Letter to My Superhero: Elspeth is part of “Community Connections”, a social prescribing programme in the South Ward area of Weston-super-Mare. A full-time social prescriber is taking referrals from health professionals working in the For All Healthy Living Centre, who will connect people to non-medical support within their local communities and beyond. Cooked up by the lovely Fiona Matthews Theatre Orchard, and with Arts and Health South West support, the programme has a particular focus on working with and through creative and arts-based approaches. I’m running a series of workshops over two years to help towards the evaluation programme. This involves me leading a workshop called Letter to My Superhero, as well as working alongside K Scottish comedian and comic strip creator, Kev Sutherland, Scottish comedian and comic strip creator (including for the Beano and Marvel)…
Elspeth has run Creative Writing Workshops for Wecil, West of England Centre For Inclusive Living at The Arnolfini in Bristol, and in Weston Super Mare’s Healthy Living Centre on the Bournville Estate. Everyone’s contribution to the group is wonderful – we now have a supportive, uniquely creative and open community of writers.