Join us at Good Grief Hastings, 22-25 May. The festival will explore how creativity, conversation and community can help people support one another through grief and loss.
18hours.org.uk/good-grief-f...
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New online course: Grief & Bereavement in Primary Care, specifically designed for GPs & primary care professionals who want to enhance their knowledge & skills in supporting bereaved patients & navigating conversations about grief, death & end of life www.goodgrieffest.com/grief-in-pri...
Read all about our community network meeting in Weston-super-Mare last month which included speakers from BNSSG ICB, VANS and Super Culture as well as a fun zine-making session coastalcch.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/news/#Fourth...
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Last Word: Doing Death Differently starts on BBC Radio 4 today and runs all week looking at how our attitudes to death, dying and the way we memorialise our dead have changed. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Lucy Selman advised on the series and is interviewed in today's episode.
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Last month, Lucy Selman, Professor of Palliative and End of Life Care at the University of Bristol, gave her inspiring inaugural lecture, reflecting on her career and the insights she has gained along the way. Watch the recording here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTzK...
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Rethinking ‘Capacity Building’ in Coastal Communities. What if the goal is not just building capacity, but building communities? Latest blog here
coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/#From_W...
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ICYMI: The MCA programme, @ncch.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk & their partners hosted an insightful webinar showcasing 4 presentations that each made a case for the increasingly urgent need to build an economic case for creative health. Tune into the recording on our website ncch.org.uk/news/creativ...
Read about the Style Assembly: A Youth-Led Launch for Creative Fusion in Blackpool that took place last month at House of Wingz. coastalcch.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/news/#Style_...
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Read about our latest discussion forum in Hastings where we explored how creative health can be embedded locally and we even enjoyed a sound bath too! coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/#Third_...
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A fantastic morning in Weston last week at our community meeting discussing the community chest fund, creative health board and plans for Good Grief Weston, finishing off with some zine-ing with Zara from Weston Artspace
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Feel free to come long/watch online if you're interested in hearing a bit about my work to date. www.eventbrite.com/e/lucy-selma...?
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🗓️ 𝟮𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺
Join this @mobcommassets.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk, @ncch.bsky.social 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 with @celfcymruartswales.bsky.social, @bangoruniversity.bsky.social & Edge Hill University!
Register:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-t...
❗MUST READ: A new study from the @mobcommassets.bsky.social programme and the NCCH has been published in Frontiers of Public Health. It proposes an approach to social prescribing based on data from seven Mobilising projects. Read the full study here: doi.org/10.3389/fpub...
Coming up next week... Book now to connect, contribute and be part of the conversation
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New date for this workshop, 10 March 11am-1pm
New registration link www.eventbrite.com/e/1983528907...
🚨 Britain’s ketamine crisis is growing. New research from Blackpool shows why creative, community-based approaches should be part of the response, supporting prevention, and recovery.
Read more ⤵️
ncch.org.uk/blog/britain...
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Next @bnssgresearch.bsky.social Research Seminar:
🧠Mental Health
🗓️Thursday 26th February 2026, 12-1pm, online.
Speakers from @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social & Montpelier Health Centre.
🔗Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/694ad7...
A great morning at Weston Artspace last week with our co-researchers, creative workshop participants and Fiona from Super Culture discussing new ideas for this autumn’s Good Grief Weston
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Managing Mental Health and Finding Boundaries in the Arts
Workshop, online, 24 Feb 1.30-3.30pm
This workshop is dedicated to managing mental health and finding boundaries in your work, more info and register here www.eventbrite.com/e/managing-m...
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You’re invited to Blackpool’s Making Waves – Community & Creative Health Network
26 March 2026 | 9:30am–1pm
House of Wingz, Blackpool
Exploring partnership working across health, VCSE & arts: end of life, recovery & young people’s mental health
Register here www.eventbrite.com/e/blackpools...
📅 Weston Community Network Meeting
🗓 19 March 9.30am–12.30pm
📍 The Campus
Bringing together people from health, creative health, VCSE, local authority and lived-experience communities.
Book now to connect, contribute and be part of the conversation.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/alice-malpas...
The Mobilising programme, w/ @ncch.bsky.social
@coastalcch.bsky.social and Blackpool Researching Together, is proud to launch a participatory research study investigating the surge of ketamine use - and Blackpool’s powerful approach to tackle it ➡️ ncch.org.uk/uploads/Blac...
📣 “A call to act now”: New research from Blackpool argues for a creative community-based approach to the growing crisis of ketamine use across Britain. Find out more in this blog ➡️ ncch.org.uk/blog/britain...
The January NCCH Health & Care Newsletter is here! 🎉
This month:
• Creative Health Leads in Systems – applications still open
• Blogs and resources on the positive impact of the arts in hospital
👉 Read it here: mailchi.mp/3678074646e7...
🎨 🖼️ Arts in Hospitals: Why Creative Health Matters for Patients, Staff and the NHS - check out the latest guest blog from the National Arts in Hospitals
Network here: ncch.org.uk/blog/arts-in...
Image courtesy of Corbin O’Grady Studio & Art for Life
Hear CC&CH community artist Caitlin Buckler's reflections on our Weston-super-Mare bereavement workshops. Register here forms.office.com/e/DzCbuP8G1d
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NCCH and @rsph.bsky.social will present the Creative Health Research Round-Up 2025—a curated showcase of UK creative health research with real-world relevance for health & care systems. Join us online on Wed 28 Jan | 12-2pm 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/112681...
Reducing health inequalities needs whole-system action. Creative health can help to bring communities, the voluntary sector & health systems together. Evidence shows the arts improve wellbeing, reduce trauma & build belonging for marginalised groups. 🎨 ncch.org.uk/resources/re...
"Palliative care must prioritise cultural humility and social justice.”
This article underlines what hospices see every day: care is better when people’s own traditions and voices lead the way.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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