Reading For Health
A 4-week workshop
These workshops bring participants together to enjoy great poetry and prose and relate them to objects in the Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL). Meeting in the beautiful surroundings of The MERL, the poems and prose are read aloud by a trained facilitator.
You can choose to read aloud but there is no pressure to do so, it’s OK to just sit and listen. The facilitator will pause at several points during the reading and we will talk about the text, making personal connections with it in a relaxed and inclusive environment. Join us to share texts about working life in rural England and then explore the museum to make connections with relevant objects.
All our workshops are co-produced, designed and delivered by people with lived experience of mental health challenges together with mental health professionals. Our aim is for everyone to feel listened to in a safe space, with the opportunity to connect with others.
You don’t need a referral to attend, you just need to register to book your place.
