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Amazing program featuring refugee and migrant creative views on home.

I'm very excited to be joining Dr Nicole Brown's Practice as Research seminar series - talking about co-creation and evaluation/research co-production with artists and young people: practiceasresearch.nicole-brown.co.uk/participation/ via Nicole Brown

Loneliness and social isolation of ethnic minority/immigrant older adults: a scoping review New paper led by Dr Mengxing PhD, MSW, MA, AFHEA (she/her) Ethnicity/immigration-specific factors & general factors shape ethnic minority older adults' experiences of loneliness & isolation ⬇️ cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🚨Applications close next week. This exciting #PhD aims to address cultural barriers experienced by South Asians when trying to adhere to dietary guidelines for chronic disease management.

I'll be speaking at the International Social Prescribing Conference #ISPC2024 next week about my research on the emotional impact on artists of working with participants with challenging health or psychosocial conditions (tinyurl.com/JPFortierthesis)

Great presentations at this conference (especially Dr Abi Woodward and Meaningful Measures). You can find my slides, recommendations on safety and care in social prescribing, and more info here: tinyurl.com/ycy5ju4b

New training opportunities for creative health practitioners who are interested in what arts therapy practice and principles could bring to their work - stellar group of faculty too:

Another helpful framework and webinar from the excellent UCL team to better understand why people engage in the arts:

Singaporean and other Asia region arts and health advocates will enjoy this event:

This important article on link workers 'holding' patients through social prescribing experience describes similar benefits and challenges faced by artists working with complex needs (tinyurl.com/ycy5ju4b). Let's pay more attention to their training and support needs.

I look forward spending time with Nicole Brown and sharing insights from the Reach In Reach programme at this seminar on Monday >>

Writing for wellbeing with Roshni, an August treat:

*PARTICIPATE* Excited that recruitment for our Social Biobehavioural Research Group School of Health in Social Science We-EngAGE study exploring the role of leisure activities (e.g., clubs, arts, sports) in wellbeing has begun! If you or anyone you know is aged 55+, look below 👇👇👇 Saoirse Finn @OliviaTurnerArt Hei Wan (Karen) Mak

Please share: The NHS is developing an improvement plan for interpreting/translation services for patients with limited English skills. If you intersect with these language services or communities that use them, please fill out this survey by 6 September > jointheconversation.scwcsu.nhs.uk/nhs-translatio…

Brilliant event and model of local creative health mapping

What strikes me about this social prescribing conceptual framework is how multi-faceted the role of the connector/link worker is. This is where the real personalisation and support can happen - how do we assure this level of engagement?