Explore Grief with Dinos Aristidou @ Switchboard

LGBT Switchboard has announced it will be running a Grief Meets – Exploring Grief through Creative Writing workshop on Zoom with Dinos Aristidou on Monday, June 1 from 6.30pm.

Being creative and letting words flow without any judgment or resistance gives us the chance to express ourselves, to navigate through grief and to try to make sense of our experiences.

In this online workshop, led by writer Dinos Aristidou, you will learn to use a variety of creative writing exercises and reflective activities to unlock inspiration and provide different perspectives on loss, grief and bereavement.

No previous writing experience is required and participants will be able to share any writing they produce, although this is not mandatory.

If you’ve not used Zoom before, Switchboard will email you a guide and joining instructions beforehand.

Dinos Aristidou has written and directed for the stage in the UK and overseas. He is creative learning director for UCAN Productions, working with blind and partially sighted performers and is working with Birmingham Royal Ballet developing an empowerment programme for young people.

His work on reflection, self-care and compassion, brings together his Art of Kindness research and projects at the Bethlem Royal Hospital, with international schools worldwide and with Community Union.

He is currently writer and artistic director of the New Writing South Hear Us Out project, a celebration based in the South East of older LGBTQ+ real life stories and creativity.