Lab4Living
@lab4living.bsky.social
Design for life and for living. Empowering people through partnership between design and health practice and research. https://lab4living.org.uk
Join us for the Beyond the Archives Exhibition Opening Night 🎉
📍 Old Post Hall, Sheffield Hallam University
🗓 Wednesday 27 August
🕔 5PM – 7PM
📍 Old Post Hall, Sheffield Hallam University
🗓 Wednesday 27 August
🕔 5PM – 7PM
August 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Join us for the Beyond the Archives Exhibition Opening Night 🎉
📍 Old Post Hall, Sheffield Hallam University
🗓 Wednesday 27 August
🕔 5PM – 7PM
📍 Old Post Hall, Sheffield Hallam University
🗓 Wednesday 27 August
🕔 5PM – 7PM
New updates from the ORIGIN Programme!
Our latest blog post shares exciting updates on story production, co-design workshops, & a behind-the-scenes look at how young people are helping shape the 'digital museum' we've been helping to create over the last eight months.
Our latest blog post shares exciting updates on story production, co-design workshops, & a behind-the-scenes look at how young people are helping shape the 'digital museum' we've been helping to create over the last eight months.
June 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
New updates from the ORIGIN Programme!
Our latest blog post shares exciting updates on story production, co-design workshops, & a behind-the-scenes look at how young people are helping shape the 'digital museum' we've been helping to create over the last eight months.
Our latest blog post shares exciting updates on story production, co-design workshops, & a behind-the-scenes look at how young people are helping shape the 'digital museum' we've been helping to create over the last eight months.
It's Pride Month, & we're taking time to honour LGBTQ+ trailblazers & allies who've made a difference in public health & wellbeing!
At Lab4Living, we believe that care & creativity go hand in hand, & that everyone's story deserves space.
At Lab4Living, we believe that care & creativity go hand in hand, & that everyone's story deserves space.
June 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It's Pride Month, & we're taking time to honour LGBTQ+ trailblazers & allies who've made a difference in public health & wellbeing!
At Lab4Living, we believe that care & creativity go hand in hand, & that everyone's story deserves space.
At Lab4Living, we believe that care & creativity go hand in hand, & that everyone's story deserves space.
On Monday, Lab4Living’s Sophie and Kerry paid the Thackeray Museum Medicine a visit as part of researching stories for the ORIGIN project. 🏛️🩺
May 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
On Monday, Lab4Living’s Sophie and Kerry paid the Thackeray Museum Medicine a visit as part of researching stories for the ORIGIN project. 🏛️🩺
Are you UK-based, 16-24 year & are keen on research, story-telling, arts and culture, museums or narratology? 🗃️🏛️
May 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Are you UK-based, 16-24 year & are keen on research, story-telling, arts and culture, museums or narratology? 🗃️🏛️
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week!
After a few busy weeks in the lab, we took a step back to clear our heads & stretch our legs - with our four-legged pals leading the way! 🐾 🐶
After a few busy weeks in the lab, we took a step back to clear our heads & stretch our legs - with our four-legged pals leading the way! 🐾 🐶
May 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week!
After a few busy weeks in the lab, we took a step back to clear our heads & stretch our legs - with our four-legged pals leading the way! 🐾 🐶
After a few busy weeks in the lab, we took a step back to clear our heads & stretch our legs - with our four-legged pals leading the way! 🐾 🐶
Life, Loss & Death Festival 2025
Throughout May, Compassionate Sheffield is hosting the Life, Loss and Death Festival- a free, citywide programme of events, workshops, and conversations that invite us to reflect on what it means to live and die.
Throughout May, Compassionate Sheffield is hosting the Life, Loss and Death Festival- a free, citywide programme of events, workshops, and conversations that invite us to reflect on what it means to live and die.
May 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Life, Loss & Death Festival 2025
Throughout May, Compassionate Sheffield is hosting the Life, Loss and Death Festival- a free, citywide programme of events, workshops, and conversations that invite us to reflect on what it means to live and die.
