Hospice

uYoungsters in palliative care, staff trainings, parent and sibling engagement  "we really value how you've help us transform the space, bring scale and atmosphere to the bedside"  Staff Rainbows Hospice Loughborough.
Breathing Space program, Dance Art Foundation 2012 to 2015
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'It can often be the smallest of moments and movements dancing between you, me and us - the non verbal - the beyond verbal communication of a blink, a nod, a sounding, even the rise and fall of our breath - a quiet dancing dialogue' Usha 

Mondays, Tuesday and Wednesdays - a collection of recollections that brought a wistful smile to the day care group at St Johns Hospice, Balby.  These pocket sized books touched the relatives of the group, illustrating stories they'd never heard before.
A collaboration facilitated by Peter Spafford as writer and myself  as visual artist. Supported by Doncaster Community Arts, 1997.

Nottinghamshire Hospice for Adults. Here Tinkers collage offers the flexibility to come and go - like Chinese whispers things can grow. Quiet moments, chatty ones, stories, conversations, choreography, play - possibilities weave between staff, clients and relatives...
​For those with Parkinson's there's a tangible ease of choice, grip and placement "that took a while but it's so so satisfying - I could actually do it" Participant  2014.

Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays - 3 pocket sized books of pictures and words, the brief was if you were day dreaming what moment would leave you smiling? Day care group at  St Johns Hospice,  Collaboration facilitated by Peter Spafford writer, myself as visual artist and Doncaster community Arts, 1997.

Rainbows Hospice Loughborough - Breathing Space Programme 2013  ​