Are you digitally fatigued in your house? Perhaps your kids are addicted to their smartphones or you are being pestered regularly to buy them one. The Digital Detox Club and My Resilient Mind are proud to present Unplug to Reconnect - an event for adolescents and their parents at Kingswood School, Bath.
It will be a hope-filled afternoon of powerful talks, performance, and collective action. Let’s face it: our kids are in crisis - and so is our culture. It's time to ask: what are smartphones doing to our minds, and how can we reclaim what it means to be human?
The event will end with an inspiring break out session providing a space to discover new offline passions - with taster activities such as clay workshops, crafts, fitness, boxing, fabric art and games to explore what the real world has to offer.
Aims of the event
- Reduce addiction to smartphones
- Boost resilience, self-compassion & self-esteem
- Inspire them with ideas to enrich their lives
- Rediscovering themselves beyond the screen
Smartphones will be placed in secure pouches on arrival. This event is designed to be fully offline.
Who is invited: Parents and children from 10 to 18 years old.
Event Programme (Draft version - subtle changes may occur)
First half - The Problem
- Welcome and Introduction, Nicola MacDonald, Co Founder The Digital Detox Club
- Social Media : a film from Boys in Mind
- Music performance - Lauren Helyar, Musician
- How social media can feed hatred & isolation - Nicola MacDonald
- Lifting the veil on big tech - Shona Beats, Former COO Headspace
- The link between smartphones & mental health - Dr. Susie Davies, Papaya Parents
- Interview of teens - how to survive without a smartphone
Interval - Snacks & drinks
Second half - Solutions
- #Reclaim the net - Taking control of our digital lives - Conor Warren , Founder Spark UK
- Resilience and mindfulness - Nicola MacDonald, Founder The Digital Detox Club
- Spoken Word piece - The importance of presence - Mark De’Lisser, Poet
- How to be human in our digital world- Laura Hughes,Co Founder The Digital Detox Club
- The mental health benefits of music - Lauren Helyar, Musician
- The benefits of writing and spoken word for mental health - Mark De' Lisser, Poet
- Art as a healing force, a path home to ourselves and resilience - Lorna Bode, Artist
- The healing power of nature - Tash Filer, National Trust Ambassador
- The mental health benefits of exercise - Barbara Baskerville, Co Founder of Baskervilles School of Gymnastics
