Creative Health Stories

Daniel Fulvio is currently Deputy Director of Audiences (Community) at Rambert contemporary dance company, where he leads the learning and participation programme. Prior to Rambert Daniel’s roles have included leading the participation programme at Camden People’s Theatre and a producer of innovative, new queer performance projects with Opening Doors London and The Albany. He’s also been...

A quick message about what's coming in the New Year! I'm taking a little break and will be back in January with a special bonus episode, plus series TWO!!! Next year I'll be looking to develop the podcast with more on location recording. If you have a creative health story which needs to be told and heard, please get in touch via the website or socials: creative-health.co.uk @creativehealthpod Unt...

Lynne Parker is Founder and CEO of Funny Women, an acclaimed not for profit community for women to build self-confidence and develop their own distinctive voice. Lynne founded Funny Women in 2002 in response to a comedy promoter who told her that 'women aren't funny'. She went on to create the Funny Women Awards and, 20 years on, the rest is history.    Funny Women provides a safe,...

Natasha Boardman-Steer is a creative practitioner specialising in health, wellbeing and community engagement. She founded her organisation ‘Creatabot’ in 2010 to provide opportunities for creativity of all kinds to support people to feel better about themselves and where they live. She is currently on the public advisory group for the Health Determinants Research Group Collaboration in Medway and...

Natasha Reid is founder of MATTER . SPACE . SOUL, a specialist design consultancy shaping places for health, wellbeing and social sustainability. She focuses on the social, psychological and emotional impacts of places and often speaks at conferences on forward-thinking approaches to pressing urban issues. She a “Healthy Places and Inclusive Design” expert for the Redbridge Council design review p...

Dr Tola Dabiri is the National Lead for Arts and Culture at the National Academy for Social Prescribing. Tola has worked across the cultural sector since 1995, beginning her career in public libraries and archives. She has also worked at the Museums Libraries and Archives Council, The National Archives, and the UK Centre for Carnival Arts.    In our discussion, Tola talks passionate...

Cedi Frederick has held senior leadership positions across the private and public sectors for over 30 years and is currently chair of NHS Kent and Medway. He’s been named on four occasions as one of Britain's ‘100 Most Influential Black People’.  In our conversation we discuss his long and successful career in the health and social care sector and how his motivation to support others com...

Alexia Gazi is an interior designer, self-taught artist, macramé maker, crafter and aspiring art therapist. She runs a small creative business teaching macrame as a form of mindfulness for wellbeing.  Alexia openly discusses her addiction to alcohol and being a recovering alcoholic. She describes her relationship with alcohol and the detrimental effects it had on her life, along with her jour...

Carolyn has worked as a Senior Producer and Arts Manager within theatre, young people’s work, outdoor and site-specific shows, UK and International touring, and festivals. She’s a passionate advocate of racial and social justice and currently Executive Director and Joint CEO of Talawa, the UK's outstanding Black theatre company and a co-opted member of UK Theatre Board.    Carolyn and I...

Helen Chatterjee is a professor of human and ecological health working at the forefront of the creative health movement. She joined me for a conversation about her career journey in creative health from the Zoology Museum at UCL to overseeing a major national programme called ‘Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities’ led by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.  She talk...

Creative Health Podcast is coming! I'm so excited to be launching a new podcast all about how and why creativity is good for our health and wellbeing. I've got some wonderfully inspiring guests lined up to talk about art, culture, health and wellbeing. If you're a creative or health professional, or an academic whose work is embracing the benefits of creativity, or someone with lived experience of...