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Working together
Working together
Introduction to Programme
It’s been a busy and beautiful summer; there’s been lots happening with new
projects beginning and new artists coming in to work on workshops, as well as the
continuation of our regular programme of events and activities.
© Hannah Imlach
Working together works! The combination of all of our skills, experience and
knowledge leads to a more focused experience for a larger number of patients.
Together we address issues of boredom, isolation and stress. What we bring to
the collaborations is the perspective of artists, as occupational therapist Hazel
Samson says,
“Each artist that attends the wards brings with them their own talents and a
willingness to share and explore this with patients. This can have a positive impact
on the patients’ wellbeing and provide a space where the focus is not on the
reason they are in hospital. As occupational therapists it also provides us the
opportunity to discuss the impact of engaging in an activity and whether it might
be something they would want to continue with in the community.”
We have just been awarded funding to establish a Reading Friends project across
the hospitals. Elaine Gallagher, who was the guest editor on the last brochure, will
work with us to establish the Reading Friends project which is a collaboration with
the Scottish Book Trust and the Reading Agency, but more about that later.
We have a fantastic group of volunteers across all the hospitals, and we are
always looking for more, so if you are interested please do get in touch (contact
info at the back of this brochure). We have
introduced a volunteer variety hour over
three dates in the public space at the Royal
Infirmary, and we will be extending the
number of volunteers we work with through
the Reading Friends project. A big thank you
to everyone who gives so generously of their
time and talents, you all make a difference.
As usual we hope you enjoy our programme
and what we have planned for October
to December (plus some highlights and
photographs of the fantastic work completed
and fun events from July to September). We
look forward to working with everyone on 2018 REH Fete
the autumn programme.
© James McLardy
Steve Hollingsworth and James McLardy
A highlight from our work at St John’s over the last three months has been the
workshops developed by artists James McLardy and Steve Hollingsworth. James
and Steve have extensive experience of working with people with complex
disabilities. They have been working closely with the Occupational Therapy
department at St John's, particularly with Hazel Samson and Billi-Jo Bathgate on
Ward 3, and with Irene Davidson and Tara Donaldson on the Stroke Ward.
With patients they have created large and colourful collaborative artworks; big,
gestural swirls of colour on paper and canvas, but what has been happening in
these workshops is best told by the people involved:
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St John’s
‘’We had great feedback from patients and their relatives re: the workshops. Dr
Ramsay, consultant and nursing staff also popped in to give positive feedback.’’
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© James McLardy
“The workshop was very much a whole group task that I think worked well as
people felt ‘involved’ in doing something together. There was some really positive
chat generated by one of the participants who had been at the previous session
and was ‘looking forward to this one.' Also, one of our ladies with very little
language was attempting to communicate later with her daughter via her letter
communication chart that she ‘had been painting.' Her daughter was really
touched. I have to say the finished paintings look great and hopefully we can look
at putting them up on the wall in the unit.’’
And don’t forget, during October to December you will have the fantastic
storyteller Max Scratchmann and the lovely Miss Annabel Sings visiting the wards.
We hope you enjoy them!
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St John’s
Events
Max is a fantastic storyteller and multimedia artist who uses different tools to tell a
story. He is also an exceptional collaborator, listening and transforming ideas into
something meaningful for patients. What a scorcher this summer has been but with
the autumn and winter nights drawing in Max will be working with Occupational
Therapists and staff on the wards to create sessions encouraging memories of
golden autumn afternoons and frosty winter nights and the gatherings that go with
them. This is a chance to gather together, listen to each other’s stories and enjoy
an hour with this very special storyteller.
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St John’s
Events
With a passion for reminiscence and the help of a huge back catalogue of your
favourite songs from every genre, Edinburgh’s premier Cabaret singer and host
will be celebrating the power of song and what they mean to us. Annabel is
pleased to be back for a regular session at St. John's and to bring her special
brand of stories and songs to friends old and new. She invites you to join her for
an informal hour to sing together, share stories, laugh, dance or simply sit back
and enjoy some entertainment.
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EVENTS CALENDAR - ST JOHN’S
© Albie Clark
Western General
Sarah Phizacklea
Western General
Introduction
The Western General will be jam-packed with Artlink artists and performers
over the next three months! We are really excited about our first 5 week Making
Workshops on Wards 71 and 72, where artists James McLardy and Hannah
Imlach will be working with patients with support from Rachel Muir, the activity
coordinator for those wards. Look out for photos of that in the next brochure.
© Hannah Imlach
Anne Elliot will be cooking up a storm talking with patients about meals that evoke
fond memories for them. An illustrated recipe book which will include patients’
stories, paintings, drawings and the recipes for those meals will be coproduced by
the ward and Artlink.
