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Guest post by Isobel Murdoch

By Isobel Murdoch on 23rd January 2024

Paint Your Mind

Isobel Murdoch is a freelance arts for wellbeing practitioner, having set up Medley, an online initiative, during lockdown in 2020. She has now secured funding from Arts Council England for “Paint Your Mind: Art As Tool”. Here she explains what

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By Robyn O'Mahony on 27th June 2023

Weaving wellbeing with wool

The Woolly Nanas have been weaving wellbeing with wool since 2021. Now they’re joining the Share Shed and Network of Wellbeing (NOW) to host the WoolFest – a celebration of all things woollen. NOW’s Communications Officer, Robyn O’Mahoney talks to

Guest post by Juliet Hancock

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By Juliet Hancock on 13th December 2018

‘Stand by Me’: The Wellbeing Benefits of Making Music…

Music has the power to create a profound impact in different forms and settings, breaking down traditional and cultural barriers. This post explores the power of music and singing to bring people together. With the Festive season coming up, this

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By NOW on 10th September 2018

Happiness Is Handmade: A Weekend Of Immersion in Creativity

The Network of Wellbeing invites you to join facilitator Sherry Clark for “Happiness is Handmade” – a weekend of making and doing creative, purposeful and positive things with your hands, at Eden Rise, in Devon. *Unfortunately this event has been cancelled*

Guest post by Ruth Davey

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By Ruth Davey on 14th March 2018

Mindful Photography for Improved Wellbeing

Creativity and mindfulness can offer a route out of difficult times and towards greater mental health and overall wellbeing. In September 2014, photography started to take on a whole new meaning to me. For some time I had struggled with

Guest post by Music for Wellbeing

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By Music for Wellbeing on 2nd November 2017

Music for Wellbeing

Music for Wellbeing is a Bristol-based music therapy project. In this post they explain how our workshops can support the Five Ways to Wellbeing. Music for Wellbeing was born out of our experiences as music therapists. In summer 2016 we qualified as music

Guest post by Rebecca Mellor

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By Rebecca Mellor on 18th October 2017

Wellbeing Through Creativity

Our creativity, as a means of connecting with ourselves, others and the world around us, is vital to building a wellbeing-based society. Without it, we are destined to plough through the existing paradigm as it grows ever more obsolete and

Guest post by Gina Scholer

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By Gina Scholer on 17th March 2017

Write Yourself Happy for International Day of Happiness

The German Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing offers a creative view on the wide field of happiness and wellbeing. As Minister of Happiness, I involve the community by playfully visualising insights and facts from happiness research and positive psychology, through

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By Florence Scialom on 6th March 2017

#Happy Haiku: Getting Creative for International Day of Happiness

The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 20th March as International Day of Happiness (IDH) in order to recognize, “the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world”. To celebrate

Guest post by Mim Stenning

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By Mim Stenning on 17th November 2016

Fireside – Wellbeing Funding in Action

The Totnes Wellbeing Fund offers grants up to £500 to help new initiatives that could really enhance personal, community and environmental wellbeing locally. This summer, Mim Stenning and Julia Brownlow were awarded a grant to set up a community Open-no-Mic

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Creatively Overcoming Isolation Through Arts and Crafts

Wellbeing for Changemakers Creative Retreat

WoolFest in Buckfastleigh: A Celebration of Wool and Community

Paint Your Mind

Weaving wellbeing with wool

‘Stand by Me’: The Wellbeing Benefits of Making Music…

Happiness Is Handmade: A Weekend Of Immersion in Creativity

Mindful Photography for Improved Wellbeing

Music for Wellbeing

Wellbeing Through Creativity

Write Yourself Happy for International Day of Happiness

#Happy Haiku: Getting Creative for International Day of Happiness

Fireside – Wellbeing Funding in Action

Your wellbeing - Creativity

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