Charley’s Christmas Collection
Charley Perryn is a student on Converge courses at York St John University and art sessions at York Art Gallery. Charley is autistic and one of her favourite special interests is Christmas. She loves photography, digital art and poetry and created this artwork to share the magic she perceives at this time of year. The…
Opportunities to Buy Beautiful Local Art
Lesley Birch, currently exhibiting her beautiful abstract floral paintings near junction 3 on the main corridor at York hospital has a special offer for staff on her website. You will need the password York to access the offer. Lesley will donate a percentage of any sales to the hospital. The artwork of Philip Wiseman is…
Talking more about burnout
A personal view by Julia Bognar, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Priory Medical Group Talking about burnout is scary, but it is important. As for someone, who has walked through it all, it is important to share my story because sharing somehow makes the entire processing part easier. However, it is so much harder to talk when…
Explore the Fantastical Cardboard World of Grue!
Grue is a fantastical world created from positive energy and discarded paper, a wandering cardboard labyrinth of rooms to explore and wonders to discover. Open weekends and school holidays between 3rd and 23rd December, 10:30 –am – 4:10pm. At the Old Parcels Office, Scarborough. Pay what you can. See below for an opportunity to help…
Them There Then That
Some staff may recognise Tabitha Grove from her time as an artist working with patients in the renal unit at York. Tabitha is now performing in a solo show across Explore libraries in York during October (and touring nationally in 2023) and you’re invited to join her. It isn’t just books that hold our stories.…
Big Thank You Artwork for Pathology Labs
When the Pathology labs in Scarborough and York were awarded their Big Thank You fund to spend on their staff they chose to spend it on art to enhance the workplace environment. The laboratories played a significant role during the Pandemic through their commitment and extraordinary dedication to the service has no doubt made a…
Theatre – Black History Month
Celebrating Black History Month with a look at What’s On at our local theatres Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough Macbeth York Theatre Royal Ballet Black Grand Opera House York Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Happy Boy
Diana Ionita visited the Arts Team’s stall at the staff benefits fair and won a piece of Ellie Chapman’s artwork, ‘Happy Boy’ (exhibited at York Hospital early this year). We’re really grateful to Diana for getting in touch to tell us what the artwork means to her. “I am currently a bank HCA for the…
Recovering from burnout: the power of music
Julia Bognar works in the NHS for a GP surgery in York as a Senior Clinical Pharmacist. She came across the CultureClub.Social website whilst browsing for arts involvement for NHS staff and wanted to connect with staff at the Trust, particularly those with a similar interest in music. Below is her story and towards the…
Positive Origami
The Arts Team are delighted to have taken delivery of two boxes of Positive Origami booklets to share amongst staff and patients. Created by science-based artist Dr Lizzie Burns to lift the mood and bring smiles, origami encourages you to take time for self-care, bringing calm and focusing the mind to support resilience. The booklet…
Introducing The Duke
The name was pulled out of the hat for our ‘name the penguin’ competition at the York staff benefits fair. The winner was Katrina Mansfield and we are delighted with the new name! Katrina not only works at York hospital but is also a talented artist and has featured as one of our Hidden Talents…
Origami Summer
FREE workshop for all ages Anyone visiting our stall at the York Staff Wellbeing Fair would have seen the beautiful origami butterflies and games we were giving away as prizes. We love origami and see the benefits of creating something beautiful from a simple piece of paper. Anyone wanting to join this free online workshop…
Diabetes and Me
Student Elisabeth Banks is a film student at York College and Type 1 Diabetic. She approached the hospital for support in helping her produce her final college project, a personal documentary, Diabetes and Me. It’s purpose is to inform the public about what Type 1 Diabetes is in detail, as well as sharing her own…
A gift of Yorkshire Roses from York Minster
The Minster Community have been busy knitting Yorkshire Roses, which have been specially made as a gift for National Thank You Day on Sunday 5th June. The roses are also meant as an invite to the service of celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen; the hope is that people may come along…
Map it Well in Scarborough
An opportunity for art, sea air, walking and feeling good! Map It Well is a project created by a creative group, facilitated by artist Luke Beech, Crescent Arts Curator, Martha Cattell, Scarborough Museums Trust Special Projects Curator, Dorcas Taylor and NHS staff. The aim was to work collectively to create a resource rooted in creativity that can aid in improving…
Loneliness
Senior physiotherapist, Emma Lee, has written a personal and poignant story about loneliness. She shares her own story, offers useful support to those of us who may need it and suggests something we can all do to help us understand each other. Feeling lonely isn’t necessary an indicator of mental health problems but the two…
The Arts Team want your shoes!