As part of the EVOC-funded programme we are also talking with staff to extend
our programme to other elderly care wards. We are very interested in establishing
a team approach to this work, getting people together from the community and
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from wards to explore how we can support older people moving from hospital
care to the community. Get in touch if you want to know more (details at back of
brochure).
We will continue with a programme of performance events on wards. Look out for
Sarah Phizacklea whose performance will be available to all patients on wards in
the RVB.
What’s more, Miss Annabel Sings has curated a plethora of talent for the all new
‘That’s Entertainment’ slot; it’s all about the local community, getting people in and
making sure that by working together we can make people feel better!
As part of Reading Friends expect to see some volunteer readers on the wards. If
you are interested in volunteering or having a volunteer read on your wards then
get in touch with us.
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Western General
Workshops
© Hannah Imlach
Making Workshops with James McLardy and Hannah Imlach
Following on from the highly successful Making workshops on the Stroke Ward at
the Royal Infirmary, James and Hannah will join forces with activity coordinator
Rachel Muir. Rachel is the only activity coordinator at the Western General.
Working together will increase the scope of our work allowing us to involve more
people.
James and Hannah talked of using what they had learned in their workshops at
the Royal Infirmary to inform a new series of workshops. As they so eloquently
put it, “all we have to do is start with a process and be ready to change it
for each person as we go along, we are always flexible in what we provide,
reactive and responsive to each participant's involvement which helps us build a
supportive environment where participants have the opportunity to talk and share
experiences during the making process.”
We look forward to the work that develops out of this workshop and will be
sharing photos and highlights from it in the next brochure.
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Photos and ornaments hold memories for people and people don’t often realise
that food is also a great trigger for nostalgia. After all, who doesn’t have a
story to tell about their granny/mum/dad telling them off for not eating their
dinner? What's more, most of us will have fond memories of cooking or eating our
favourite foods.
Sarah Phizacklea
Events
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Western General
With a passion for reminiscence and the help of a huge back catalogue of your
favourite songs from every genre, Edinburgh’s premier Cabaret singer and host
will be celebrating the power of song and what they mean to us in a hospital
environment. Annabel has been working regularly on ward 71 and noticed a real
sense of family as staff, patients and family got to know each other in her sessions.
She will visit all four of the wards Artlink works with over the next quarter to build
on this. You are invited to join her for an informal hour to sing together, share
stories, laugh, dance or simply sit back and enjoy some entertainment.
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Magadalena Durant
Events
This classically trained singer will be bringing you pop and opera hits from all over
the world.
Paul Novak
Comedy, chat and magic from everybody’s favourite close-up magician.
Sarah Phizacklea
This golden-voiced multi-instrumentalist will be sharing her favourite songs and
what they mean to her.
Ben Nardone
There’s no business like show business so dust off those vocal chords: it’s
show-tune sing-a-long time!
The Pearls
Artlink love this Retro musical duo. Val and Sarah will be performing songs from
the ‘20s to the ‘70s!
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EVENTS CALENDAR - WESTERN GENERAL
Mondays
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th 2pm - 3.30pm Ward 50
October
Monday
2pm - 3.30pm Ward 50
3rd December
Introduction
We would like to say a big hello and welcome to Kim McGovern, the new
activities coordinator at the Royal Infirmary. To further develop this new working
relationship, Kim will be working with artists Claire Barclay and Laura Spring on 5
week Making workshops on different wards in the hospital.
We know we keep banging on, but this is yet again another example of where
working together benefits the patient experience. As Carey Moss and Kim
McGovern, the activities coordinators at the ERI say, "The importance of Artlink
and the RIE working together is that it opens up a wide range of interesting and
stimulating activities. The activities the patients attend would not normally be
accessible to them within their communities; it also encourages group and social
interaction as a lot of patients in hospital can
become isolated and withdrawn."
© Albie Clark
the faces of visitors and to the faces of busy
staff as they moved around the hospital. The
response to their performance was so positive
we’ve introduced the all-new Volunteer Carey Moss
And finally we are really envious that the Royal Infirmary will have the wonderful
singer Magdalena Durant all to themselves throughout October to December.
Magdalena has the voice of an angel and the rare ability to sing songs from
opera to pop to folk. We hope you enjoy her visits to the Royal Infirmary.
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Royal Infirmary
© Alison Stirling
who had worked with the pioneering
Brazilian artist Lygia Clark.
Clark’s work crosses over from art therapy to contemporary art and back again.
She created artworks and workshops in which the artists and the participants
in her workshops used objects to establish very different forms of non-verbal
communication, which she described as ‘relational objects’. Since their visit to
Brazil, Claire and Laura have been thinking about how these experiences and the
idea of the ‘relational object’ could feed into the work they do in the hospitals.
We are delighted that Claire and Laura will be working with Carey Moss –
Activities co ordinator on Ward 201 and Kim McGovern, Activities co ordinator
on ward 104. Ward 201 is a stroke ward and Ward 104 is a care of the elderly
ward. We look forward to some interesting artworks coming from them!
