Exhibition Launch
Join us to celebrate the National Heritage Lottery Funded Project ‘Fifty Years of Middle Street Resource Centre’ and be the first to view our latest project exhibition.
6 December 2023
Welcome and speeches at 2pm
Ground Floor Cafe, Nottingham Central Library
Carrington Street
Free entry, all welcome, refreshments provided
Project Events
The History of Mental Health Care
FREE TALK
Wednesday 13 December 2023
2pm
Floor 2, Main Event Room Nottingham Central Library
Dr Verusca Calabria from Nottingham Trent University explores the changing approaches to mental health care over the last 150 years and explains how Nottingham was at the centre of healthcare innovation.
Mental health & the Nottinghamshire Archives
FREE TALK
Tuesday 9 January 2024
2pm
Floor 2, Rooms 6 & 7 Nottingham Central Library
Archivist Jaime McMurtrie introduces some of the healthcare records held by the Nottinghamshire Archives and reflects on what they can tell us about changing attitudes to mental health.
Writing Mental Health
FREE WRITING WORKSHOP
Monday 15 January 2024
Booking essential, email: dale.copley@ntu.ac.uk
5.30PM - 7.30pm
Floor 1, Room 2 Nottingham Central Library
Join professional writers from Nottingham CAN for a free 2-hour poetry workshop, working towards the creation of an original piece of writing about mental health.
The Art of Self Care
FREE CRAFT WORKSHOP
Saturday 20 January 2024
From 10.30am - 12.30pm
Ground Floor Room 1, Nottingham Central Library
Drop-in at any time from 10.30am to join creatives from Thortify: The Art of Self Care, and try a range of craft activities designed to support creative self-care and wellbeing at this all age session!
Fifty Years of Middle Street
FREE FILM SHOWING
Wednesday 28 February 2024
3.30pm
Floor 1, Room 1 Beeston Library, NG9 1AE
A free film showing of a new short film telling the story of the Middle Street Resource Centre Beeston, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. The launch of a booklet celebrating the Centre co-produced by the Middle Street community, free copies available.