Creative Activities That Boost Mental Health and Wellbeing

Creative Activities That Boost Mental Health and Wellbeing

Feeling like the weight of the world is pressing down on you? Struggling to find motivation each day? You’re not alone. Today’s society is fast-paced, and supporting our mental health often takes a back seat. Creative activities can help with this. Not...
Unlocking Wellness: How Creative Arts Can Help Transform Lives

Unlocking Wellness: How Creative Arts Can Help Transform Lives

In our modern-day world, where stress and anxiety are all too common, finding ways to boost our mental, emotional and physical wellbeing has become more critical than ever. One powerful tool that has been gaining recognition for its transformative effects is the...
A sad farewell to Annie Gotts

A sad farewell to Annie Gotts

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Flourish Magazine Steering Group member Annie Gotts. The world is a less bright place now that she is no longer with us. We first had the privilege of meeting Annie when she joined one of Artlift’s Flourish Arts on...
Dancing Through Pain

Dancing Through Pain

It’s not much fun living with chronic pain: never knowing whether you’re waking up to a ‘good day’ or a ‘bad day’, managing the persistent fatigue, feeling guilty that you can’t be the mum, dad, friend or employee you’d like to be….the list goes on. Isolation and...
Flourish Magazine: Movement by Kathryn Hulland

Flourish Magazine: Movement by Kathryn Hulland

As part of each issue of Flourish Magazine, we release weekly digital content alongside our free print magazine, on the Artlift and Yes to Life blogs. This is often content we couldn’t fit into the magazine’s limited pages, or film and music, but loved and wanted to...
Huge Thanks to our Chair of Trustees

Huge Thanks to our Chair of Trustees

It is with sadness but huge thanks that we say goodbye to our Chair Dr. Gillian Rice, who is stepping down after 7 years. Gillian, a Bristol-based GP, joined Artlift’s Board of Trustees having witnessed the positive impact of creative activities on patients...
Chance to dance for adults living with chronic pain

Chance to dance for adults living with chronic pain

Artlift is excited to pilot a NEW, free dance course for adults living with chronic pain. The course was carefully co-designed by people living with pain, a senior physiotherapist and dance inclusion specialists during a 2022 research project. Participants will be...