Spiritual Care Matters 2019
100 participants joined us for our inaugural conference in Oxford. We are grateful to all who took part in this inspiring day, and we hope we can make this an annual event!
Keynote speaker: Baroness Julia Neuberger
Opening address: Stuart Bell CBE, Chief Executive, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Venue: Unipart House, Cowley, Oxford OX4 2GQ
Date: Thursday 4th April 2019
For any queries contact Rhonda Riachi via email: r.riachi@brookes.ac.uk
Programme
10:00 Opening notices/housekeeping – Dr Guy Harrison & Rhonda Riachi.
10:10 Welcome address by Stuart Bell CBE, CEO of Oxford Health NHS FoundationTrust.
10:25 Experts by experience
Chair: Charlotte Collins
Spirituality and mental health – Joanna Tulloch
“From denial to celebration” – Ellen Bassani
Audio file of Ellen’s talk (24Mb file):
11:30 Keynote speaker
“Spiritual care in practice – why it matters and who should provide it”
13:20 Singing in community with Sally Horner
13:30 Forum Theatre
Interactive drama based on case studies
Susie Stead with John Robinson and Sean O’Mahony
15:00 Breakout sessions
-
The Art of Life – art therapy with children: reflecting on the emotional and spiritual experience of the therapeutic process. David R Elliott
-
Music, Spirituality and Mental Health: Perspectives from lived experience. Jo Barber
-
Breath-Body-Mind Integration: an embodied approach to working with complexity. Kate Binnie
-
Connecting with Nature. Dr Jane Fossey.
15:50 Next steps for spirituality in health and social care
The OCSW vision, research & how to get involved. Dr Guy Harrison.
The Best Poster Prize was won by Julian Ellis, Music Therapist, Oxford Health NHS FT.
Published: 5 April 2019