Throughout May, Compassionate Sheffield is hosting the Life, Loss and Death Festival- a free, citywide programme of events, workshops, and conversations that invite us to reflect on what it means to live and die.
Creative Research Assistants Sophie & Kerry ran a brilliant workshop with the Creative Writing Society, sharing their process and mechanics of storytelling for the ORIGIN arts and culture platform earlier this week.
May 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Creative Research Assistants Sophie & Kerry ran a brilliant workshop with the Creative Writing Society, sharing their process and mechanics of storytelling for the ORIGIN arts and culture platform earlier this week.
🌟 Get Involved: Arts, Culture and Mental Health!
We’re still looking for young people to help co-create an exciting new online museum designed to support mental health!
We’re still looking for young people to help co-create an exciting new online museum designed to support mental health!
April 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🌟 Get Involved: Arts, Culture and Mental Health!
We’re still looking for young people to help co-create an exciting new online museum designed to support mental health!
We’re still looking for young people to help co-create an exciting new online museum designed to support mental health!
Here's what a day can look like if were a part of our Co-Designers' Network!
If you're feeling stuck in your story researching process, why not head over to a local museum to get a feel of finding stories?
If you're feeling stuck in your story researching process, why not head over to a local museum to get a feel of finding stories?
April 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Here's what a day can look like if were a part of our Co-Designers' Network!
If you're feeling stuck in your story researching process, why not head over to a local museum to get a feel of finding stories?
If you're feeling stuck in your story researching process, why not head over to a local museum to get a feel of finding stories?
⭐ORIGIN WORKSHOP⭐
Would you like to explore the links between storytelling and mental wellbeing?
How about delving into archives and museum collections to find representative and untold stories about artefacts and lives hidden through the centuries?
Would you like to explore the links between storytelling and mental wellbeing?
How about delving into archives and museum collections to find representative and untold stories about artefacts and lives hidden through the centuries?
April 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
⭐ORIGIN WORKSHOP⭐
Would you like to explore the links between storytelling and mental wellbeing?
How about delving into archives and museum collections to find representative and untold stories about artefacts and lives hidden through the centuries?
Would you like to explore the links between storytelling and mental wellbeing?
How about delving into archives and museum collections to find representative and untold stories about artefacts and lives hidden through the centuries?
Join us for the Lab4Living Mental Health Awareness Week Walk 2025!
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek (12–18 May), we’re inviting you to walk with us through the beautiful Rivelin Valley.
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek (12–18 May), we’re inviting you to walk with us through the beautiful Rivelin Valley.
April 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Join us for the Lab4Living Mental Health Awareness Week Walk 2025!
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek (12–18 May), we’re inviting you to walk with us through the beautiful Rivelin Valley.
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek (12–18 May), we’re inviting you to walk with us through the beautiful Rivelin Valley.
What do our Co-Designers think about the Co-Design Kit so far? SPOILER: they love it!
If you join our Co-Designers Network, you'll be sent your very own Co-Design Kit. Want to get involved? Read the info in this thread.
If you join our Co-Designers Network, you'll be sent your very own Co-Design Kit. Want to get involved? Read the info in this thread.
April 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
What do our Co-Designers think about the Co-Design Kit so far? SPOILER: they love it!
If you join our Co-Designers Network, you'll be sent your very own Co-Design Kit. Want to get involved? Read the info in this thread.
If you join our Co-Designers Network, you'll be sent your very own Co-Design Kit. Want to get involved? Read the info in this thread.
Exploring the Wellcome Collection as a Co-Designer
This weekend Sophie headed to the Wellcome Collection in London for their exhibition Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights.
This weekend Sophie headed to the Wellcome Collection in London for their exhibition Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights.
April 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Exploring the Wellcome Collection as a Co-Designer
This weekend Sophie headed to the Wellcome Collection in London for their exhibition Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights.
This weekend Sophie headed to the Wellcome Collection in London for their exhibition Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights.
