A New Direction and Voice Magazine

We’re currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund Disturbing the Body: an anthology of speculative autobiography about misbehaving bodies from women in the UK. SUPPORT THE BOOK AND PRE ORDER YOUR COPY. Disturbing the Body is a collection of speculative autobiography centred around experiences of misbehaving bodies from women writers in the UK. It explores themes ranging from chronic illnesses, disability and major life changing operations, and puts before the reader moments where women can feel powerless and out of the ordinary from their own bodies.Submissions were gained through an open call out process and Verity Holloway and Louise Kenward were commissioned to feature in the anthology. Submissions closed on 7th May 2020 so watch this space for an announcement of all the authors involved!It will be published by Boudicca Press in October 2020 (COVID19 dependent!) and we’d love your support to raise £2300 to fairly pay all involved in…

They commissioned me, via Voice magazine, to attend the workshop and write an article that explores what is wellbeing and what does it mean when we bring it into an arts and cultural setting?

Wellbeing and the national context

Sadly, loneliness is one of the biggest public health challenges facing our country today. Children and young people reporting long-standing mental health conditions have increased sixfold over the last 20 years. In fact, in 2014 almost one in twenty 4-24 year-olds in England reported having a mental health condition (Nuffield Trust 2020) . These are worrying figures. What can we do to improve the future prospects for the next generation of children and young people? In response to these studies, the government is launching a new investment fund to tackle loneliness, and the arts, health and social prescribing is currently being championed by the Department of Health and NHS England in its long-term plans. In fact, a £2m study into scaling up arts & health interventions is currently taking place.

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