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Norrms McNamara: Challenging My Dementia Demon

My wife was a full-time carer before I was diagnosed with dementia and now she looks after me. Elaine saw the little signs first, I was doing some very weird and wonderful things as we say, like putting red hot tea in the fridge, emptying my wallet and ripping up notes, as well as emptying … Continued

Group Poem: Unvisited

‘Unvisited’ written by Joan Ellis, Rachel Burton, Juliet Mcdonald and Shirin Teifouri. Photo by Juliet Mcdonald. In particular, Connected Worlds want to make a ‘big thank you’ to Rachel Burton for being so generous in reading and making videos of the groups poetry.

Group Poem: Turning Still

Poetry written by Juliet McDonald, Joan Ellis, Rachel Matthews Burton and Shirin Teifouri.Artwork by Joan Ellis.Poem is recited by Rachel Burton.

Cerowyn Browne: Nizam Speaks

Nizam is a school teacher and poet from London, and wrote this poem when he was struggling with depression. I had the chance to interview him over the phone about his poetry and his experiences with his mental health. He told me that around the time he wrote this poem he was finding it extremely … Continued

Angles; a spoken word poem.

“Angles is a spoken word poem that communicates some of the frustration with how mental illness, particularly eating disorders, are portrayed in the media. The poem attempts to reclaim some of the tags and assumptions about anorexia, and celebrate the struggle of recovery.”

Sheffield Flourish: Our first year

We took our first, slightly wobbly, steps into life in 2016. Much like a newborn, we were dependent on the support, enthusiasm, skills and ideas of our community. The community is who we are, and we wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who’s been involved so far and helped us … Continued