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.”

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!