At this event (13th September), hosted by the WRIHW, chaired by Barbara Bechter, (WRIHW and Business School), and attended by mental health experts from Durham County Council (DCC), Durham University (DU), Public Health Advanced Practitioners (Durham University), Durham County Council, and academics. They met to exchange their experience as wellbeing and mental health experts in their organisations.

We are delighted to announce that our Live Well With Pain 10 Footsteps self management training programme has topped the list of resources and training on the Health Innovations Website

Balbir Singh Dance Company is pushing boundaries, connecting with audiences and transforming lives

Global challenges, rapid change and complexity are creating new pressures on research and the role of the researcher.

Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Fellow, Balbir Singh Dance Company (BSDC) has developed an exciting new partnership with Durham University (Artist in Resident, Hatfield college, 2023-2024).

Patient Decision aid for Chronic pain draft document has included one of the WRIHW Pain Academy flagship bodies of work as an aid for people living with Chronic Pain.

Yesterday we held our Sixth Annual ECR Conference, organised by our ECR Committee.

On Friday 30 June, The Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing (WRIHW) Pain Challenge Academy lead by Dr Paul Chazot hosted cross-sector partners presenting at its Live well with Pain – Beyond Biomedicine Health celebration event.

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter (the last one of this academic year) should have arrived in your inbox this morning!

People struggle to tell their story of living with pain and when they do it is articulated in a way that may not be understood, heard or taken seriously.

Well, those who came along to the Health & Social Theory research group “Showcase” on Wednesday 21st June found out just that!

Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The word ‘yoga’ derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolizing the union of body and consciousness. Today it is practiced in various forms around the world and continues to grow in popularity. Recognizing its universal appeal, on 11 December 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga by resolution 69/131.