how to: Eat, Sleep, Relax and Move for a Longer, Healthier Life
This talk by Dr Rangan Chatterjee, the star of the BBC One series Doctor in the House, will transform the way you think about health and provide a simple framework for changing your life. Dr Chatterjee divides health into four pillars: diet, rest, sleep and movement. By making small, easily achievable changes in each of these […]
The Adam Smith Institute presents: Forum
In that spirit, we’re hosting our second Forum. Last year’s event attracted around 250 attendees, and this year we’re aiming to make Forum even bigger. We’re bringing together leading economists, philosophers, and scientists for a day of talks on the under-appreciated, under-recognised ideas they believe help explain and improve the world around us. To give […]
Mental Health: why it matters and what we can do.
Natasha is particularly passionate about helping young people (plus their parents and teachers too!) and on making positive changes to the way the media covers issues relating to mental health. This is a unique chance to hear Natasha’s inspiring story, to discover what really matters for good mental health and to join a growing movement […]
how to: A Radical Economic Plan to Change the World
In this talk Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will outline a radical new plan to fix global capitalism and create a new economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment and Zero Carbon Emissions. At a time when eight individuals now own more wealth than 50 per cent of the global population, and high unemployment in many countries […]
3-day Voice Collective Group Facilitation training
NOTE: This is a 3-day training course. It runs from 10am – 4pm on Monday 6th, Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th November 2017. It combines personal and professional experience to cover the following areas: Understanding ‘hearing voices’ and other related experiences Making sense of different models of understanding these experiences Developing a toolbox of coping […]
The Kindness Diaries: how to ignite goodwill and transform lives
Leon quit his desk job and set out on a motorbike to travel the world surviving only on the kindness of strangers. He was stunned by the generosity he received and also discovered countless ways to connect with and give back to the people who helped him along the way. The Kindness Diaries will renew your […]
Application Writing Workshop for Creative Europe Cooperation Projects
Join us for a step-by-step guide through the application writing process ahead of application deadline for Creative Europe’s Cooperation Projects. The workshop is primarily for organisations applying to this funding opportunity as project lead, but can also be useful to those applying as a partner. Stephanie Grant and Christoph Jankowski from Creative Europe Desk UK will offer […]
African Diaspora- Wider Steering Group meeting
Please Note: This event will be taking part at Guildhall, City of London. In June a Partnership for Young London, Ubele and Conway Hall organised an event for professionals to look at the emerging themes in work with young people of the African Diaspora. We explored what is successful in terms of our practice and […]
Restoring Historical and Cultural Memory
Memory is the processing system by which we store and retrieve information over time, an essential cognitive function of a people or person. Memory shapes our psychology and behaviour. When memories are corrupted one becomes debilitated or maladjusted. That is what the Maafa did to African people; and that is why African historians and scholarship […]