Mental Wealth Festival 14 September 2017 (Day 2)

The Mental Wealth Festival is a three-day festival of talks, debates, seminars and mindfulness, celebrating many aspects of life that contribute to people’s mental wellbeing. This year the festival is taking place in venues at City Lit in Covent Garden (13-14 September) and the Houses of Parliament (12 September; invitation-only). We will explore the “human face of wellbeing”, moving beyond mental health statistics and policies and to encounter real stories, discovering how we can achieve and celebrate mental wealth.

Contributor’s include mental health campaigners Jonny Benjamin and Neil Laybourn, Mandy Stevens, Rachel Kelly, MentalMovement, Rethink Mental Illness and many others. In partnership with the National Gallery there will be sessions at the gallery, including mindfulness with paintings and accessible opportunities for people with learning disabilities.

Please make sure you have purchased your day/festival ticket first before booking your individual sessions here on Eventbrite. You will need to quote your order number when booking the sessions. Please do not book clashing sessions as you will not be able to attend them all and this will limit the space for others.

Any questions? Get in touch: info@mentalwealthfestival.co.uk

For the full list of events download the event schedule here.

Thursday 14 September

10:00 10:45 Research: Changing the Future of Mental Health with MQ Transforming Mental Health

10:00 12:00 The Art of 'Seeing' - Drawing and Mindfulness Workshop

10:00 13:00 Jewellery Workshop

10:00 13:00 Boat Shaped Basked Workshop

10:00 12:00 Human Stories

10:00 11:00 Happy Face of Youth

10:30 11:30 Mental Health & International Human Rights Law

10:30 12:30 Let’s Talk About Mental Health – an Introduction to Books Beyond Words to Support Mental Health

11:00 12:15 Mental Wealth Discovery Walk

11:30 12:30 Co-production and Mental Health

11:30 12:30 Bryony Gordon

11:30 12:30 Mental Health Awareness Taster Session: How to Stress Less with Rethink Mental Illness

11:30 12:30 ‘We're All Going to Die!' Anxiety, Denial and Truth-Telling

12:00 14:00 In Conversation with Ed Balls at the National Gallery

12:00 13:00 Embrace your Demons and Follow your Heart: Brief Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

12:00 13:00 Free to Dream: What a Universal Basic Income Would Mean for Those Disabled by Mental Ill Health

13:00 14:00 Disenfranchised Communities

13:00 14:00 Why Mindset Matters for Mums

13:00 14:00 Emotional Wellness and Generations Y and Z

13:30 15:30 The Art of 'Feeling' - Drawing, Music and Mindfulness

13:30 14:30 Taking Care of your Mental Well-being (Young People)

13:45 14:15 100 Years of Mental Health Care in Hampshire - Evaluation of a Community Project

14:00 17:00 Jewellery Workshop

14:00 17:00 Boat Shaped Basked Workshop

14:30 15:30 Laughter Yoga for a Healthy Living

14:30 15:30 Recovery Workshop with Mandy Stevens

14:30 15:30 Learners and Mental Wealth

14:30 15:30 Family Carers

15:00 16:30 Relax with Paintings at the National Gallery

15:00 16:30 Living with Voices: An Introduction

15:30 16:30 Mental Health Awareness Taster Session: How to Stress Less with Rethink Mental Illness

15:30 16:30 Mindfulness and Hearing Loss

15:45 16:45 The Ways of Liberation and Mental Health

16:00 18:00 The Art of 'Being' - Drawing, the Imagination and Mindfulness Workshop

16:00 17:00 Time to Change Young Ambassadors Workshop

16:00 17:00 Jonny Benjamin and Neil Laybourn

16:00 17:15 A Picture of Health at the National Gallery

17:30 18:30 Hope and Peace: Ingredients for Resilience

17:30 18:15 Facing your Fears

Visit the Wellbeing stand in the ground floor foyer to sign up on the day for Indian Head Massage, Clarity Coaching sessions, Reiki, Massage Magic, Meditation and much more throughout the day!