🌟 New Episode Alert! 🌟
In the 1980s, an unlikely alliance between Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) and striking coal miners changed the landscape of activism in the UK. In this podcast, Sophie Cochrane-Powell and Beth Hopwood explore the history, impact, and legacy of LGSM.
In the 1980s, an unlikely alliance between Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) and striking coal miners changed the landscape of activism in the UK. In this podcast, Sophie Cochrane-Powell and Beth Hopwood explore the history, impact, and legacy of LGSM.
March 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🌟 New Episode Alert! 🌟
In the 1980s, an unlikely alliance between Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) and striking coal miners changed the landscape of activism in the UK. In this podcast, Sophie Cochrane-Powell and Beth Hopwood explore the history, impact, and legacy of LGSM.
In the 1980s, an unlikely alliance between Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) and striking coal miners changed the landscape of activism in the UK. In this podcast, Sophie Cochrane-Powell and Beth Hopwood explore the history, impact, and legacy of LGSM.
Exploring Museums, Collections and Archives as Co-Designers
As part of the NIHR-funded research project ORIGIN, our Creative Research Team have been exploring museums, collections and archives for stories.
As part of the NIHR-funded research project ORIGIN, our Creative Research Team have been exploring museums, collections and archives for stories.
March 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Exploring Museums, Collections and Archives as Co-Designers
As part of the NIHR-funded research project ORIGIN, our Creative Research Team have been exploring museums, collections and archives for stories.
As part of the NIHR-funded research project ORIGIN, our Creative Research Team have been exploring museums, collections and archives for stories.
Yesterday Lab4Living's staff & creative research assistants travelled down to Milton Keynes to present their work so far in ORIGIN, an NIHR funded research project looking into the role of online arts & culture on mental health in underrepresented young people.
March 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Yesterday Lab4Living's staff & creative research assistants travelled down to Milton Keynes to present their work so far in ORIGIN, an NIHR funded research project looking into the role of online arts & culture on mental health in underrepresented young people.
To celebrate #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek, we're featuring a project of ours recognising & supporting neurodivergent needs! Born out of the lack of child-friendly ADHD education resources, the ADHD Hero Activity Booklet is a psychoeducational tool to support children to manage their condition.
March 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
To celebrate #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek, we're featuring a project of ours recognising & supporting neurodivergent needs! Born out of the lack of child-friendly ADHD education resources, the ADHD Hero Activity Booklet is a psychoeducational tool to support children to manage their condition.
New episode alert! ⭐
This week on #BeyondTheArchive, we unravel the mystery of Mata Hari- dancer and accused spy. Was she a cunning double agent or a victim of war and gendered prejudice?
open.spotify.com/episode/79ll...
This week on #BeyondTheArchive, we unravel the mystery of Mata Hari- dancer and accused spy. Was she a cunning double agent or a victim of war and gendered prejudice?
open.spotify.com/episode/79ll...
March 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New episode alert! ⭐
This week on #BeyondTheArchive, we unravel the mystery of Mata Hari- dancer and accused spy. Was she a cunning double agent or a victim of war and gendered prejudice?
open.spotify.com/episode/79ll...
This week on #BeyondTheArchive, we unravel the mystery of Mata Hari- dancer and accused spy. Was she a cunning double agent or a victim of war and gendered prejudice?
open.spotify.com/episode/79ll...
Introducing 'Beond the Archive', a podcast series with our Creative Research Team discussing archival politics, hidden and marginalised stories, narratology and #mentalhealth
Listen to the first episode here:
open.spotify.com/episode/4Ky1...
Listen to the first episode here:
open.spotify.com/episode/4Ky1...
Ep 1- Lulu Adams: Femininity, Clowning and Humour in Difficult Times
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Introducing 'Beond the Archive', a podcast series with our Creative Research Team discussing archival politics, hidden and marginalised stories, narratology and #mentalhealth
Listen to the first episode here:
open.spotify.com/episode/4Ky1...
Listen to the first episode here:
open.spotify.com/episode/4Ky1...