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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 UK time unless otherwise specified)

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Next Lapidus Events


 

 

Find Out What You Want To Know About Social Prescribing

 
Date: Monday March 11th 2024
 
Time: 2-3.30 UK time
 
Where: Online via Zoom
 
Cost: Lapidus Student Members/Low Income Members £5, Lapidus Members £10, Non-Members £15
 
Description:

This event has been specially requested by Lapidus for members and non-members to learn about how writing group facilitators and other arts-based practitioners can work with GPs to provide opportunities for people who want to benefit their health and wellbeing.

The session will be presented by Dr Emma Drew who is the Director of the Robin Hood Health Foundation, a social prescribing charity and home of the Hera arts & health project.

Emma’s background is in literary, arts/health & business development work on behalf of clients, who include professional writers, publishers, large & small charities/social enterprises, and local government.

She is the author of The Whole Person Recovery Handbook (2015, Sheldon Press); former MD of the Women's Press; creator of the Arts Council funded Read For Your Life conference at Brighton Festival Fringe in 2014, a networking & learning event for creative health professionals exploring the field of reading for wellbeing; creative writing tutor for service users; arts & health webinar facilitator for medical students at Brighton & Sussex Medical School.

Emma has a BA (Hons) in English from Cambridge and an MSc in Medical Humanities from King's College London.

Emma invites you to shape this session to be what you want it to be. There will be opportunities for questions and to explore:

  • A brief history of arts & health with a focus on reading and writing
  • Jargon-buster - understanding the terminology & practices of health providers
  • Where we are now and how the landscape is changing - who is involved?
  • Opportunities and risks for writers
  • Examples of good practice - benefits for participants
 
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Next Member Events


 

Let This Poem Be A Hand Upon Your Shoulder – Poetry Therapy Workshop

 
Date: 22nd March, 26th April, 17th May, 28th June 2024
 
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm UK time
 
Where: Online 
 
Cost: £25 +Eventbrite booking fee per workshop
 
Description: Let this poem be a hand upon your shoulder, consists of workshops that can help you explore feelings, and 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.

The workshops will take place online, in a closed group on Zoom.

We will use carefully selected poems as a springboard for writing, reflection and conversations.

The workshops are for anyone who wants additional resources, in these unsettling times. It is for those who enjoy creativity, journalling, 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 well-being. She is author of Writing for Resilience, a workbook that harnesses the power of writing to help boost creativity and self-expression, whilst strengthening resilience.

 
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Scriptio Divina with Elaine Konopka
 
Date: Sundays 3rd and 24th March 2024
 
Time: 3-5pm UK time
 
Where: Online via Zoom
 
Cost: 25€ per workshop
 
Description: Scriptio divina (“divine writing”) and its elder sibling lectio divina (“divine reading”) are among the oldest recorded contemplative practices in the Western mystical tradition. The four-part method – reading, reflection, response, and contemplation – has its roots in the 6th century but was finally written down in the late 12th century by Guigo II, a Carthusian monk and prior. In 1286, a Carthusian nun, Marguerite d’Oignt, expanded the practice to include writing. The basic premise is that reading and writing slowly and thoughtfully, with attention, curiosity, and openness, brings us into contact with something greater than ourselves: God, Life, Inspiration, the Present Moment, or any other name you may have for the ineffable. 

In this series of workshops you will:

- practice reading and writing with the attention and devotion of a Carthusian monastic, from the heart of your everyday secular reality, and in a way that sharpens your attention to that reality

- take the time to slow down and interact with beloved texts that are “sacred” to you – poems, excerpts of fiction or non-fiction, anything that moves you – and be exposed to new inspirational writing (including your own)

- move towards a state of openness in which you can receive deep meaning from the written word – meaning you can then take into your life like a light, like a shield, like a hand to hold

Each workshop will focus on a different aspect of or approach to the scriptio divina process. They will build upon each other, but can also stand alone if you cannot attend all four. You will be asked to come with texts that make your heart swell. The body will be included in the process through breathing and attention. There will be a lot of silence.

In these times of AI and chatbots, I feel more than ever a desire to be in the presence of the written word, to honor it, celebrate it, really see it, and listen for what it holds for me. If you share this desire, I would love for you to join me. 

 
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
 

The Reflective Journal | Different Ways to Write

Date: Wednesday 27th March 

Time: 7pm – 9pm UK time

Where: Online

Cost: £25

Description: Maybe the idea of writing and journaling appeals, but you’re not sure how to get started?

Perhaps you have started a journal, but are running out of steam?

Or you might be a seasoned journal writer looking for support and inspiration?

Whether you are an experienced writer or have never written before, Jane Willis’ Reflective Journal sessions are safe, accessible monthly workshops that will introduce you to a range of ways of keeping a reflective journal.

Each month we will unpack and experiment with a different way into writing. This March, playing with ideas of concealing and revealing, we will explore ways of redacting or blocking out found text to create new writing; as well as finding freedom in our own words by obscuring them to others.

Booking details: https://www.janewillis.co.uk/reflective-journal 

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Saturday Morning Creative Writing for Wellbeing with Sue Walters

Date: Saturdays 16th March; 20th April; 15th June; 20th July; 21st September; 19th October; 16th November (3rd Saturday of the month; no class in May or August)

Time:  10–11.30 am 

Where: Online via Zoom 

Cost: £10 per session (£5 if money is tight; free for anyone on benefits) payable by bank transfer

Description: We will use images, photos, poems, prose and ordinary things around us as a stimulus for writing.
This is an opportunity for self expression, self exploration, self care, finding your voice, fun, getting creative… whatever! All in the safe space of the group.  No need to commit to coming every month. You can come to just one session, or them all, or something in between. No previous experience necessary and no one has to share anything they have written. There will be an opportunity to share for those that want to. 

