Event Round Up
There are a lot of events going on at the moment, run both by ourselves and our members. We don't want you to miss out, so please find below a summary of the events happening over the next few months. We'll continue to update it every time someone sends in something new! (All times are in timezone GMT+1 unless otherwise specified)
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Finding Your Voice: Reclaiming the Inner Writer
Date: 4th May - 15th June, six week course
Where: Online
Cost: £175
Description:
Join Kylie Fitzpatrick on her online writing course + extra feedback and Zoom Q&A.
Through instruction, discussion and practical application, Finding Your Voice will help you learn techniques to connect with your most authentic writing-self, whilst helping you identify the themes and stories that have meaning to you. This course will help you recognise the difference between the noisy, judgemental chitter-chatter of the mind, and the quieter, wiser voice of your inner writer.
Storied Selves, Writing for Wellbeing & Personal Development
Date: Wednesdays 5th May, 9th June 2021
Time: Available at two time slots, 11:00AM-12:30PM or 19:00-20:30PM on each of the above dates; maximum of 10 places in total available per workshop
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: £15 full price, £10 students/unwaged
Description:
Open to all adults, these set of four themed workshops are offered for those wishing to explore creative and enjoyable ways of enhancing their self-expression, reflection and wellbeing through writing. The focus in this group is on the process of writing, and less so on the final ‘product,’ in refreshing contrast to so much of our working lives focussed on outcomes and productivity. In this way, Writing for Wellbeing differs from Creative Writing groups, where the writing produced/in-progress, is the focus of peer feedback.
Instead, these workshops provide a supportive, confidential space to try out a range of enjoyable writing activities, using a blend of creative, expressive and reflective writing approaches, including poetry, fiction, quotes, images and other mixed media, as ‘writing prompts’; participants are then invited to share their writing, but are not obligated to so, and are certainly and not coerced to share anything unless they feel comfortable to do so.
No formal experience is needed, just a willingness to give writing a go!
As well as being a published poet and short fiction writer, and trained Writing for Wellbeing Facilitator (MA Creative Writing & Personal Development, Sussex University 2005), Storied Selves facilitator Dr Roshni Beeharry, is a former Consultant-level NHS doctor with over 25 years of experience of caring for people, teaching, supporting and mentoring others, in her capacity as doctor and highly experienced medical educator.Roshni is also open to commissions for design and facilitation of workshops for teams and organisations including the NHS and Higher Education settings, and in healthcare and social care with patients/service users-please do not hesitate to contact her via the Storied Selves website to discuss further.
From Feldenkrais to Improvised Movement and Writing
Date: 8th May
Time: 9am to 12pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: £30
Description:
And so we write - Try for a Tenner!
Date: 8th May 2021
Time: 1pm to 3pm (includes a short break) UK time
Where: Online
Cost: £10
Description: The past year has been challenging. Take a couple of hours out to refresh your creativity and clarify thoughts, feelings and ideas in a supportive environment. This is a space for you to explore, consider and find new perspectives, through writing creatively, in a structured yet playful space.
Small group, experienced facilitator.
Contact me via fb or e-mail to book
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A writing for well-being workshop inspired by Animals and Spirituality
Date: 9th May
Time: 12:30pm to 4:00pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: Cost £15 (£10 low/unwaged- spaces limited so £5 deposit needed)
Description:
Read Write Express Writing for Wellbeing and Self Awareness
Date: Saturdays - 15th May, 19th June.
Time: Below
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: £23.50
Description:
Read Write Express offers workshops for adults who wish to explore writing as a means of improving wellbeing, gaining confidence and moving forward with life.
The workshops provide a nurturing and supportive space to experience different writing and other fun, releasing and relaxing exercises to help participants stimulate their creativity and encourage self-awareness. Writing experience is not essential, just a willingness to join in and give it a go.
