Schedule

Q&A with Adrian McCarthy (see more), Director of OCD & ME (see more)

Poetry by WENDY YOUNG

INTERVAL

Poetry by JANET REEVE (see more)

Performance by MARIA MCATEER (see more) from THE GUINNESS GIRL (see more) and KAREN SPICER, accompanied on the acoustic electric guitar by JIMMY PAGE (Trigger Warning: Deals With DDD)

Q&A

Feature Documentary Film I AM GEN Z (see more) (Trigger Warning: images relating to eating disorders, self-harm and suicide which some viewers might find troubling)

Q&A with Kim Halliday (see more)

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Arrival & Welcome. An introduction to OUT AND PROUD - a photographic exhibition celebrating LGBTQIA+ people who have suffered with their mental health

Screening of WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR HEAD? BE THE LIGHT (see more) (Trigger Warning: Deals with suicide)

Q&A with JON SALMON, WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR HEAD? Co-Founder (see more)

Short Film Screening SANCTIONED (see more) (Trigger Waring: Sexual trauma & nudity) and A WAKE (see more) (Trigger Warning: Deals with alcohol addiction, grief & suicide)

Q&A with DOMINIQUE MURPHY-DE NEEF (see more) and EMMA GILBERTSON (see more)

INTERVAL

A Fireside Chat with GAIL PORTER (see more)

Screening Schizophrenia - The Voices in My Head (see more)

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Welcome by our Presenter, BBC4 Radio Broadcaster Peter Curran

Performance from the stage play “THE GUINNESS GIRL” by Maria Macateer, accompanied by Alice Beadle on the violin

World Premiere screening of "OUR KIDS OUR LIVES"
Trigger warning: deals with suicide, self-harm & eating disorders

Break / Networking

Q&A with Ben Akers, Director of ”OUR KIDS OUR LIVES"

Poetry by Wendy Young

Q&A With Wendy Young

Short film screening of "SAY SOMETHING”
Trigger warning: deals with alcohol dependency

Q&A with Maddie Kitchen of Sobriety Films, Director of ‘SAY SOMETHING”

Performance by singer/song writer Sacha Wood on the acoustic guitar

Q&A with Maria Mcateer & Sacha Wood on Depersonalisation Disorder

Poetry by Ronald Amanze

Q&A With Ronald Amanze

Closing performance by Sacha Wood

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Welcome by our Presenter, BBC Radio 4 Broadcaster, Peter Curran

Screening of short film DISORDERED
Trigger warning deals with eating disorders

Screening of short film CONTROL
Trigger warning deals with eating disorders

Q&A With Dawn, Service Manager & Dona, Social Media Coordinator of PEDS - Personalised Eating Disorder Support

Short film SHELLS WITHOUT AN ECHO

Q&A Multimedia Artist Yasmin Nicholas

Networking break to view the poetry and art exbition, coffee & tea will be served

Poetry By Joshua Nunn

Neurodivergence discussion on ADHD & PTSD Dominique Murphy-de Neef & Joshua Nunn

Poetry by Janet Reeve

Q&A Janet Reeve - a discussion about depression, acceptance and creating space.

Screening of TALK IT OUT music video by Neil Avery & Nigel Planer

A discussion on Neurodiversity, Creativity and Mental Health with Neil Avery & Jon Salmon

Discussion with resident artists

Sean Kaluarachchi - a discussion on surviving trauma

Performance by Sean Kaluarachchi

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Welcome by Danny Maher & Nicola Waddell, welcome film by Michelle Collins

Screening OCD AND ME by Adrian Mccarthy

Q&A Director Adrian McCarthy, OCD AND ME

Performance from THE GUINNESS GIRL by Maria McAteer & Alice Beadle

Performance by singer/songwriter Sacha Wood

Q&A Maria McAteer & Sacha Wood on Depersonalisation Disorder

Screening CONTROL by Michelle Collins

Q&A nurses from PEDS & Katy Evans on eating disorders

Break & Yoga Class: Rest and Restore - Embodied Yoga of Awareness

Screening BE THE LIGHT - What's Going On In Your Head? by Liz Smith & Jon Salmon

Music Video TALK IT OUT by Nigel Planer & Neil Avery

Q&A Jon Salmon, Angela Samata, Jane Boland, Neil Avery

Lullaby For Mother Dance Performance by Aleksandra Jones of The Gravida Collective

Q&A Aleksandra Nikolajev Jones on maternal mental health

Duet performed by Sacha Wood & Neil Avery

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Welcome by Danny Maher & Nicola Waddell, welcome film by Michelle Collins

Screening of short film SOME BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES by Neil Avery

Q&A Neil Avery

Poetry Recital THIS IS ME NOW by Katie Thomas

Poetry Recital ONLY HERE FOR A LITTLE WIHLE written & performed by Dawn Paisley Mills

Q&A Katie Thomas & Dawn Paisley Mills

Screening SAME MAN by Thred CiC

Poetry & talk by Ronald Amanze

Screening I'M STILL CLIMBING MOUNTAINS by Thred CiC

Talk by Tommy Dunne

Screening BRAVE NEW WORLD by Thred CiC

Q&A Tommy Dunne, Paul Hitchmough & Ronald Amanze

Break & Meditation Session: Kundalini Meditation: Kirtan Kriya - Mantra for Focus, Concentration & Inner Harmony

Monologues from the stage show BIPOLAR ME, written & performed by Ceri Ashe

Extracts from the show DIRTY OLD TOWN written & performed by Marigold Lately

Q&A Ceri Ashe & Marigold Lately

Screening SCHIZOPHRENIA: THE VOICES IN MY HEAD by Kim Bartley

Poetry Recital TO BE A CHILD written & performed by Sydney Abubakarr Foday Conteh

Music Video HOSTAGE TO MY THOUGHTS by Nazeem & Ali Horn

Recording by Nazeem & Q&A Vicki Doyle, Roger Appleton & Sydney Abubakarr Foday Conteh

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Welcome by M.C. Philip Radley-Smith

Bollywood Dancing by Veena Storm V

Screening of Short Film KNUCK KNUCKLE

Panel Discussion on Grief & Mental Health, Hosted by Carey Fitzgerald with Veena Storm V & Ellie Marron, Director of KNUCK KNUCKLE

Live Music by Kitty Churchfield

Poetry by Dia Tuncer

Comedy by Marigold Lately

Panel discussion on abuse & trauma, hosted by Pinks with Kitty Churchfield, Lauren Louisha, Dia Tuncer & Marigold Lately

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Screening of feature film Black People Don’t Get Depressed

Break

Poetry by Sydney Conteh

Music By SACHA WOOD

Screening of Short Film FALLING UPWARDS By MARIA MCATEER

Panel Discussion on DDD & Depression hosted by Danny Maher with Sydney Conteh, Maria McAteer & Sacha Wood

Closing Music by Neil Avery & Sacha Wood

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Welcome by MC Philip Radley -Smith

Screening of UNSPOKEN by Alan Bradley

Live Music by Becky!

Panel Discussion on Eating Disorders hosted by Carey Fitzgerald with Becky and PEDS Eating Disorder Charity

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Panel Discussion on addiction Hosted by Danny Maher with Maddie Kitchen of Sobriety Films

Screening of feature film THE EDGE OF CHAOS

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Poetry by Lizzie Lindsay

2x Short Films REMINDERS with Aleksandra Jones on Isolation

Live Music by Emily Bell

General discussion on Mental Health with all artists & contributors including Emily Bell, hosted by Danny Maher

Closing Music by Neil Avery & Sacha Wood

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