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Ageing Better with an Active Mind
Coming Workshops
Workshop 16: Exploring how Emoji Science can help bridge generational communication gaps
📅 Workshop 16: Exploring how Emoji Science can help bridge generational communication gaps | 🕚 Friday 15 May 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton As part of 'Ageing Better with an Active Mind', we are delighted to invite you to our 16th workshop exploring "emoji science"! This will include insights into how psychologists study emoji and why this is important to help us better understand how emoji relates to everyday communication. The workshop
Previous Workshops
Workshop 15: Ageing Well in a Digital Age: Exploring Conversations with AI
📅 Workshop 15: Ageing Well in a Digital Age: Exploring Conversations with AI | 🕚 Friday 6 March 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton On 6 March 2026, we held our Ageing Better with an Active Mind workshop, exploring everyday experiences of communicating with AI. The session opened with a familiar scenario - trying to explain a problem to an automated system, only to be met with “I’m sorry, I didn’t understand that.” It’s something many of us hav
Workshop 14: Paper Folding and Wellbeing
📅 Workshop 14: Paper Folding and Wellbeing | 🕚 Friday 27 February 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton On 27 February 2026 , we held our 14th Ageing Better with an Active Mind workshop, celebrating culture, creativity, and art through the practice of paper folding. This engaging session highlighted Chinese culture, bringing together creativity and wellbeing in a shared, social space. Led by colleagues from the Edge Hill University Confucius Inst
Workshop 13: Song, Memory and Wellbeing
📅 Workshop 13: Song, Memory and Wellbeing | 🕚 Friday 23 January 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton On 23 January 2026, we held our 13th Ageing Better with an Active Mind workshop. Led by Karen Ludke, Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University, the workshop explored the role of music across the lifespan. Through discussion, participants considered the origins of music, its importance for the brain, and how it supports memory, emotional wellbeing, a
Workshop 12: Creative Writing and Wellbeing
📅 Workshop 12: Creative Writing and Wellbeing | 🕚 Friday 21 November 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton On 21 November 2025, we held our 12th Ageing Better with an Active Mind workshop, exploring the relationship between creative writing and wellbeing. This engaging session invited participants to reflect, write, and connect through storytelling. Led by Liverpool-based author Emma Morgan, the workshop focused on the theme of home. Through guide
Workshop 11: Tea Ceremony and Wellbeing
📅 Workshop 11: Tea Ceremony & Wellbeing | 🕚 Friday 24 October 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton On 24 October 2025, we held our 11th Ageing Better with an Active Mind workshop. This time we explored the health and wellbeing benefits of the tea ceremony. The Edge Hill University Confucius Institute introduced us to the history and philosophy behind this ancient practice, as well as the properties of different teas. From green to black tea, we d
Workshop 10: Movement for a Meaningful Life
📅 Workshop 10: Movement for a Meaningful Life | 🕚 Friday 6 June 2025, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton...
Workshop 9: Reading and Well-being
📅 Workshop 9: Reading and Well-being | 🕚 Friday 14 March 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton The ‘Ageing...
Workshop 8: The Importance of Social Prescribing and Nature for Older Adults
As part of our Healthy Ageing with an Active Mind workshop series with u3a UK (The Third Age Trust) Aughton and Ormskirk, we had the...
Workshop 7: Alcohol's impact on mental health and wellbeing
Ageing Better with an Active Mind launched their seventh workshop on Friday 26th of April 2024 in St Michaels, Aughton. The workshop,...
Workshop 6: Sustainable diets for a healthy community and planet
Ageing Better with an Active Mind launched their sixth workshop on Friday 26th of April 2024 in St Michaels, Aughton. This workshop was...
Workshop 5: The importance of touch
The fifth workshop of the Ageing Better with an Active Mind project was launched on Friday 1st December 2023. Mr James Hewison led a...
Workshop 4: The sense of touch
Ageing Better with an Active Mind launched their fourth workshop on Friday 3rd November 2023 in Aughton. This insightful workshop,...
Workshop 3: Emotional health and the social world
The last workshop of the Ageing Better with an Active Mind project series was launched the Friday 11th of November. This workshop covered...
Workshop 2: Physical activity and active mind
Friday 21st of October, Ageing Better with an Active Mind launched the second workshop of the series. The “Physical activity and active...
Workshop 1: Memory and Dementia
The first workshop of the Ageing Better with an Active Mind project was launched last Friday 30th of September with the collaboration of...
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