About this event
Brain Awareness Week is dedicated to educating and engaging the public about the advances and advantages of brain research worldwide. The British Neurological Association has pulled together a list of activities taking place during the week.
Teen Brain Matters (trauma informed workshop)
10:00 – 12:00 WET
The workshop will go through the latest understanding of neuroscience & developmental psychology, with practical strategies to help families understand the changes teenagers are going through, and how they can support. For Berkshire adopters, foster carers, kinship carers and birth parents of young people with early life trauma.
Supportive Communities: Mental Health Awareness
11:00 – 12:00 WET
This is a FREE online session delivered by Support Staffordshire, working in partnership with Staffordshire County Council.In this session, we cover common mental health problems and symptoms, how to support someone who is struggling and where to look for professional support. We will also look at wellbeing tools and practices that we can all use to improve our mental health during these difficult times.
Wellbeing Essentials with Bath Mind
16:15 – 18:15 WET
A 2-hour interactive online workshop for any undergraduate student who wants to know more about managing their wellbeing at university. This free course is for any student at the University of Bath who would like to learn more about mental health or looking after their wellbeing.
Online Yoga with Lily
18:00 – 18:30 GMT
Free Online taster Yoga Classes run by Lily Parkinson with Formula Health Clinic. Multiple dates are available before and after this date.
Mental Health Awareness – Stress & Anxiety
18:00 – 19:00 WET
Join Unite the Union Wales and Sheree Williams for a one-hour mental health awareness session for people working in education. Please note this free workshop is only open to residents of Wales.
Project Play
18:00 – 20:00 GMT,
These two-hour zoom sessions are delivered for free by Ben Kingston-Hughes. The sessions are delivered with a blend of humour and will bring positive playful ideas to your home that will support children’s brain development, make children feel happy, keep them fit and healthy and promote children’s language abilities. The workshop is designed for mums and dads with children up to 4years with a focus on the 0-2 age group.
The Spike: an epic journey through the brain in 2.1 seconds
19:00 – 20:30 WET
Join Mark Humphries as he draws on decades of research in neuroscience, exploring how spikes are born, how they are transmitted, how they lead us to action and the mysteries that still surround them.
A Synaesthesia Concert for Brain Awareness Week
19:00 PM – 20:30 WET
Maynooth University psychology department and FENS organisation invite you to a free synaesthesia concert for Brain Awareness Week.
