Reflective Practice Online Group Sessions - South East

Image credit: Michael Aiden photography

What is Reflective Practice?

Reflective Practice is a space to consider what's going well and what are the challenges in your arts and wellbeing practice. It can be a skills learning environment as well as a place to process the impact of the work using creative approaches. There may also be times when safeguarding or ethical concerns are spotted and a place to think about referring people onto the right services, if you are feeling concerned about someone you are working with. Reflective Practice can address our blindspots, help us to grow, learn, develop skills and support your own self-care.

Reflective Practice is run by Orange Collective, who are experienced arts and health practitioners from the field of the arts and mental health and integrate creative approaches into the reflective space. They are trainers and educators and are able to offer professional clinical responses to mental health and safeguarding concerns, ensuring that your project is offering safe and effective practice.

We believe that all arts and wellbeing practitioners should be receiving regular reflective practice and this is an opportunity to experience it and find out why.

There will be two groups of 8 people running once a month for 3 months on Thursdays 6pm - 7:30pm .

The sessions will be run on Zoom and ticket price is £30 in total (equivalent £10 per session)

You will be required to be available for all 3 sessions.

Please note: These sessions are only open to practitioners living or working in the south east.

Financial Barriers

We don't want cost to be a barrier for anyone, and have a limited number of bursaries available; please contact jo@wishingwellmusic.org.uk if finance is a barrier for you.

Group 1 dates:

Thursday 28th March 2024 , 6 - 7.30pm

Thursday 25th April 2024, 6 - 7.30pm

Thursday 23rd May 2024, 6 - 7.30pm

Please see here for Group 2 dates and event page

We anticipate the event being over subscribed, and have therefore put an application process in place. You will be contacted if successful in gaining a place and given a code to book your ticket. Please fill out the application form by midnight on the 18th February. You will be contacted if successful in gaining a place, and given a code to book your ticket.

Alternative Application Process

You can also submit an audio or video application to jo@wishingwellmusic.org.uk.

The supervision sessions are part funded by the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance for practitioners in the South East.

FIlm created by Orange Collective and directed by Jon Wilmot. Our thanks to the following artists for taking part in this film:

Blair McCormackVisual artist, running art workshops to support wellbeing in the community.@gabbabatik

Maddie Millet
Visual artist, running workshops using clay & the outdoors to support wellbeing in different community settings.@muddie_maker

Wendy Pye & Dagmara Rudkin Visual artists collaborating as Luna Arts, offer diverse community arts and well-being workshops. They are currently exploring the development of sessions that use creativity to facilitate discussions about death and dying. www.lunaarts.org.uk

Chris Sav Standup Comic and illustrator delivering workshops to support people’s wellbeing.@disappointman

Heidi Compton Teaching art to support mental health www.scribblearts-hrighton.co.uk@scribbleartsbrighton

Branwen Lorigan & Polly Irvin Founders of Orange Collective, an arts and wellbeing organisationwww.orangecollective.co.uk@orange_collective_