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‘Flash’ Creative Writing & Pain Experience (Workshop, Manchester, Saturday 24 February 2018)

posted on January 20, 2025

Workshop Summary: Flash Creative Writing & Pain Experience

Event Type: Creative Writing Workshop (Pilot)
Target Audience: Adults with personal experience of chronic or persistent pain
Date & Time: Saturday 24 February 2018, 11:00 AM–1:00 PM
Location: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY
Workshop Leaders: Zoe Lambert and Sara Wasson (Lancaster University)
Core Activity: Participants experiment with writing short creative fragments describing or imagining pain experience and living with chronic pain.
Cost: Free
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible; tea, coffee, and biscuits provided
Registration: Limited spaces; advance sign-up required via project website or email to Sara Wasson
Aim: Pilot workshop designed to develop resources and methodologies for supporting people living with chronic pain through creative expression.

Are you an adult interested in Creative Writing? Do you have personal experience of chronic or persistent pain, either past or present?

At this workshop, participants will have a chance to experiment with writing short creative fragments describing or imagining pain experience and/or other aspects of experience when living with pain. This is a pilot workshop, which we hope to develop to help people living with chronic pain. The workshop leaders are Zoe Lambert and Sara Wasson of Lancaster University. The event is free and the venue is wheelchair accessible; tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

Spaces are limited, and participants are asked to sign up in advance. To sign up or for more information, please visit the project website at or email Sara Wasson.

The workshop will take place from 11-1pm at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY

 

Filed Under: Arts In Health, Workshops

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