The Burn Flows into the Sea is an online writing event for grieving and remembrance, led by artist and writer Jane Walker. It takes place on Friday 6 November, starting at 11.00am. 2020 has been a difficult year, when we are all aware of absent friends – those who have died, and those whom we […]
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Kibble Scribblers, autumn 2020
Scribble in the Kibble: Creative Words for Health & Wellbeing continues to meet on-line. Many people find using journals, poems and words helps them to understand and find new ways of coping with stress and illness. Lapidus Scotland offers writing workshops which are open to all abilities. They are mostly about ‘getting things down on […]
Webinar recordings
We were pleased to welcome about seventy people to our recent online webinar with Dr Ann Wales and Kim Stafford. The events were recorded, so if you missed them, or if you were there and want to revisit them, you can do so using these links. Ann Wales, introduced by Catherine Eunson Kim Stafford, introduced […]
Mindfulness & Writing
Lapidus Scotland facilitator Bev Schofield (who runs Water Story) has teamed up with Adrienne Hannah to run a series of eight sessions on Mindfulness & Writing: practices to support you through the pandemic. Sessions run on Fridays from 25 June until 14 August, 11.00–13.00, and are delivered online via Zoom. At the sessions you will […]
Creative Words for Wellbeing: summary document
Lapidus Scotland and the Scottish Poetry Library have been supported by the Scottish Library and Information Council to bring together evidence from research and key stakeholders to define the way forward for Creative Words for Wellbeing (CWW) services in Scotland. A summary of their work highlights how the key findings and recommendations from that work […]
AGM & Webinar, 25 June 2020
Lapidus Scotland warmly invites you to their online Annual General Meeting event, followed by a webinar with Ann Wales and Kim Stafford. Both events take place on Thursday 25 June 2020. Book your place for the AGM here. Book your place for the WEBINAR here. The AGM (5.30–6.30pm) will formally present a report on work […]
Day of Access
Day of Access is a collaborative project considering place-awareness, access to nature, healing, illness and wounded nature. Conceived by Alec Finlay, it has been developed with Lapidus, the Travelling Gallery and a wide range of other partners from the fields of environment, the arts and wellbeing*. It takes place over a two-year period, July 2019–July […]
Launch of Words Work Well for All Anthology
Lapidus Scotland has launched its latest anthology which brings together a rich collection of writing and art from the project ‘Words Work Well for All’ which ran from September 2017 to March 2019. Writing, storytelling and art activities for wellbeing for people living with, or affected by, long-term health conditions took place in a range […]
New Words Work Well for All tools for facilitators
Lapidus Scotland has commissioned seven new tools for facilitators to share the learning from the Words Work Well for All project (2018-2019) which was funded by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership via the Wellbeing for Longer in Glasgow Fund. Find out about the challenges and opportunities of delivering words for wellbeing in a […]
Words Work Well for All: SESSIONS
We are excited to welcome back ‘Words Work Well for All’ sessions this May! The sessions explore ways in which words and writing can inspire and help us through difficult times and beyond. Sessions are free and open to all abilities. ‘Writing the Garden’ FREE Creative Writing the Garden sessions starting 1st May 2.30 – […]