Sharing one of our favourite clips from the latest Public Health Disrupted episode on Ageing Playfully 💕

“Play allows for meaningful connection… It’s a way to celebrate the humanity of the people we visit” - Rachel Colles, an Elderflower with Hearts & Minds.

🎭 Ep 5: Ageing Playfully

@thewrittenro.bsky.social joins Dr Carrie Ryan (UCL Arts & Sciences) & Rachel Colles (Hearts & Minds) to explore how play can reshape how we think about ageing.

Play isn’t just for kids – it can be a public health tool.

💼 Ep 4: The Future of Work

Is a 4-day week good for our health?

@xandvt.bsky.social & @thewrittenro.bsky.social talk to @joeryle.bsky.social & UCL’s @annahci.bsky.social about wellbeing, productivity & disruption.

🗳️ Ep 3: Beyond the Neglectful State

A conversation about the “nanny state” and public health.

@xandvt.bsky.social & @thewrittenro.bsky.social unpack freedom, responsibility & policy with @admbriggs.bsky.social & @profwilson.bsky.social.

🧠 Ep 2: Listening to Connect

@xandvt.bsky.social & @thewrittenro.bsky.social explore how we develop entrenched views and the challenges of changing minds with mediator Mia Forbes Pirie & Dr Kris De Meyer (UCL Climate Action Unit).

💬 Connection is the foundation of change.

🏃‍♀️ Ep 1: Running Together

@xandvt.bsky.social & @thewrittenro.bsky.social speak with Chrissie Wellington OBE & UCL’s Flaminia Ronca (@uclmedsci.bsky.social) about how community fitness events build connection and belonging.

🎧 New episode of Public Health Disrupted: Ageing Playfully!

Join @thewrittenro.bsky.social, Dr Carrie Ryan (UCL Arts & Sciences) and Rachel Colles (Hearts & Minds) as they explore how play can disrupt conventional narratives around ageing, and reveal its deeper meaning and joy.

🎧 New episode of Public Health Disrupted!

In this episode @xandvt.bsky.social & @thewrittenro.bsky.social explore the public health benefits of a four-day work week with @joeryle.bsky.social & UCL’s @annahci.bsky.social.

💼 Less burnout 💡More productivity ❤️ Better wellbeing

@4dayweek.bsky.social

🎙️ “The point of public health is to create a place where people can live life in their fullest extent…” @admbriggs.bsky.social @healthfoundation.bsky.social

In our latest episode of #PublicHealthDisrupted, we are reminded that public health is about enabling life, not restricting it.

🎧“Paradoxically, the way to be more effective is by giving up on the idea that you need to persuade other people.”

We were joined by an excellent line up of speakers, including @profminnis.bsky.social, @paulfarmerceo.bsky.social and UCL academics from @ucliehc.bsky.social & @ioe.bsky.social @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social

📷 Photos by James Tye

📸 The UCL Health of the Public Symposium in pictures!

Last month’s symposium brought so many people together to explore how we can shape health from early years to older age.

🎥 Recordings are now available on our website:
www.ucl.ac.uk/health-of-pu...

📷 Photos by James Tye

🎥 Missed the UCL Health of the Public Annual Symposium 2025?

Catch up now — recordings from all sessions are now live on our website.

🔗👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/health-of-pu...

In our first episode of Season 5 of Public Health Disrupted, @xandvt.bsky.social & @thewrittenro.bsky.social unpack the power of community fitness with Chrissie Wellington OBE & UCL's Flaminia Ronca from @uclmedsci.bsky.social

We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it!

Thanks to
@paulfarmerceo.bsky.social for an excellent presentation: Act Now, Age Better, to kick off our Older Age session at today’s Health of the Public Symposium 👏

@ageuk.bsky.social