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Help Flourishing Lives continue to flourish!

Art, Donate, Health & Fitness, Inclusive Practice, Research

Help Flourishing Lives continue to flourish! Flourishing Lives supports the older people’s arts and wellbeing sector to share knowledge, develop practice and create opportunities for connection and collaboration. Through our forums, CPD-accredited professional development and collective learning, we help organisations and practitioners make a positive difference to the lives of older people. We’re incredibly proud

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Communities of Practice Forum: Exploring Older Men’s Participation in arts & wellbeing Services – ‘Lone islands? Exploring social disconnection amongst older men living alone’

Art, Health & Fitness, Older Men, Workshops

Join us for a free online gathering, in partnership with Professor Paul Willis.   The ‘Communities of Practice Forum: Exploring Older Men’s Participation in Arts & Wellbeing’ is an informal space for arts and wellbeing providers to meet and share ideas around developing better support and engagement for older men in arts & wellbeing services. The

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Ageism at the Intersections in London: Identity, Discrimination & Creative Action

Art, Health & Fitness, Inclusive Practice, Research, Workshops

Join us for a free online workshop in partnership with Age UK London. Flourishing Lives, the Flourishing Lives Advisory Group (FLAG), and Age UK London invite you to our free online workshop exploring ageism at the intersections in London – and how creative action can help to combat ageism. We are pleased to invite you to

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Understanding & Inclusion of Older Autistic People in Arts & Wellbeing Services

Art, Autism, CPD, Health & Fitness, Inclusive Practice, Research, Workshops

Join us for a free CPD-Accredited online workshop in partnership with Older Autistic Trainer and Consultant, Cos Michael. Flourishing Lives, the Flourishing Lives Advisory Group (FLAG), and Cos Michael invite you to our free online workshop, sharing the lived experiences of older autistic people, exploring how we can maximise wellbeing for older autistic adults, and sharing

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Communities of Practice Forum: Exploring Older Men’s Participation in arts & wellbeing Services

Art, Health & Fitness, Older Men, Workshops

Join us for a free online gathering, in partnership with Time & Talents’ Older Men’s Groups.   The ‘Communities of Practice Forum: Exploring Older Men’s Participation in Arts & Wellbeing’ is an informal space for arts and wellbeing providers to meet and share ideas around developing better support and engagement for older men in arts &

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Working-Class Creativity, Ageing & Belonging in the Arts

Art, Health & Fitness, Inclusive Practice, Research, Workshops

Join us for a free online workshop in partnership with creative facilitator and dementia practitioner Emily Bird. Flourishing Lives, the Flourishing Lives Advisory Group (FLAG), and Emily Bird invite you to our free online workshop exploring working-class creativity, ageing and belonging in the arts.  In this interactive webinar, creative facilitator and dementia practitioner Emily Bird draws

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‘How to Catch Ageism’ Series – No 2: Laughter

Art, Health & Fitness, Inclusive Practice, Research, Workshops

Join us for a free online workshop exploring ageism and laughter – how can we laugh at ageing free from the limiting beliefs of ageism. Flourishing Lives, the Flourishing Lives Advisory Group (FLAG), Dave Martin and Hannah McDowall of Canopy invite you to our free online workshop. If you google ‘the benefits of laughing’ you

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Exploring Care Aesthetics & The Art of Care in Arts & Wellbeing Services

Art, Health & Fitness, Inclusive Practice, Research, Workshops

Join us for a free online workshop in partnership with Professor James Thompson. Flourishing Lives, the Flourishing Lives Advisory Group (FLAG), and James Thompson invite you to our free online workshop exploring ‘care aesthetics and the art of care’. James will speak about his work on the aesthetics of care particularly focused on work with

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An ABC of Creative Dementia Interventions: Agency, Best Practice & Co-creation (part 2)

Art, Dementia, Health & Fitness, Inclusive Practice, Research, Workshops

Join us for a free CPD-Accredited online workshop in partnership with Creative Health facilitator Seiwa Cunningham. Flourishing Lives, the Flourishing Lives Advisory Group (FLAG), and Seiwa Cunningham invite you to part two of our free online forum, discussing themes of agency and co-creation when working with People Living with Dementia. (Please note: you do not need

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Communities of Practice Forum: Exploring Older Men’s Participation in arts & wellbeing Services

Art, Health & Fitness, Older Men, Workshops

Join us for a free online gathering, in partnership with Celebrating Age Wiltshire (CAW): Creative Conversations groups for men aged 65+.   The ‘Communities of Practice Forum: Exploring Older Men’s Participation in Arts & Wellbeing’ is an informal space for arts and wellbeing providers to meet and share ideas around developing better support and engagement for

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