, disabled people have been specifically excluded, this is not the case anymore as many organisations communicate - sometimes boast - inclusive values. Organisational leaders,…
Published 13 Jun 2014 in Features

Discovering Desistance wins prestigious ESRC award

The Discovering Desistance project was placed second in the Outstanding Impact in Public Policy category of the Celebrating Impact Awards, organised by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council…
Published 6 Jun 2014 in News

What's music good for?

Music. What is it good for? "Playing," said Francois Matarraso at the Everyone Deserves Music conference I recently chaired. But of course that answer isn’t enough. Is "playing," in turn, good for…
Published 2 Jun 2014 in Features

What do you want?

 The creative power of personal outcomes ‘Motivated people think more clearly. They focus more resources on their current project and the result is more creativity’ — Zig Ziglar, Success for…
Published 26 May 2014 in Features

Making the biopic 'Rufus Stone'

The short, professionally made film Rufus Stone is the key output of the three-year ‘Gay and Pleasant Land?’ research project led by Bournemouth University academic, Dr Kip Jones.
Published 23 May 2014 in Features

Being able to explain art

One of the projects I'm involved with at the moment is focused on end of life care and understanding the skills that people have to offer and the skills that they can learn even as they approach the…
Published 19 May 2014 in Features

Reconstructing ourselves

This week I started a new project. Reconstructing Ourselves is an artist in residency project combined with a research strand. It has been funded by Arts Council of Wales. We will be working with…
Published 16 May 2014 in Features

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