The story behind Reading for Wellbeing By N Smith8th June 2014 Categories: news, Publications Tags: blog, hearth centre, Rachel Kelly Polly Wright – founder and director of The Hearth Centre, featured as a guest on Rachel Kelly’s blog, tells her story and of the inspiration behind The Hearth Centre’s Reading for Wellbeing initiative.
Hearth shortlisted for Depression Alliance Award By N Smith16th April 2014 Categories: awards, events, news Tags: arts, birmingham, depression alliance, hearth centre, kensington palace, NHS, theatre We are delighted to announce that the Hearth Centre has been shortlisted for A Depression Alliance Award. As shortlisted candidates we have been invited to a reception at Kensington Palace in April 2014, something that we’re very excited about. Polly
March 15 2014: Unsent Letters at the MAC, Bham By N Smith13th March 2014 Categories: events, news Tags: arts, birmingham, hearth centre, mac, unsent letters, womens theatre March 15 The Hearth Centre’s production of Unsent Letters will be performed at 3.30 pm as part of the Stereohype festival in the Hexagon at the MAC Cannon Hill Park Birmingham B12 9QH
December 2nd – 3rd 2013: Polly Wright speaking at Art Goes Work Conference, Helsinki By N Smith26th September 2013 Categories: events, news, Uncategorized Polly Wright is going to be keynote speaker at a conference in Helsinki on December 2nd-3rd 2013. The conference is called Art Goes Work and is being run by Novia University. Watch this space for more news
October 12th 2013: Seagulls in Sparkhill Short Story launch By N Smith26th September 2013 Categories: news, Publications Tags: anthology, news, polly wright, publications, seagulls in sparkhill, tindall street fiction Polly’s latest short story Seagulls in Sparkhill is to be published in the new Tindal St Fiction Group’s anthology which is to be launched at the new Library of Birmingham on October 12th 2013. For more information on the launch click here
November 6th 2013: Poem in Your Pocket @ the Bedlam the Festival of Mad Ideas By N Smith24th September 2013 Categories: events, news Tags: arts, bedlam, birmingham, mad ideas, mental health, NHS, pocket, poems, REP theatre, theatre 6th November 2013: Poem in Your Pocket Do you have a favourite poem which you always turn to in good and bad times? If so, come to a reading of popular Stress Busting poems by a team of trained readers from the Hearth Centre’s incredibly successful Speaking Out project. The project uses literature to spark conversations…
Oct 3rd Unsent Letters at the Foyle Studio By N Smith24th September 2013 Categories: news Tags: foyle studio, hearth centre, mac, theatre, unsent letters, womens theatre On the 3rd October there will a performance of Unsent Letters at the Foyle Studio, the MAC, Birmingham from 6.30-9.00 Unsent Letters is a one woman play which tells the story of Peggy and her son Bradley. Peggy was sectioned under the Mental Health Act and detained in a forensic mental health unit in her early…