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Lucy-Paige Hamilton: Fruit Pastilles; a spoken word poem.

“Fruit Pastilles is a spoken word poem that highlights some of the struggles not only of physical recovery, but also how we respond to our own status of being ‘in recovery’. The poem attempts to reveal how what may appear to be insignificant details to some, like the time of day, the habits of others, … Continued

Shirin Teifouri: Rotherham Flourish

Rotherham Flourish will be exhibiting their work on 9th of December in Mowbray Gardens library. This art-based project (funded by Rotherham City Council) was led by Dr Shirin Teifouri (Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield and an Associate for Sheffield Flourish), in collaboration with Christl Kettle, Alnaar Clayton, Chris Gaynor in Mowbray Gardens … Continued

Sheffield Flourish: Smartphone Stories

Course co-ordinator Imran Azam gave us a whistlestop lesson on how to create video stories, all on a basic smartphone or tablet. Within three hours we were skilled up. We paired off and went out into the streets of Sheffield with the aim of creating 30 second videos which said a little something about our … Continued

Lucy-Paige Hamilton: Dear Cosmo; a spoken word poem.

“Dear Cosmo is an open letter to Cosmopolitan magazine. It reinterprets their ‘dating advice’ from the perspective of someone with an eating disorder, highlighting my own experience of some inconsistencies in their approach to equality and a healthy attitude to our bodies”

Violet: My story

    My name’s Violet. I’m 20 years old. I’ve always had a passion to help young people because I didn’t have the easiest of ‘youths’, if you like, so I think it’s important that young people get the support – not just what they need, y’know – that they want. It needs to be … Continued

Lucy-Paige Hamilton: Travelling Light

“Travelling Light is a spoken word poem that highlights some of the coping mechanisms someone living with an eating disorder might adopt. It tries to represent not only the thoughts of the person dealing with anorexia, but also their reflections on how their behaviour might be perceived, and not necessarily understood, by friends and family. The … Continued

Neil Simpson: My story

Film by Gemma Thorpe; image by Kay Aitch. My name is Neil Simpson. I am a citizen of Sheffield. I am 58. I am a former carer. And I am an artist and a writer. I think about that about sums me up, really. Four years ago I was acting as a carer of my … Continued

Andrea Shaw: A Sheffield Flourish Story

“I’m Andrea and I’m a student nurse. I really really enjoy it because I really like the idea of helping people with their health and wellbeing in order for them to have a life that’s meaningful to them.”

Ben Dorey: A Sheffield Flourish Story

“….learning to have a more mindful attitude and accept things as they come, try not to worry and fret too much about the things that I can’t control and focus in the things I can..”