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Latest News

  • Next Arts for the Blues therapy group at the University of Salford

    Next Arts for the Blues therapy group at the University of Salford

    We are proud to announce the next Arts for the Blues therapy group will be delivered at the University of Salford starting on Feb 11th 2025. The group will run every Tuesday morning 10-11:30am for 12 weeks, concluding on 29 April 2025. The group, which has limited places, will take place face to face on…

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  • Arts for the Blues training in Kathmandu

    Arts for the Blues training in Kathmandu

    In collaboration with researchers at Queen Mary University, London, we delivered Arts for the Blues training to therapists based in Kathmandu, Nepal on 9 December. Some lovely photos of the event in the gallery below!

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  • Arts for the Blues nominated for a Knowledge Exchange Award!

    Arts for the Blues nominated for a Knowledge Exchange Award!

    We are delighted to announce that Arts for the Blues has been nominated for a Knowledge Exchange award. This relates to how our training programme is helping to spread creative practice in therapy in the NHS, and in a plethora of charities, schools, health and cultural organisations in the UK and overseas. We couldn’t do…

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  • New Arts for the Blues training dates released!

    New Arts for the Blues training dates released!

    We are excited to announce our open training offer programme for 2025, on the following dates: Saturday 1 March 2025ONLINE TASTER DAY(booked via the Uni of Salford) 13 and 14 June 2025IN-PERSON TRAININGEdge Hill University (booked via Edge Hill Uni) 1 November 2025IN-PERSON TASTER DAYUniversity of Salford (booked via Uni of Salford) Edge Hill shop…

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  • Arts for the Blues in Berlin

    Arts for the Blues in Berlin

    The Arts for the Blues research team presented the project at the Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organisations (FEPTO)’s annual meeting at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin 3-6 October. The theme of the gathering was Unveiling the Connections: Research in Psychodrama and Arts-based Approaches. The team featured in the ‘skills building’ thread of the programme, introducing…

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  • Arts for the Blues in The Psychologist

    Arts for the Blues in The Psychologist

    We are delighted to share an interview with the three Arts for the Blues founders now online at The Psychologist. With thanks to Jon Sutton and Aspa Paltoglou. https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/shared-love-arts-dance-and-creativity-has-brought-us-together

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Events

  • Break

    Break

    ‘Break’ is a creative synthesis of research completed with clinical staff working in one of the largest physical NHS Trusts in the North West of England participating in an intervention that has adapted the Arts for the Blues into a multi-levelled creative psychological package aiming to support the wellbeing of healthcare workers. The piece was created…

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  • Together Un/Tethered, an Arts for the Blues immersive performance

    Together Un/Tethered, an Arts for the Blues immersive performance

    Sneak a peak at our Arts Council-funded project, Together Un/Tethered. Participants and artists joined a therapeutically informed Arts for the Blues group at the Liverpool Lighthouse and used their experiences to create this immersive performance. Interweaving movement, spoken word, innovative soundscape, projection and live cellist, Together Un/tethered explores themes of separation, connection, new possibilities and…

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