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Health, care and wellbeing

Many researchers are working to demonstrate the importance of humanities research in the fields of health, care and wellbeing. From the relationship between the arts, creativity and mental health, to the voices of those working in the NHS, discover events in this year's festival that get to the heart of being human today.

Picture of soldier with rifle, helicopters, explosion and other soldiers, alongside images of man on park bench and another looking distressed in therapist's office

09 - 18 Nov 2023

Coming Home: Sharing Veterans' Mental Health Stories

Photo of cemetery

Spirited Conversations: Wellbeing, Reason and Communication with the Dead

Large mural outside with the words 'Music is the Answer'

You Are Not Alone (Closed Event)

Three landscape photos alongside each other of a path, grass and skyline

Mind Over Matter: Being in Time

Photo of person cutting up pieces of paper at table

Making Zines in Crip Time

Illustration of two birds flying among trees

The Other Side of Hope

Sketch of three men playing instruments

Scoring Mental Health

Photo of palm of hand covered in brightly coloured paints

Creativity, Making Meaning and Mental Health

Photo of two different male hands resting on surface next to each other

Connect: Masculinity and Mental Health (Closed Event)

Photo of red poppy growing between paving slabs

PhotoLatte - Photography and Mental Health

Cartoon depiction of senior soldier talking to Stretcher-Bearer Stan

Coming Home: Sharing Veterans' Mental Health Stories (Exhibition Tours)

Group of soldiers seated in room; a few are rowdy as senior female soldier with file walks in

Coming Home: Sharing Veterans' Mental Health Stories (Life-Story Talk and Workshop)

Painting of a woman with hands open-palmed in the air, with words in the background like 'I Can't' and 'I'm Trying'

Storytelling for Mental Wellbeing

Photo of choir singing called Rising Voices Wessex

Sing Out for Health - with Rising Voices Wessex

A child wearing AR glasses, a green face mask and holding their hands up to their head.

How 11-year-olds Helped Discover Secrets of Healthy Ageing (Schools Event)

Vintage microphone

Rhythm of Life: A Research Cabaret

Person drawing on paper on floor with dog looking on

Recovering the Stories of Hellesdon Hospital

A series of activities led by Norwich University of the Arts.

Similar to cover of Pink Floyd rock album - beam of light projected through prism, emerging as colours of spectrum

Mind Over Matter: Dark Side of the Moon

Illustration of fruits, flowers, leaves and a spoon

Food For Thought: Lightning Talks! (Postponed)

Painting with plate of food next to large display of flowers

Alice Thornton's Cafe (Fully booked)

Map showing migration route to Europe

Writing Home: Myth, Letters and Refugee Well-Being (Closed Event)

A black and white illustration, with an eye in the centre with a triangle at the centre of the eye, surrounded by grains, leaves, circular patterns, and 4 rectangular abstract images.

Reimagining Sleep Café

Photo of St Luke's Bombed Out Church, Liverpool

Holy Hosts/No Angels (Ft. special guests Keyside)

Close-up photo of boat in foreground with Persian writing on side, with sand and sea in background

'Hit the Road' and No Angels

Male dancer stopping female dancer from falling forward by holding onto material wrapped around her

Handle [me] With Care

Picture of fabric banner showing Durham Women's Banner Group

Banners of Care: Gateshead's Best Kept Secret

Child's drawing of ambulance

Speaking Out! Young People’s Experiences of Illness

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