This Saturday we’ll be taking over NST City and Guildhall Square with Umbrella Arts Festival, a FREE event dedicated to Arts, Health and Wellbeing!
Umbrella Arts includes music, poetry, pandas, art workshops, yoga, creative activities and more.
The purpose of the festival is to highlight some of the amazing health-themed arts and conversation activity in Southampton. See the Umbrella Arts Festival website for more information.
HEALTH CAFES – Drop by and discuss these issues:
- 10am Brains and minds
- 11.30am Cancer café
- 1pm Living with long term conditions
- 2.40pm Health inequalities
PAINTING WORKSHOPS – including Paint Your Pain, Paint a Monet, have a go at Powertex & African activities
SINGING – Performances & workshops inc Sing for Your Lungs
MUSIC – A Song in Mind, Southampton Ukulele Jam, Emotive Concept, Mokono Band, Pandamonium, Recovery All Stars & more
DRUMMING – Active Arts workshop
THEATRE, TALKS & FILM – Performances of Spillage, a play about stress, a film about the role of dance in overcoming trauma, a poetry session & an open mic.
BOARD GAMES & ROLE PLAY – Come and join a game.
EXHIBITIONS & QUIET SPACE – Take time out, enjoy the artwork & visit our quiet space, designed by people with lived experience of sensory overload.
COMMUNITY WALL– Share about your favourite positive health activities in the Southampton and give your views to shape local NHS plans.
We will also have a community wall, where everyone can add details of what else is in the city that helps us with our health. We will be talking about the NHS Long Term Plan, and asking for feedback on how local health plans should evolve to meet needs. This feedback will be collated and Healthwatch Southampton will share this with local NHS commissioners and services.
Visit the Umbrella Arts Festival for more information and timings
Call out for volunteers!
We’re calling on members of the community and local organisations and groups to offer some time helping us by volunteering for a few hours. We’re flexible on times and are looking for people able to offer various skills:
- Meet and greet / Signposting
- Handing out flyers
- Supporting visitors to fill out our NHS Long Term Plan survey
For more information please click here to email Farihah