Your Creative Practice and Wellbeing – Autumn 2022

For Creative Practitioners and Arts and Cultural Organisations in Yorkshire and the Humber.

This Reflective Lab led by Jo Stockdale from Well Within Reach is designed to support creative practitioners develop knowledge of children and young people’s emotional health and mental wellbeing. The labs will equip you with a practical understanding to implement within your creative practice and provide you with the language to articulate to schools and other settings how your practice nurtures good mental health and better outcomes for young people.

Over three, two-hour online sessions, participants will be provided with time for discussion and reflection on the content.

Over the three sessions you will explore:

• What is ‘Wellbeing’ anyway? A clear definition of the competencies and skills that children need to thrive, so you can respond meaningfully to the wider context and agenda around young mental health
• ‘Therapeutic Impact’ vs ‘Therapy’ How to maximise your impact in terms of wellbeing outcomes, while not working (or trying to work) therapeutically
• Your own emotional states Understanding your own wellbeing and the interactive nature of emotions
• Planning for and measuring outcomes The basics of behavioural and attitudinal change, managing expectations and introducing simple tools to evaluate the impact of your practice
• Developing your practice Time to reflect on your own practice and ways in which you can support children and young people’s wellbeing

Suitable for: Creative Practitioners and Arts and Cultural Organisations in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Session Dates:

Wednesday 09 November, 10:00 -12:00

Wednesday 23 November, 10:00 -12:00

Wednesday 07 December, 10:00 -12:00

Please note: You must be available to attend all three sessions when booking.

Any questions please contact Mary (mary@weareive.org)