‘re:GENERATION’ – Flourishing Lives at Tate Exchange May 15 – 18 Join us for an inspiring week of FREE events, activities, performances and talks celebrating the creativity of older people and connecting generations through art. Take Part Tate Exchange at Tate Modern is a space for everyone to collaborate, test ideas and discover new perspectives on life, through art….
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‘Mattering: Foundations for Flourishing Lives’ On Thursday 22nd of February we were delighted to welcome social innovators from across the arts and health sectors to the launch of ‘Mattering: Foundations for Flourishing Lives’, written by Lucien-Paul Stanfield, the Chair of Flourishing Lives and CEO of Claremont Project. The Flourishing Lives Coalition will soon number over…
Beyond the Five Year Forward View The healthcare landscape is shifting. Whatever the motivation – whether economic considerations, a ‘more sustainable NHS’ or sheer desire to recognise the potential of measures beyond traditional ideas of medication – assumptions that had been firmly held are starting to fracture. Discussion around what can contribute to health and…
Float Like a Butterfly; Sting Like a Bee… …Or even better (and the lesser known extension of Muhammad Ali’s famous quote)… work together like a swarm of honeybees to overheat your opponent… So, this entry is predominantly a thinly veiled excuse to share a great story that was just shared with me by a…
Flourishing: arts, wellbeing and older age What is the effect of engaging in participatory arts on the wellbeing and quality of life for healthy older people? I am a PhD student at the University of Derby, researching Art for Health in Older Age. My research interests include investigating ‘meaningful’ creative engagement; examining definitions of…
‘Many Old Hands Make Great Work’ Last week I took part in Creativity and Wellbeing Week curating an exhibition of pottery called ‘Many Old Hands Make Great Work’. It showcased the talents of my pottery students who I teach from 4 residential and care homes in London and Surrey; they are all aged between 60-105…
Sing Your Hearts Out For Valentine’s Day this year Flourishing Lives had the absolute pleasure of heading along to Stratford Circus for their ‘Sing Your Hearts Out’ sing-along. The first half of the sing-along was led by the Age Well Singers and the second half by Newham Super Choir. We started off with a…
Christmas Advertising Ah Christmas, a time for children, grandparents and cute animals. Or so the £5.6billion spent in the UK on advertising and marketing would have us believe. However, whilst children play a diverse range of characters over the course of the year in the world of advertising, it seems that older people undergo a…
Measuring Happiness Very often in this sector we are required to ‘measure people’s happiness,’ to quantify the change in them as a result of their engagement with our work. However, while we can feel the development through their changed tone of voice, or their smile or the shift towards more proactive communications, capturing this in…
Rotherhithe Shed As part of Southbank Centre’s Being a Man festival, the Royal Festival Hall played temporary host to a series of ‘Men’s Sheds’ from across London, offering free workshops and skill demonstrations accessible to all. The Men’s Shed movement started in Australia as a fun and engaging way to combat social isolation and…