Health and Wellbeing

Discover the benefits of singing and acting, strategies for tackling loneliness at work, and how early diagnosis and intervention can protect our vision and heart health.

Inequalities and Meningitis


York Explore Library, Library Square, Museum Street

Maisie Green and Rebecca Naylor of the York Health Economics Consortium explain inequalities associated with meningitis and why treatments should target socioeconomically deprived areas.

Bob Ross, Health Equity and Decision Making


York Explore Library, Library Square, Museum Street

Using the medium of art, Robert Malcolm, Project Director at York Health Economics Consortium, explores the trade-offs that need to be made when funding medical interventions.

Making (Sound) Waves: Exploring vocal authenticity


York Explore Library, Library Square, Museum Street

Discover the benefits of community singing and acting at an event combining speaking/singing performance, documentary footage of singing groups and live analysis of vocal recordings.

Building Foundations for Wellbeing in Primary Schools


Find out about the development of an evidence-based mental health and wellbeing curriculum for primary schools with Joshua Stubbs, Head of Research at the PSHE Association.

Making Sound Waves: Musical transformations


Ron Cooke Hub, Campus East, University of York

Find out how Jessie’s Fund is playing an important role in giving children access to music therapy and creative music-making through a talk, film clips and performance.

Pushing Boundaries in Biomedicine


Biomedical Science Laboratories, York St John University

Join scientific experts at York St John University for a hands-on journey through advances in medicine and healthcare. Examine your own microbiome, analyse some DNA and look at what’s in blood.

Reflections on Fear and Love (in-person)


Friargate Quaker Meeting House

Michael Guilding, a retired psychotherapist, examines fear and love from the perspective of human biology and reflects on what each of us might do to shift the balance between these powerful forces.

Protecting Vision and Heart Health


Vanbrugh College, Campus West, University of York

Richard and Chris Gale, leading consultants in ophthalmology and cardiology, explore how early diagnosis and intervention can transform outcomes for age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Atrial Fibrillation (AF).

Back on Track: Return to work toolkit


Simon Gilbody, a leader in the field of mental health interventions, discusses a toolkit to help those experiencing long-term sickness absence back into work.

The Liberation of Voice Through Creative Writing


Discover the power of creative writing to foster connection and community for those with lived experience of mental ill health at our interactive workshop.

Loneliness at Work


Berrick Saul Building, Campus West, University of York

Isabel Berwick, host of the award-winning Financial Times Working It podcast and Simon Gilbody of the University of York discuss loneliness at work and offer some practical advice and solutions.

Reflections on Fear and Love (online)


Michael Guilding, a retired psychotherapist, examines fear and love from the perspective of human biology and reflects on what each of us might do to shift the balance between these powerful forces.