Writing Well
WRITING WELL:
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR WELLBEING
As a recent alumni of Literature Wales’s professional development programme ‘Writing Well’, a programme that helps writers develop creative writing programmes aimed at improving the wellbeing of participants, writer Sian Hughes has worked in a range of settings to deliver creative writing workshops for wellbeing. These include working within the additional needs unit of a comprehensive school and within mainstream school settings. She is also able to work with schools to devise creative writing workshops that help address school development goals, whilst prioritising the core wellbeing aim.
“My ambition is to develop a range of creative writing programmes that will have a tangible positive impact on the lives of young people. I’m interested in exploring links between creative expression, physical movement, wellbeing and the outdoors, having noticed in my own practice how these elements combine to promote wellbeing. One of the programmes I have developed is called ‘AmDro’, which will take young people on creative writing geocaching adventures to locations within their community.”
Sian Hughes added:
“I’m also excited about the future potential for partnering with well-being or sports organisations to explore these links further and I believe that a writing programme involving the outdoors and physical activity would particularly benefit neurodivergent young people or those suffering anxiety post Covid.”
Sian also has a wealth of experience delivering creative writing workshops within the community and is planning creative writing for wellbeing workshops with Taking Flight Theatre, who make theatre productions with deaf, disabled, non-disabled and neurodiverse performers. In the past, she has also delivered creative writing workshops for the British Council, Barnados, and Valley and Vale (now Tanio).
“In essence, I deliver bespoke creative writing for wellbeing workshops that suit the needs and/or interests of participants, whilst at the same time including elements of physical movement or the outdoors, wherever possible. The bespoke element of my practice means I’m able to offer workshops that offer a range of creative writing experiences, such as creative journalling or poetry. I also like working with other practitioners to offer multidisciplinary workshops blending creative writing with the visual arts, drama, or film.”
For more information, please contact Sian Hughes on 07810 362 146 or by emailing sianeh@gmail.com
