The artistic director of his own dance company and WRIHW Honorary Fellow, Balbir Singh had a vision of combining Indian classical dance and contemporary western styles – but he never imagined that he would be leading the scene himself.

A high percentage of patients with dementia experience debilitating pain. Untreated, it can result in mental and physical impairment; a higher frequency of neuropsychiatric symptoms such as agitation, depression, and sleep problems; and adverse events such as falls, and hallucination. Pain can often be missed in people with dementia. They may have communication difficulties or have difficulty interpreting their pain.

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Our 10-Footsteps pain self-management Training programme takes off in Cornwall in the form of Pain Cafes

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Paul Chazot won the Fuse Award for Innovative and Creative Communications Initiative at Monday’s ceremony at Durham University for its pioneering project, Unmasking Pain. The project, funded by Arts Council England and ESRC IAA, in partnership with Balbir Singh Dance Company, Leeds Beckett University, Live Well with Pain and Space2, saw artists working alongside people living with pain and pain clinicians to tell a different story about chronic pain management.

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Our Pain Academy will have a stand at the Celebration Showcase Event on the 19th January. If you would like to attend please sign up!

Our Unmasking Pain project, led by Wolfson Fellow Paul Chazot and the Pain Academy, has been nominated for a FUSE Award.

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The Child of the North Report highlighted the challenges and struggles of children in the North, forcing us to think how we can help to better the lives of these children.