Poetry Prescribed Workshops

Poetry Prescribed deliver therapeutic workshops promoting poetry as a self healing tool; and an effective way to manage mental health and wellbeing. Poetry has the ability to inspire thought, expression, and creativity. Hosted by Miss Yankey various workshops will offer thought provoking sessions of reading, speaking, creating and sharing poetry on various topics.

>>> 10th Nov: Discussing Discrimination

Humans are naturally motivated to categorise people and objects. This is normal cognitive behaviour. But discrimination goes beyond that. Research shows that the attitudes of people who discriminate are a reflection of a complex set of factors including their history, socio-cultural practices, economic forces, sociological trends and the influence of community and family beliefs. Post Brexit Britain has seen a spike in hate crimes- discrimination in 2018 is alive and kicking. This workshop will take a look at various types of discrimination, how it affects people, and what

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