Walking Wolverhampton for Wellbeing

Clients of Wolverhampton’s NHS Social Prescribing Service; Wolverhampton Ramblers; Wulfrun Walkers, Wolverhampton Walking for Health, Local adults and teens with interest in developing Creative Writing skills

Join us for a positively disruptive walk across the city of Wolverhampton to enhance your wellbeing. We start at West Park for an exploration of Black Country Geopoetics by writer Dr R.M. Francis, who attempts to understand how humans relate to the natural world. At Wolverhampton Art Gallery you’re invited to make your own prints with artist and University of Wolverhampton’s lecturer in Fine Arts Laura Onions. The final stop is the Boundary Way Allotment Park, where we focus on climate change via an immersion tour through a soundscape and visual installation on the theme of nature Breakthroughs. The Wolverhampton-based poet Kuli Kohli and members of the local Blakenhall Writers’ group and the Punjabi Women’s Writers Group end the day with performances of environmentally-inspired poetry.

This event is suitable for all audiences over 14. For people less able to walk there is transportation between the different locations, with a final drop-off at Wolverhampton train station.

Detailed schedule:

10:00 Meet at the bandstand in West Park for a talk about and performance of Black Country Geopoetics by University of Wolverhampton’s Creative Writing lecturer Dr R.M. Francis

10:30 Walk to the Wolverhampton Art Gallery

11:00 - 12:30 Printmaking workshop with artist and University of Wolverhampton's lecturer in Fine Arts Laura Onions, including refreshments and nibbles

12:30 - 14:00 Walk to the Boundary Way Allotment Park
For people less able to walk there is a coach for transportation

12:00 - 15:00 Immersive walk across the Boundary Way Allotment Park, with a soundscape and a visual installation. Visitors will be guided by Boundary Way staff.

15:00 - 16:00 Workshop and performances in the tunnel including refreshments. Kuli Kohli and members of the local Blakenhall Writers’ group and the Punjabi Women’s Writers Group will read environmentally-inspired poetry.

16:00 Event ends. Transportation to Wolverhampton train station