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University Centre Folkestone:

Lecture on singing workshops and mental wellbeing

The effects of singing on people with mental health needs will be explored at a public seminar on Tuesday 27 May 2008 at the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, University Centre Folkestone, Mill Bay, Folkestone.

Psychotherapist, Tracy Morefield, will present the work of 'Sing Your Heart Out', an organisation which has successfully regenerated mental health across the county of Norfolk through a series of singing workshops. She will lead the session in conjunction with Marian Naidoo of the National Social Inclusion Programme and Penny Holden, a service user who chairs the Sing Your Heart Out steering group.

The seminar will include presentations about mental health service users who have benefited from Sing Your Heart Out. There will be an opportunity to take part in a singing workshop run by Sing Your Heart Out voice coach, Chrissy Parsons West, for those attending the seminar.

The seminar is free–of–charge to the public and will take place between 1pm and 3pm. To book a place on this seminar telephone Isobel Salisbury at the Sidney De Haan Research Centre on: 01303 220870.

Infolink: Tracy Morefield has worked at Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust since 1985, originally training as a mental health nurse and later qualifying as a psychotherapist, currently offering individual and group psychotherapy. She also has a private practice, working mainly with people who have severe eating disorders. Tracy began her career working in the rehabilitation department of Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich, running activity and social skills groups and feels that the Sing Your Heart Out project combines current therapeutic skills with the more practical and creative side of her early career. In 2006, the project won the Eli Lily Award for reintegration in mental health and in 2007 was one of the four finalists for the national Health and Social Care Awards. For further information visit the Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust website at: www. www.nwmhft.nhs.uk.

Infolink: The Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health is part of Canterbury Christ Church University and is situated at the University Centre Folkestone. The primary aim of the Research Centre is to promote the value of music and the arts for the wellbeing and health of individuals and communities. Established in 2004, with funding from the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, the Centre is located in the Creative Quarter in Folkestone, Kent. It is a joint initiative of the faculties of Health and Social Care, and Arts and Humanities at Canterbury Christ Church University.

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