We are delighted to share details of Together for Mental Wellbeing’s Henry Hawkins Lecture and Celebration on Wednesday 15th October 2025.
For the first time our flagship event will be taking place in Norfolk, and we look forward to welcoming guests to Norwich City Football Ground. The event is supported by our Norfolk Integrated Housing and Community Support Service (NIHCSS) and as well as thought leading speakers, will feature exhibitors from a range of innovative providers of mental health services based in the area.
Our theme
The exciting and eclectic agenda will promote thought provoking and insightful conversations, exploring and highlighting different elements of our theme of physical wellbeing and how it interplays with mental health.
Physical wellbeing can mean many things to different people. It can mean helping people to engage with healthcare services, an experience that can be especially challenging for people experiencing mental distress. An individual’s mental health can also be impacted by living with a long-term physical health condition. We will explore activities that support good physical wellbeing that people can choose to take part in, including gardening, walking, running or team sports for example.
Our speakers
We are excited to be joined at the event by two thought-leading keynote speakers who will explore the theme in engaging ways and encourage questions from the audience to inspire discussion.
- Claire Carswell, NIHR Advanced Research Fellow, University of York -
Claire Carswell is an NIHR Advanced Research Fellow and registered mental health nurse based at the University of York in the Mental Health and Addictions Research Group. Her research focuses on the relationship between mental and physical health, with a particular focus on health inequalities among people who have severe mental illness (conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder). She is currently conducting research looking at chronic kidney disease and mental health, and finding ways to better support people with severe mental illness manage their physical health.
- Prof Jonathan Roiser, Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health, UCL -
Jonathan Roiser is Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health at University College London where he co-directs a research group. For the past 15 years he has led a programme of work that seeks to understand the psychological and brain processes involved in driving symptoms of depression and its treatment, focusing on motivation. In recent years he has directed two studies investigating how physical activity works as an effective treatment for depression, including a large ongoing NHS trial funded by Wellcome.
We look forward to you joining us, for what will be a fascinating evening of lecture, celebration and networking. Refreshments will be available on the night.