Writing is optionally shared with the group and participants are encouraged to respond from their own experience of hearing it as opposed to offering a critique. This is the difference between writing for self development and creative writing for literary development. Writing and voicing writing in this way can be therapeutic but these workshops are not group therapy and participants need to be aware of this when choosing what to write or share.
Saturday 15 May 2021 - 10.00am to 12.30pm
Self-love
Through reading, reflection, free-writing and sharing, we will contemplate the theme of "self-love", how we show love to ourselves and dialogue with aspects of self that show us self-love in different ways. For this workshop you will need a notebook and pen. To book, click here.
Saturday 19 June 2021 - 10.00am to 12.30pm
Going away
Through reading, reflection, free-writing and sharing, we will contemplate the theme of "going away" and what this means to us as well as what we may bring back and how these items serve to remind us of our experiences of being away. For this workshop you will need a notebook and pen. To book, click here.
Bookings are via Eventbrite and the meetings are held on Zoom.
Classes held monthly. Check website for dates.
Journaling for Creativity and Wellbeing
Date: 3rd Saturday of every month
Time: 1pm to 4pm UK time
Where: Online
Cost: £15 for three hour workshop
Description:
Myszka leads an interactive safe workshop space, with discussion and prompts around wellbeing and creativity, as both a mental health therapist and a writer, she combines these two fields to support and explore issues on a monthly theme. Please see the website for details of each month's theme.
www.foxesretreat.com/journaling-workshops
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Let This Poem Be A Hand Upon Your Shoulder
Date: 14 + 28 May, 11 + 25 Jun 2021
Time: 11:00am to 12:30pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: £13.52
Description:
In times of crisis and uncertainty, poetry can bring comfort and healing. Let this poem be a hand upon your shoulder consists of a series of workshops that can help you build your resilience as you connect with others in these challenging times.
The theme for the workshops was inspired by a poem written by Deborah Cooper. We will use carefully selected poems as a springboard for writing, reflection, and dialogue. The workshops are for anyone who wants additional resources, in these unsettling times. It is for those who enjoy creativity, journaling, writing for personal or professional development.
No prior knowledge of poetry or expressive writing is required; you simply need to be willing to share, reflect and experiment with words in a supportive environment.
Charmaine Pollard is an experienced poetry therapist, counsellor and life coach with a passion for leading therapeutic writing workshops to promote health and wellbeing.
Bookings via Eventbrite
- Fri 23rd Apr 2021 Fri 30th Apr 2021
- Fri 14th May 2021 Fri 28th May 2021
- Fri 11th Jun 2021 Fri 25thJun 2021
Writing for Wellbeing for those in Healthcare related fields (including clinicians, academics and students)
Date: Saturday 22nd May, SUNDAY 27th June 2021
Time: 11:00-12:30PM or 15:30-17:00PM on each of the above dates; maximum 10 places in total available per workshop
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: £15 full price, £10 students/unwaged
Description:
Open to those in all healthcare fields including clinicians, academics and students and trainees, these set of four themed workshops are offered for those wishing to explore creative and enjoyable ways of enhancing their self-expression, reflection and wellbeing through writing. The focus in this group, is on the process of writing, and less so on the final ‘product,’ in refreshing and liberating contrast to so much of our professional lives focussed on outcomes and productivity. I believe that this type of writing can provide an enjoyable adjunct to the mandatory reflective writing portfolios at work e.g E Portfolio systems.
Instead, these workshops provide a supportive, confidential space to try out a range of enjoyable writing activities, using a blend of creative, expressive and reflective writing approaches, including poetry, fiction, quotes, images and other mixed media, as ‘writing prompts’; participants are then invited to share their writing, but are not obligated to so, and are certainly and not coerced to share anything unless they feel comfortable to do so.
No formal experience is needed, just a willingness to give writing a go!
As well as being a published poet and short fiction writer, and trained Writing for Wellbeing Facilitator (MA Creative Writing & Personal Development, Sussex University 2005), Storied Selves facilitator Dr Roshni Beeharry, is a former Consultant-level NHS doctor with over 25 years of experience of caring for people, teaching, supporting and mentoring others, in her capacity as doctor and highly experienced medical educator.
