The Happiness Workshops

The workshops are a fun and accessible way to learn about how to boost wellbeing. They creatively explore 10 different themes taken from Applied Positive Psychology.

The workshops take place in the vibrant and comfortable Light Box shop. They provide information and group discussion, led by two warm and friendly facilitators and supported by a volunteer team.

During each workshop:

• You will be engaging with an innovative creative activity
• You will have something to take away
• You will receive ideas and tools for maintaining habits that promote wellbeing

The Creative Activities within the Happiness Workshops

Gratitude: Book bind a ‘three good things’ journal and decorate it using typewriters, drawing inks and wooden letterpress

Appreciation of Beauty: Create an artwork from curious miniature objects of your chosen colour and Make camera lenses from vibrant acetate

Mindfulness: Make a concentric circle artwork using fingers and finger extensions

Nurture and Kindness: Fill the room by connecting and intertwining brightly coloured thread, Take away a jade plant to nurture

Vitality 1: Food and mood: Use papier-mâché to create and smash up a health food piñata

Humour and Playfulness: Dismantle and reconstruct toys to make hybrid characters. Use Kinetic drawing straps loaded with pastels

Vitality 2: Movement: Create a drawing spinning-top and making bouncy ball drawings in a cardboard box

Confidence: Make a large scale, paper sculpture

Strengths: Blind-draw portraits on paper and balloons. Create a ‘strengths board’

Goals: Make a collage that symbolically depicts your goals and aspirations

Current workshop timetables

The Happiness Project runs on a termly basis, with each lasting three months. There are three terms a year. The Project is running for three years.

We are currently on Year 1, Term 3, which spans May til July. (with two separate week-breaks mid-term) The project is closed during April.

Online Booking form

The booking form is the easiest way to book onto a workshop. Please click on this link if you wish to book your Signposting Session, as those bookings need to be made separately.

If any workshops are not listed below, it is because they are fully booked. You will receive a confirmation of your booking by email when booking online. (Once we've checked availability) Participant's Name: * First Last E-mail: * Phone Number: * Which of the Happiness Workshop/s would you like to book onto? * Mindfulness: Tuesday 21st May 2-4 Nurture & Kindness: Monday 3rd June 2-4 Nurture & Kindness: Tuesday 4th June 2-4 Nurture & Kindness: Wednesday 5th June 10-12 Vitality 1: Food & Mood: Monday 10th June 2-4 Vitality 1: Food & Mood: Tuesday 11th June 2-4 Vitality 1: Food & Mood: Wednesday 12th June 10-12 Vitality 1: Food & Mood: Saturday 15th June 11-1 Humour & Playfulness: Monday 17th June 2-4 Humour & Playfulness: Tuesday 18th June 2-4 Humour & Playfulness: Wednesday 19th June 10-12 Vitality 2: Movement: Monday 1st July 2-4 Vitality 2: Movement: Tuesday 2nd July 2-4 Vitality 2: Movement: Wednesday 3rd July 10-12 Confidence: Monday 8th July 2-4 Confidence: Tuesday 9th July 2-4 Confidence: Wednesday 10th July 10-12 Character Strengths: Monday 15th July 2-4 Character Strengths: Tuesday 16th July 2-4 Character Strengths: Wednesday 17th July 10-12 Goals: Monday 22nd July 2-4 Goals: Tuesday 23rd July 2-4 Goals: Wednesday 24th July 10-12 Do you have any access needs? * No Yes (Please specify below) My access needs (leave blank if not applicable) How did you hear about Light Box's Happiness Project? (the more specific you are, the better. eg. if you saw a flyer, where did you find that flyer?) * I understand that I need to arrive on time (the doors open 15 minutes before the workshops begin, so do come in and help yourself to tea) If I am more than 10 minutes late, my seat will become unsecured and I will have to rebook. * Yes We want to allow as many people as possible to access this free service, so our plea to you is to keep note of your booking - so you don't forget, and also we request that if you need to cancel your place on a workshop, to email bookings@wearelightbox.co.uk or call 01173290908 (even if it's on the day of the workshop, this is really appreciated.) * Okay, I'll remember my booking and I'll cancel if I can't attend Please enter the text/numbers for verification: type_submit_reset_13 Submit my bookingReset The Happiness Project is taking food donations for the Matthew Tree Project, and your donations are hugely appreciated. Ideally tinned vegtebles (which they are always running short of) rather than a tin of baked beans (they always have plenty of those!)

You can also book by emailing bookings@wearelightbox.co.uk or by phoning Light Box on 01173 290908 and providing the following information:

▪ Your name
▪ Your telephone number
▪ The date, time and title of the workshop you would like to attend
▪ How you heard about Light Box
▪ Any access needs you might have

The Happiness Project is taking food donations for the Matthew Tree Project, and your donations are hugely appreciated. Ideally tinned vegtebles (which they are always running short of) rather than a tin of baked beans (they always have plenty of those!)