We, the Arts Team, are showcasing staff shoes in a series of photographs, for our Stepping Out exhibition this summer. The exhibition will be at York hospital and on CultureClub.Social. We would love to hear from staff who have a special pair of shoes that help them step outside of work into another world. Do…
Mental Health Awareness Week
9 – 15 May 2022 Trust Mental Health First Aiders Here’s a shout out to our 92 trained Mental Health First Aiders, who are a really welcome addition to our Trust wellbeing support. They are the first point of contact at work for any mental health issues or concerns and are available to any staff…
Brittany Davis
Brittany applied to exhibit her photography at York Hospital. The Arts Team found her story compelling and spoke volumes of how well the arts support wellbeing. We invited her to exhibit alongside Charley Perryn to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week. All was going well, until we received an email from Britt which read something…
What’s On
Pint of Science festival and a new independent film club! PINT OF SCIENCE Global science festival 9 -11 May 2022 There are three staff members talking from the Trust for the great National ‘Pint of Science’ festival – Jillian Webster, Luke Madge and our very own Griselda Goldsbrough from the Arts Team! A series of…
The Arts Team on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row
The Arts Team or, ahem, ‘Dream Team’ featured in BBC Radio 4’s Front Row programme on Wednesday! Griselda and Elly talked to BBC Radio York’s Nathan Moore and explained why art matters in hospitals. Consultant surgeon and great advocate of the arts, Srinivas Chintapatla, gave his personal view of how art in hospitals makes a…
York Disability Week 2021
It’s York Disability week this week until the 4th December, as part of this we are exhibiting the Eleanor Worthington Exhibition at York Hospital. There are lots more events happening this week all throughout York, why not check out the website of York Human Rights to find out more, the link below: https://www.yorkhumanrights.org/current-work/York-Disability-Week/ or the…
Humans Not Heroes – recruiting for participants
China Plate are excited to tell you that following a successful pilot in 2020 (shortlisted for a Culture, Health & Wellbeing Award, nominated for a Student Nursing Times Award), the latest call out for their co-creation project Humans Not Heroes is live! Humans Not Heroes has been created by China Plate, Coventry University and Kerry Wykes (Emergency Nurse…
Mindful Photography 5 Days of Colour ‘Scavenger Hunt’
The John Muir Trust invite you to explore your local wild place and capture its glorious colours in a free online photography course with Mindful Photography UK. Submit a photograph each day of the course, showing each colour of the rainbow and at the end of the week, they’ll create beautiful multi-coloured collages of all…
Staff Takeover – Sounds from the Riverbank
By Marin Sainty Well, the virtual mega bus seems to be self-isolating in Leeds so I’ve taken a real trip to the bench to share some musical ramblings with you. Accompanying me on the bench is the new Mogwai release ‘As The Love Continues.’ I must confess to being a bit of a Mogwai nut…
New artwork at York Hospital’s main entrance
Local artist Karen Winship created a series of portraits as a tribute to the work of NHS staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Karen has kindly donated a montage of the portraits to York Hospital. Inspired by Tom Croft’s #portraitsfornhsheroes project, calling for artists to create free portraits in appreciation of NHS staff, Karen was soon…
Palisander Performance for staff
Award-winning recorder quartet Palisander have performed regularly in York and most recently have worked in partnership with the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to say a very special thank you to NHS staff for all they’ve done throughout the pandemic. They decided to stage this musical tribute, recorded at York’s National Centre…
Exhibition at Scarborough Hospital by staff member Beverley Senturk
We’ve recently installed a new exhibition of Scarborough seascape photographs by staff member Beverley Senturk. The exhibition is in the main gallery space at Scarborough hospital in the outpatients corridor on the main entrance level. Beverley is a full time Outpatients Services Administrator who has worked for York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for over…
Palisander tribute to our staff
Look out for something very special to enjoy on the CultureClub.Social website. Award-winning recorder quartet Palisander have performed regularly in York and most recently have worked in partnership with the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to say a very special thank you to NHS staff for all they’ve done throughout the pandemic.…
Exhibitions in York hospital
The Arts Team have been busy changing over the exhibitions in the main corridor at York hospital and we’d love to share them with you. Norma and Michael Woodford Norma and Michael Woodford, two pensioners who have no training or background in the arts, felt inspired to make these beautiful scenes during the lockdowns. It all…
Martin Sainty – The Bench
Just a short reflective piece on a bench I visit by the river! ‘there’s a place I go where I’m all alone’ – ‘Sludge’ by Squid After a particularly difficult day at work in the thick of covid times and lockdown I found myself sat on this bench on Terry Ave by the river. It…
Creativity and Wellbeing Week
17 – 23 May 2021: Care Creativity and Wellbeing week is run by London Arts in Health and the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance. The festival started as a small event based in London in 2012 , to coincide with the Olympics. Last year, the week went national for the first time – allowing thousands more people across the UK to participate in…
Boredom Busters
Boredom Buster is back, a newspaper offering creative respite to staff and patients. This new volume is all about trees and the natural world and includes everything from biophilia to yoga, origami to pub signs and Peter Pan to Grayson Perry! On pages 40 – 41 are some links to soundscapes to sit back and…
Hands On
The power of hands, from the therapists’ view point Clay by Amanda Tose – Specialist Rheumatology Occupational Therapist Occupational Therapy helps people to engage as independently as possible with their everyday activities. This varies greatly from getting washed and dressed, making and eating a meal, using Instagram, walking their dog, reading a book, driving a…
Hand Medal Project
Nominate a colleague to receive a bespoke hand medal for services during the Covid-19 pandemic The Hand Medal Project involves the work of 1584 artists and jewellers from 66 countries, with the aim of honouring the service and sacrifice of health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Each medal has been registered with a number, allowing the…
Audiometer Art
The Arts Team were delighted to receive this unique artwork from Audiology who enjoyed a creative lunch break producing these brilliant drawings. “We raised this Culture Club idea at our staff meeting, and some of my colleagues joined me in thinking of something to create. My colleague Nina joked that we could create a drawing…
World Penguin Day 2021
Do you recognise this penguin? He’s been stuck in the 3D exhibition space on the main corridor at York hospital since Christmas! But he’s moving on soon to make room for an exciting new exhibition. We think you might miss him, so today, World Penguin Day (yes it really is World Penguin Day!), we’re celebrating…
One Year On
Dr Nicola Gill’s post One Year On is a chronological story of art that represents both the scientific and emotional dimensions of the pandemic. Nicola is a GP who works as part of a team teaching GPs in York. She has a passion for the arts and is the founder of The Art of Medicine,…
Staff portraits feature in railway bridge mural
Artist Emma Garness helped the Arts Team launch the NHS Culture Club Social website with an opportunity for staff to be part of a mural on the footbridge near York hospital. This project, sponsored by Network Rail, is to help brighten the space and discourage graffiti. We linked her up with Bertrand Porhel a Clinical Educator…
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