One of the most rewarding things about working with someone like Olive is we inevitably get to know each other. That’s the nature of the learning process; you chat and discover those apparently insignificant things that somehow knit themselves together to form the fabric of a shared experience. It’s a similar dynamic to the conversations …
Previously, we talked about how this wellbeing service brings together members on the one hand (they’re neither patients nor clients whilst they’re in the Hub) and makers on the other. We went so far as to suggest there appears to be a new breed of makers who have a very particular focus and dedication to …
New Outcomes Call for New Spaces When we first started to work with the SmartCare organisation and talked through the design principles of their wellbeing service, it quickly became clear they had a serious intent to do something innovative. Their Social Prescribing Lead, Dr Aftab, wanted to mesh two sets of data. Firstly, she was meticulous about what …
Are You a Neomaker? We had a great event on the 25th April at the Hazelwell Hub in Kings Heath, Birmingham. Don’t take our word for it. We’ve been talking to the attendees and reviewing the feedback. We can tell you, some very interesting themes are emerging from those conversations. Everyone who came along wants to do …
“Buzzed” About Wellbeing It’s 10.45 AM on Wednesday 25thApril and there is already a queue signing in to the first ever BHappy Hub wellbeing gathering. Over the course of the next four hours around 50 members of the Kings Heath community and around a dozen “wellbeing providers” congregate at the Hazelwell Hub in Kings Heath, …