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Royal Infirmary
Events
Look out for Magdalena in one of the brilliantly busy activity rooms on the ward or
roaming bed to bed. She’ll brighten up your day with some classical song, opera
or pop from all over the world.
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Royal Infirmary
Artlink's Hospital Arts team has been working with some incredible volunteers
over the years and we want to show them and their skills off in the all-new
Volunteer Variety Hour showcase. Scotland has a fantastic history of variety
artists and that isn’t changing any time soon. It remains one of the UK’s most well
loved forms of entertainments in clubs, pubs, theatre and on TV. Every quarter
we will be celebrating some of the most
exciting talents of volunteer groups and
organisations in the local area to ERI,
The Western and St. John’s. We have
had singers, storytellers, choirs and all
manner of musicians offer their time for
free over the years. Most recently, the
truly inspiring Vintage Chorus (pictured)
based at the historic Festival Theatre in
Edinburgh performed at the ERI. Their
Keep your eyes and ears peeled for some exciting local volunteer groups and
individuals cheering up the whole hospital community over lunch in the Main
Foyer. If you are interested in volunteering you or your group's musical or dance
skills for a public space performance during the next quarter at The Western
General (January – March 2019) then please do get in touch with Miss Annabel
Sings at missannabelsings@artlinkedinburgh.co.uk and start the conversation!
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Royal Infirmary
Events
© Anne Elliot
Gramophone Disco with JRF
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Royal Infirmary
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Festive Fun!
Miss Annabel Sings is still on the hunt for a group or individual to provide some
festive fun over lunchtime! Are you a singing group and want to practice your
carolling? Maybe you are a dance troupe and you can show us some moves just
in time for impressing your colleagues during office party season. Whatever it is
you do, and you would like to show the hospital community what a wonderful
variety of volunteers are out there, than don’t hesitate to get in touch (see above
for contact email).
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Gramophone Disco
Tuesday 30th October 12pm - 1.30pm Main Foyer
with JRF°
The Vintage Chorus° Tuesday 27th November 12pm - 1.30pm Main Foyer
© Albie Clark
Royal Edinburgh
Introduction
What a summer we have had, and we don’t just mean the weather. The Summer
Camp theme has been full on and a real success. Also, artist Tom Krasny worked
on ten wards doing workshops, which involved making goldfish hats, and these
creations have been truly spectacular. We hope you spotted your hats at the stall
during the summer fete.
We have really enjoyed the support and input from the OT’s on the ward,
particularly Alice Landrock and Alana Greenlees who have taken part in these
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Royal Edinburgh
Introduction (cont.)
workshops and helped us to identify what elements work best with the patient
group. We have loved working with the patients to see how they respond to
materials, colour and texture and we have been inspired by the levels of interest
and concentration they have brought to the project. Tom will return in February
to present ideas for a finished artwork. Its been a long journey but we feel we
are getting there and we really look
forward to what we think will be a
stimulating and interactive artwork at
the end of the process.
© Tom Krasny
‘Significant Spaces’ photography
project. Natalie has been working
closely with Becky Brazil over the last
year. As this is likely to be our last year
in the Glasshouses, due to the
redevelopment of the hospital, we
thought this would be a fitting time to
give as many people as possible access
to these amazing spaces.
© Anne Elliot
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© Anne Elliot
With a passion for reminiscence and the help of a huge back catalogue of your
favourite songs from every genre, Edinburgh’s premier Cabaret singer and host
will be celebrating songs that make us feel good and the memories that go with
them. This group has been growing in number every week since it started in July
and has quickly become a firm favourite in The Royal Edinburgh Weekly Calendar
with staff and patients alike gathering together for song and chat. One patient
on Craiglockhart ward recently mentioned to Miss Annabel that this group was
a real turning point and after it things really started to look up. Annabel now
wants you to join her and her lovely assistant (superstar volunteer JRF) for an
hour at the Glasshouses to sing, laugh, dance and enjoy the healing power of
music and song. All abilities are welcome and If you simply want to enjoy some
entertainment then please do come along for there really is nothing better than
sharing an experience with friends, old and new. Please take note of the dates the
group is running and see you there!
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Royal Edinburgh
© Anne Elliot
Never forget: The group who eats, dances and sings
together perform better together. See you there
Soup-er stars!
The Glasshouses are open to patients and staff who have an interest in skills-based
activity working with wood, paint and plants whilst maintaining the much loved
Glasshouses.
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Workshops
© Albie Clark
Open Studio with Anne Elliot
As ever you are invited to make use of the art studio at the Glasshouses, a great
space to work on large scale art projects, a messy space to paint freely and
without worrying about getting paint everywhere, as well as being a meeting
place to gather with other like minded people to share ideas, knowledge and
techniques. Anne will introduce a new theme for October to December, which is
all about harvest and food sharing. People taking part will help make props and
decorations for the end of year event, the soup-er celebrations!
