Program Overview

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Creativity Through Wellbeing

Connecting wellbeing with green and blue spaces.

Key details

• Location: Online
• Course duration: 2 weeks

Course overview

Discover the power of creativity and being in the outdoors to enhance your wellbeing in our online two-week creative wellbeing course.

Activities in creative writing, drawing and photography will encourage you to get outdoors into green and blue spaces such as parks, gardens, rivers or on the coast, which have been proven to positively impact your health and develop agency and social connections.

The course is developed with leading creative practitioners in drawing, photography and creative writing from Falmouth University, who previously contributed to a two-year research project, which delivered measurable improvements to participants wellbeing.

This course should take around four hours per week and is perfect for anyone seeking to reconnect with nature, build confidence, destress or simply find a creative outlet.

Tuition fees per individual: £250

Course details

Using the NHS’s Five Steps to Wellbeing—noticing, skill-building, connecting, being active, and giving—this course blends structured, non-assessed learning with process-driven creative exercises.

Over four hours each week you'll be guided through practical activities designed to improve your wellbeing.

How you'll learn

Using Falmouth University’s custom built virtual learning environment, you’ll be guided through weekly creative activities aimed at boosting your wellbeing. In each of the two weeks there is a one-hour live webinar to help consolidate learning and provides a forum for connecting and sharing. Webinars are recorded for those who are unable to attend.

Course outline

Each week will require approximately four hours of study. Three hours of which will be guided study within the online learning environment and undertaking creative activities, one hour is a live webinar where you will undertake activities with your tutor, ask questions about your learning and have the opportunity to engage with other students. The webinars are recorded so you’ll be able to catch-up if you’re not able to attend.

On completion of the course, you’ll gain a certificate of completion from Falmouth University.

Throughout this online course you’ll be exposed to a range of creative techniques that can boost and improve your wellbeing.

Unlock the power of creativity to enhance your mental and emotional wellbeing with our immersive Wellbeing Through Creativity course. This holistic program connects nature, mindfulness and artistic expression, offering a wide range of activities designed to nurture your soul, reduce stress and boost self-awareness.

Over the two weeks of this course you’ll learn about a range of creative techniques and you could undertake activities including:

• Express yourself through free writing & poetry
• Mindful art and photography
• Combine words and images
• Explore Green & Blue Spaces through the eyes of artists & writers
• Create Mindful Reminders

Through a blend of reflective practices, experimental techniques, and creative exploration, this course will empower you to not only nurture your wellbeing but also discover how creativity can transform your connection to the world around you.

Course team

Sasha Dobrota

Lecturer Cultural Management & Production

Sasha has been producing and managing cultural projects, experiences and events for the last fifteen years.

Oli Raymond-Barker

Lecturer

Oliver Raymond Barker is an artist and educator based in Cornwall. He works with the mechanics and aesthetics of photography.

Further information

• Location: This is a fully online course and can be undertaken from any location with a suitable internet connection. To fully participate, having access to green spaces such as parks and woods will be beneficial.
• Certificates & badges: Upon completion of this course you will receive a certificate of completion issues by Falmouth University and a Digital badge.
• Your mental health & wellbeing: This course is not designed as a medical or clinical intervention, and should not be used to replace any medical treatments you are undergoing. If you have concerns regarding your health, please speak with a qualified medical practitioner.

How to apply

To apply for this course, make your selection from the available dates below, this will take you to an event page where you will be able to book yourself onto the course via the Book now link. Tuition fees per individual: £250