Comedy Wellbeing Hubs Fun and relaxing drop-in workshops taking place across Leicestershire throughout 2023. No experience necessary, all abilities welcome! We make up stories, tell jokes and laugh a lot. No advance booking required - just turn up. Funded by the Getting Help in Neighbourhoods Grant Scheme in partnership with the NHS, Leicester City Council and Leicesterhsire County Council. Times: Burbage Community Library: 18th May – 27th July, then 28th September – 7th December, 2.30 – 4pmNewbold Verdon Library: 18th May – 27th July, then 28th September – 7th December, 11am – 12.30pmMRC Centre, Coalville: 3rd August – 12th October, 11am – 12.30pmLoughborough Wellbeing Centre: 3rd August – 12th October, 2.30 – 4pm Venue: As above!
Riverside Festival & BrightSparks Arts In Health Festival 2022 BrightSparks have an Arts in Health Festival as part of the Leicester Riverside Festival. This Year we are again in the Castle Gardens at the Maypole and have a wonderful list of activities and performances to smile the day away! Times: Saturday 4th June and Sunday 5th June 2022 Venue: Riverside Festival, Castle Gardens, Leicester
The Comedy Asylum Because why let life take you seriously? Times: Next show: Monopausal Werewolf in WIgston (Date TBC) Venue: The Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester, LE1 7HAFunded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
Sounds Inclusive A National Lottery funded programme of projects to develop mental health service users as performing musicians and poets. Times: Various Venue: All over Leicester!
Annual Open Art Exhibitions This project has been running for ober 20 years and is a massively popular annual event that takes place in mainstream art galleries across the city, and then tours to our own exhibition spaces. Times: Annually - Times vary Venue: Venues Vary
The Recreational Hall "The Rec Hall" - a fantastic resource provided by the NHS at the bradgate mental health unit. It acts as a place where inpatients and out patients can get together and relax and get creative with arts and music. Times: Various for different ctivities Venue: The Recreational Hall, The Bradgate Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9DZ
Music at the Mill Evaluation movie of the Music at the Mill, music in health, project delivered at the Mill Lodge mental health unit during 2019. Mill Lodge is a specialist in-patient unit run by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust for people with a diagnosis of Huntingdon's disease. Times: various Venue: Mill Lodge mental health unit
The BrightSparks Film & Poem The BrightSparks Film: A poetic movie montage of the brightsparks group, the things we do and why it is so brilliant! Times: Film Launch was 30th November 2018 Venue: Attenborough Arts Centre
Riverside and Weston Park Events See the summary and evaluation video for the Smoothie and Fosse Misic Gigs at Riverside and Western Park Festival in Spring/ Summer 2018. Times: Spring/Summer 2018 Venue: Riverside and Western Park Festivals
Comedy Asylum Sings Matt, Kirsty and our Musician Michael took us on an 8 week series of workshops in comedy singing and songwriting! We loved it!Video and Photos from Woody & Helen Rowe Times: September - October 2018 Venue: The Exchange bar, Leicester
Every Brilliant thing During these difficult times LPT, WORD! & BrightSparks will be inviting people to compile artworks, creative writing, music, comedy, and anything else artistic. Times: Every Week Venue: Online
Comedy Asylum Facebook Group Is life taking you too seriously? So you like to Laugh? Then Login and join us in our silly and amusing posts on Facebook! Times: 24/7 Venue: Facebook
WORD! Online series During these difficult times we at WORD! are continuing to work with our partners at the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust & BrightSparks to support people's wellbeing. Upload your work responding to each week's theme. Times: 24/7 Venue: Online
Remote Art Remote Art is the collection of BrightSparks events and activities - online and in the real - held during lockdown to help mitigate the effects that isolation can have on welbeing. Times: Many Venue: online and in the real
