Podcast feedWhat's On in Camden, week beginning 9th April 2017
During the Easter school holidays, there are lots of things for children to do (most of them for free) at Camden Libraries, in Camley Gardens Natural Park, on Maiden Lane Estate and at Camden Lock. After Easter, classes start again. There is ESOL, IT, Digital camera use and lots more.
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Spiritual healing, a way of life: firing up our self-healing powers
Ade Durojaiye talks about an event on Spiritual healing organised by The Servers Society, in connection with Women & Health, Camden.
The Servers Society is a school of thought founded in Athens, Greece in 1980. Its teachings focus on the well-being, harmony and balance that people have the potential to achieve in everyday life.
The president of the Servers Society, Mr Andrés Dritsas, will be giving a speech on “Spiritual healing, a way of life: firing up our self- healing powers”.
This event is Free from 3 -5 March, at Women and Heath, Camden.
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Interview with Nicola Lane about Spirit House
Nicola Lane, artist/filmmaker, talks about her Spirit House exhibition on at the Geddes Gallery. Her childhood memories of living in Bangkok, where every property has a ‘Spirit House’, are the inspiration for the show. These miniature temples are shrines to the protective spirits.
It runs from 16 February – 20 March located at 18 Malden Road Kentish Town. The space is being used as a pop-up gallery as part of a council project to turn unused & vacant retail spaces into use for local artists.
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What’s behind depression?
Depression can affect anyone. In the UK, around 1 in 5 people experience depression or anxiety according to official figures (*). In Camden, about 28 000 people were described as suffering from depression in 2014-2015 (**). At least 1 in 10 of the borough’s population… Depression is all too common. Clinical psychologist at iCope, a psychological therapies service in Camden and Islington, Dr. Helen Page explains what the symptoms are and gives essential advices to help us cope with it.
(*UK Understanding Society: Household Longitidunal Studies, 2013/2014)
(**Camden Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, 2014/2015)
iCope is a NHS service that provides, among other things, talking therapies to people suffering from psychological problems such as anxiety and depression (which could be complemented, of course, by medication provided by GPs). The service is free. To access it, you need to be registered with a general practitioner and be over the age of 18.Tel. : 02033175600 (Camden), 03031231000 (Islington). Website : icope.nhs.uk
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Whats On in Camden, week beginning 19th February 2017
‘Loudest Whispers’, the Camden LGBT history month exhibition, is at St Pancras Hospital, Irish LGBT lives are the focus at Gay’s The Word Bookshop on Monday, community safety the theme at Out4Coffee at 42 Beans Cafe on Wednesday at 11am while its “No Fats, No Blacks, No Fems’ is at 184 Royal College Street on Thursday. There is lot and lots more – see the Camden LBGT Forum brochure.
Also this week, Acting Gymnaseum are at Theatro Technis until 26th February, with four great plays – Romeo & Juliet, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Platonov and Three Sisters.
Theatro Technis is sixty years old and os extending into a planned new development on Crowndale Road.
Somers Town and St Pancras Area Action Group Wednesday 22nd at the Community Hall, 82 Godwin Court, Crowndale Road.
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