Dr Beeharry is also open to commissions for design and facilitation of workshops for teams and organisations including the NHS and Higher Education settings, and in healthcare and social care with patients/service users-please do not hesitate to contact her via the Storied Selves website to discuss further.
Writing, Reading, Storytelling for health and wellbeing Facilitator Training
Date: runs over 4 dates (total of 12 hours) 24th April, 5th May, 19th May, 5th June
Time: times vary per day
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: £145 (discounts available for unwaged/ students)
Description:
Celebrating 25 years of Lapidus - a networking event
Date: Saturday 22nd May
Time: 10am to 12pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: Free to Lapidus Members/Donation
Description:
To start our 25th Birthday celebrations, we are pleased to offer a Saturday morning networking event on the 22nd May 2021.
We are offering Lapidus members an opportunity to share their experiences of writing for well-being/ personal development/therapeutic purposes.
Lapidus International is a leading organization in supporting this work and we would like to discover more about the diverse and distinct ways practitioners are working during these challenging times.
Working in this area can feel isolating at times and even with good clinical supervision and support it can feel like we are a bit outside the mainstream of both the writing world and the world of therapeutic services. We see this event as part of practitioner development and an opportunity for the Board to discover how Lapidus International can learn from its members.
Finding Community and Connection
Date: May 24th and June 21st
Time: 7pm to 8pm UK time
Where: Online
Description:
A supportive space, for those running groups using writing for health and wellbeing, personal development and therapeutic purposes.
Mary Burns and Christine Hollywood offer an opportunity to chat and connect with your community, share ideas and resources. To book see below and for more details, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Introduction to Therapeutic Writing - City Lit Course
Date: Sunday 13th, 20th + 27th June 2021
Time: 10:30am to 4:30pm
Where: Online
Description:
Poetry therapy can be summed up as the interactive use of literature and/or writing to promote growth and healing.
Learn how to introduce therapeutic writing into your work to help people improve their health and wellbeing.
What will we cover?
This course offers insights into poetry therapy and therapeutic writing at an introductory level. The course is experiential and will explore the use of poems and expressive writing as a tool for healing, growth and personal development.
Using our own experiences, we will reflect upon this process, and be introduced to some basic knowledge of poetry therapy which will support you and your clients through the process of self-discovery, creativity, healing and personal development.
Who is the course for?
This course will be of interest to writers of all kinds, medical and healthcare professionals, counsellors, therapists, social workers, librarians, academics, teachers, service providers in a variety of health and therapeutic environments.
https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/introduction-to-therapeutic-writing
To enrol and for further information visit City Lit website.
Charmaine Pollard is an experienced poetry therapist, counsellor and life coach with a passion for leading therapeutic writing workshops to promote health and wellbeing.
Journaling and Yoga Retreat (3 days, fully inclusive residential)
Date: 20th to 22nd September
Time: 10am on 20th to 5pm on 22nd September
Where: Online
Cost: £275
Description:
Price includes full home-cooked catering, plus three full days of Yoga and Journaling sessions
Three days to unwind in the Peak District, with Journaling and Yoga Workshops to unwind the mind and body, in a small and friendly setting
www.foxesretreat.com/wellbeingretreats
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Practitioners Residential Retreat
Date: 4th to 8th October 2021
Where: Online
Cost: £595, all inclusive of workshops, meals, drinks
Description:
For those working therapeutically in the field of Writing for Wellbeing with time to connect, reflect and re-charge. A four night fully-catered stay in the English Peak District.
- Morning meditation circles
- Three workshops each day, with free afternoons
- Evening activities as a group
- Fully catered with local produce, including afternoon tea and cake
- A range of coffees and teas, cordials and juices
- Comfortable double rooms with writing desks
- Fireglobe and cacao on final evening
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