Connecting Wakefield - Creative Health Workshop

Our next Connecting Wakefield session is just around the corner, and we’d love for you to join us!

Connecting Wakefield is our regular networking space, it's free and open to anyone working or volunteering at a charity, community group, social enterprise, or voluntary organisation across the Wakefield District.

This time around we're focusing on Creative Health, where organisations are using creative approaches and activities to support people with their health and wellbeing.

This is an opportunity to connect with other organisations working in creative health locally, or explore what this could look like for your organisation. For example...

• Football and sports: walking football to help older men beat loneliness, creative storytelling where players write their own team songs, and mixing matches with relaxed mental health chats
• Food banks and support: pairing food parcels with community recipe books, cooking sessions where people share food and culture, and creative gardening or planter-decorating projects
• Community centres and village halls: bringing residents together to co-design shared murals or snap photos that capture what makes their neighbourhood feel like home.
• Domestic abuse services: arts and crafts that let people express themselves without the pressure of having to talk, alongside photography projects focused on rebuilding self-worth.

You'll be joined by Steven Busfield from Empath Theatre to discuss creative health and take part in a practical creative health activity to give you some easy tools to take away. They'll be plenty of time for networking where you can swap ideas, learning, and spot new collaboration opportunities across Wakefield District.

It’s all about recognising the brilliant things your organisation is already doing, and seeing how a little bit of creativity can add a whole new dimension to it.