With Sue Walters, a Creative Writing for Wellbeing practitioner, writer and researcher. 

Booking details: Please send me an email telling me that you would like to attend and I will send you 
the Zoom link for the session. (Please email me before 9.30am on the day).

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Read Write Express – Writing for Wellbeing and self-awareness: Discovering

Date: Saturday 13th April 2024

Time:  9.45am-12.30pm

Where: Online via Zoom

Cost: £18 / £29.50

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.
 
Through images, reading and discussing written resource/s, writing (word-painting) and sharing, participants will connect with the theme of "discovering" in imagination and recollection. For this workshop you will need a notebook and pen.

Booking details: Eventbrite: Writing For Wellbeing And Self-Awareness - Discovering tickets

More information: read-write-express.blogspot.com

  


Call for papers: European Biblio/Poetry Therapy Conference, Budapest 2024

Deadline : Monday 15th April 2024 

Description: Our 2-day international conference aims to provide the space and time for encounters and exchange, in the hope of creating a tradition and encouraging other European colleagues to organise a similar professional events in the future.

We invite biblio/poetry therapy practitioners to register and participate in the October conference with a 30-minute presentation or a 1.5-hour workshop. The working language of the conference will be English. For maximum personal experience and meetings, the conference will be held in person only, no streaming, no online participation.

The following topics and themes are welcome:

- experiences and challenges of biblio/poetry therapy services, individual and group sessions for different target groups (both clinical and non-clinical settings)

- education and trainings, national standards in biblio/poetry therapy

- foundation, history and activities of national associations for biblio/poetry therapy

Attendees not intending to register as a presenter or as a workshop facilitator will have the opportunity to register later, when the schedule is finalised.

Information and registration: poetrytherapy.eu

 


CREATIVE COACHING FESTIVAL: The Power Of Poetry In Coaching

Date : 19th April 2024

Time:  12.45pm- 14:15

Where : Online (as part of the wider festival)

Cost: Varies depending on membership options 

Description: As coaches, we know the power of writing down our goals and actions. Writing can take us even further when we add a creative tool like poetry. Creativity allows us to go deeper as we strive to achieve results – whether for ourselves or our clients. It can circumvent the conscious mind and lead us into the rich, inner world of the unconscious.

In this interactive workshop, you will experience poetry as a coaching tool in action. Through the process of reading a poem, writing in response and then reflecting, we can gain a clearer understanding of ourselves and our aspirations. From there, we can set realistic goals, work towards them enthusiastically, and turn our dreams into reality.

No previous experience with this approach is required. You will be guided step-by-step, supported by theory, through various writing techniques and reflection activities designed to support the coaching process.

Information and registration: https://accreativecoachingfest.com/register/ 


UNLOCK 

Date: Tuesday 7th to Thursday 9th May 2024

Where: Noddfa Centre, based in the foothills of Snowdonia on the coast of North Wales.

Cost: £475 

Description:

UNLOCK will offer time, space and tools for attendees to explore their own creativity more deeply, and discover a little more of the magic that lies within and around them.
 
We'll use creative and intuitive writing, meditation and gentle movement, solitude and sharing, depth and humour to connect us to our hearts, bodies, souls and innate creative spirit.
 
£475 includes bespoke facilitation, home-cooked meals, historic accommodation, and the whisper of wind and waves.
 
Anyone who books UNLOCK before the end of February will also be invited to attend LEAP for free.

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A Seat At The Table - A Morning Exploring Belonging

Date:  Saturday 25th May 2024
 
Time: 10:00-13:00 UK Time
 
Where: Online via Zoom
 
Cost: £35 (concessions rate available)
 
Description:

An invitation to explore the fundamental need as well as the exquisite desires to belong, the urge to be greater than ourselves. My own nomadic experiences through the extended family in childhood and life in different continents as an adult have intrigued me and my own sense of belonging. We will open with a simple body awareness to help us step into embodied experiences of writing. We will use poems, aspects of the natural world as well as recollections of our own family dynamics around the table (or table ‘events’ if this did not form part of upbringing). The writing prompts will hopefully help us to gently explore our experiences of belonging, help us into a reflective process and the chance to create narratives in various forms. There will be small group activities to share the process of writing (or the writing itself if you feel moved to).

This session will be facilitated by Liz Annable, CWTP practitioner, person centred counsellor and supervisor.

 
Booking details: https://www.bonesensing.org/ 
 
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The Promise

Date:  Saturday 29th June 2024
 
Time: 10:00-13:00 UK Time
 
Where: Online via Zoom
 
Cost: £35 (concessions rate available)
 
Description:

Gentle explorations into the idea of an unspoken promise around the role of mother. What society may anticipate a mother to be. What we may ‘expect’ from mothers – or if you identify as mother – from self. We will engage with the unspoken assumptions and expectations for this role largely via poem and from that which we create on the day.

Returning by popular enquiry.

This session will be facilitated by Liz Annable, CWTP practitioner, person centred counsellor and supervisor.

 
Booking details: https://www.bonesensing.org/ 
 
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
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