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Royal Edinburgh
Workshops & Events
© Anne Elliot
Slow Gardening at the Glasshouses
As the growing season starts to slow down in autumn, there is still lots of seasonal
gardening activity you can get involved with at the Glasshouses. You can do jobs
such as collecting seeds, planting spring bulbs, pruning and feeding the birds. We
can even look to the start of next year’s growing season by planting garlic and
winter broad beans in the vegetable plot!
The apple harvest is historically a significant time in the Royal Edinburgh calendar.
There are many apple trees around the hospital; you can find apple trees in the
old orchard, at the Glasshouses and the community gardens. Due to the hot
summer the apples will ripen earlier this year. It is a bumper crop so why not come
to the Glasshouses to pick your own and try out your favourite apple recipes.
At the Glasshouses we have an apple tree nursery, some of which have been
grafted from the old trees in the R.E.H. orchard. As the Glasshouses are probably
moving next summer the trees need rehoming; please get in touch with suggestions
of where the trees could be transplanted.
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Wednesdays
Singin’ & Reminiscin’ with 17th & 24th October,
Miss Annabel Sings° 3pm - 4pm Glasshouses
14th & 21st November,
12th December
Soup-er Festive
Wednesday 19th December 1pm - 4pm Glasshouses
Celebrations!°
Wednesdays
D.I.Y. culture with Anne 11am - 12pm Glasshouses
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE
and Neil*
* Open to inpatients only For more information and to book a place, contact
+ Open to anyone Miss Annabel Sings at the Glasshouses on 46127 or
° Open to patients, families and staff at the REH email missannabelsings@artlinkedinburgh.co.uk
© Albie Clark
Prospect Bank
Findlay House at Prospect Bank
Prospect Bank
Introduction
It has been a time of learning and getting to know everyone at Prospect Bank.
Artlink continues to work with staff, family and patients, finding ways to get to
know the staff and patients on what are very busy wards. So far staff and new
activity coordinator Jess Cody have begun working with Artlink to introduce a
programme of activities onto wards; activities that bring people together, raise a
laugh and build confidence. We also started to introduce staff workshops, the first
involving staff taking part in sound workshops with artist Jim Colquhoun to look at
ways of altering the ward environments with more positive and relaxing sounds.
We are still finding our feet on the wards and to do this means that we need to
make sure we meet as may people as possible and introduce activities where staff
and patients are relaxed and enjoy themselves. Miss Annabel Sings has been
entertaining staff and patients, and was delighted when at a recent performance
patients and staff started dancing. "I feel like a girl again! I’ve not done this in
years!" beamed one patient as she danced with staff.
Now the autumn and winter months are approaching we will be working with
patients, families and staff to create an exciting menu of ‘nights out at home’ with
a series of live music events called The Supper Club. We will also be introducing
volunteers from The Reading Friends Scheme and more afternoon sing-songs. It’s
going to be a busy winter at Prospect Bank! Prospect bank at Findlay House is
a Dementia unit in the heart of Leith. This project is funded by EVOC and we are
interested in tapping into the rich community of artists, musicians, groups and
individuals in the surrounding area. If you or your group would like to share your
talents, passions and skills we would love to hear from you and welcome you into
the community at Prospect Bank.
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Prospect Bank
Events
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Magadalena Durant
Events
This classically trained singer will be bringing you Pop and Opera hits from all
over the world.
Chippy McFarlane
All your favourite Scottish songs and stories from this absolute diamond of a guy.
Ben Nardone
There’s no business like show business so dust off those vocal chords: It’s
show-tune sing-a-long time!
The Pearls
Artlink love this Retro musical duo. Val and Sarah will be performing songs from
the ‘20s to the ‘70s!
Lewis Forbes
Enjoy an hour of toe-tapping festive music from Edinburgh’s number one Jazz
pianist.
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EVENTS CALENDAR - PROSPECT BANK
Miss Annabel Sings* Monday 5th November 6pm - 6.45pm Prospect Bank
© Albie Clark
into hospitals, building on Elaine
Gallagher's Books and Blether
sessions on the wards. For three Elaine Gallagher
years, Elaine has been visiting
patients on wards, reading to them,
chatting with them and keeping
them company.
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Volunteering
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Reading Friends is a new UK-wide
About Reading Friends
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Developing Future Partnerships
Connect with Us
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ArtlinkEdinburgh www.artlinkedinburgh.co.uk
Contacts
Artlink Office: 0131 229 3555 info@artlinkedinburgh.co.uk
Artlink Glasshouses: 0131 537 6127 glasshouses@artlinkedinburgh.co.uk
Information on workshops: trevor@artlinkedinburgh.co.uk
anne@artlinkedinburgh.co.uk