Our last bulletin of the academic year is a bumper edition and deliberately eclectic – including news about cuddly Purrble robots, events on migration, artificial intelligence, and how the cultural sector has recovered around the world post-Covid.
We share a recap of Let Silence Speak, a symposium by SHAPER and partners held at Science Gallery London earlier this month, bearing a message of hope about the role of lived-experience creative health ambassadors in the health and social care system. There is also information below on resources and opportunities across the creative health field including funds for public engagement and professional development.
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We look forward to receiving news of your activities over the summer and to being in touch again in September.
News from across King's
Brazilian migrant women share their experiences of working as delivery drivers in London
Brazilian women working as delivery drivers across London documented the harassment and unsafe working conditions they face every day, for Who’s Behind Your Order?, an exhibition at Brixton House. The exhibition was part of a research project led by Professor Cathy McIlwaine in the Department of Geography.
'It's about hope': Symposium advocates for lived-experience ambassadors in Creative Health
Let Silence Speak at Science Gallery London brought together researchers, charity representatives, artists, clinicians and other healthcare professionals for a symposium to understand and mobilise the patient creative voice as an asset for health and social care.
Listening to forests: new project explores soundscapes as method for ecological research
Representatives from King's were invited to a reception at No. 10 Downing Street, hosted to recognise the university’s involvement in London Design Biennale 2023. The King’s team presented Purrble, a cuddly companion designed to guide emotion regulation for young people struggling with their mental health.
The Science or Fiction Podcast is now available on all major podcast streaming platforms
The Science or Fiction Podcast features interviews with researchers to separate the science from the fiction in news headlines on mental health. It was co-created with young people and launched last autumn by Dr Kathryn Bates, Department of Psychology at King’s.
Photovoice as a potential intervention for loneliness among older migrants from Myanmar
Arts Council Director for Creative Health, Hollie Smith-Charles, writes about the power that creativity has to help us feel better for Creativity and Wellbeing Week, and shares about plans to continue supporting and investing in this vital work.
A study by the Centre for Cultural Value reports on a lack of representation within research literature, in the type of cultural experience explored by researchers and in the people recruited as research participants.
QUEERCIRCLE worked with researchers at University College London to evaluate the first six months of their health and wellbeing programme. The results explore how creative health projects work when undertaken in specific LGBTQ+ contexts, with answers to the question ‘What does (Queer) health and wellbeing mean to you?’.
The Culture for Health report details findings on evidence and policy recommendations for Europe, scoping 310 scientific studies, including 131 dealing with ‘culture and community wellbeing’. The positive health and wellbeing outcomes of cultural interventions in communities are substantial across different themes.
Birth Shock! is an AHRC-funded engagement-focused project exploring and enhancing the impact and reach of The Birth Project, a study concerned with the role of arts in the perinatal period in supporting the wellbeing of new mothers and working with birthing professionals.
A new free exhibition and events public programme at King’s flagship public gallery, including work featuring perspectives from young heart patients and those with experience of living with cancer about the impact of artificial intelligence on their care.
This workshop will focus on creating proposals to collaborate with artists and will consider the challenges and opportunities of working in today’s global context. Open to all King's researchers.
Dates: 28 June 2023, 14:00-17:00 (followed by a drinks reception) Location: Science Gallery London
The joint King’s Health Partners and SE London ICS Population Health & Equity programme’s second annual conference brings together key staff and stakeholders working on population health and public health across south east London.
This event will reflect on research experiences of co-production within the context of university-community partnerships. The session is part of the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health's Research Methods Primer and Provocation series.
This webinar will launch the joint King's College London and World Cities Culture Forum report ‘Creative Recovery: the role of cultural policy in shaping post-COVID urban futures’ alongside a Policy Briefing for city leaders.
Date: Wednesday 5 July 2023, 17:00-18:15 Location: Online
Join this lively Q&A session, which will be recorded for the BBC Global News Podcast, focusing on the role of AI in health, science, education and work.
This conference will explore the interface between history and human; achieving health and wellbeing through history-driven social connectedness. The deadline to submit papers is 30 June 2023.
Date: Thursday 21 – 23 September 2023
Location: Enterprise Centre, Derby
The British Academy - SHAPE Involve and Engage Deadline: Wednesday28 June 2023, 17:00 This pilot award scheme will fund innovative public engagement projects, delivered in partnership with a gallery, library, archive or museum. Small awards of up to £8,000 will be made to researchers across the UK in the pilot year.
Participatory Arts and Mental Health Fund Deadline: Tuesday 18 July 2023 This fund aims to increase and improve the quality of arts and mental health provision in participatory settings at a community level, across Scotland, by supporting groups to try new approaches or develop their existing work with people living with mental health problems.
Arts & Health Hub – Support Hub Deadline: Friday 7 July 2023, 17:00 Are you an artist working in the Creative Health sector and looking for support, mentoring and supervision? Apply now for Arts & Health Hub’s Support Hub Opportunities.
Churchill Fellowship Applications open: 12 September 2023 A Churchill Fellowship is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover new ideas and best practice from around the world in order to make change happen in the UK in an issue you care about.
Creative Health News from King's Culture aims to bring together initiatives across the university and create a network of colleagues interested in research and education at the interface between arts and health.
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