Mindapples news

Happiest Helping Together

29 October 2010

“John Helliwell, emeritus professor of economics at UBC and co-director of a CIFAR panel looking into Social Interactions, Identity and Wellbeing, was at Harvard yesterday summarizing his and others’ recent research on happiness research, with special attention to the social context of well-being. He observed that the amount of data and experimentation regarding happiness research is […]

Mindapples comes to Brixton

27 September 2010

We’re very pleased to announce that we’re now working with NHS Lambeth to engage new audiences in mental health and wellbeing. Come and join us for a screening of Mississippi Damned at the Ritzy Cinema at 6:15 on Thursday 7th October, where we’ll be promoting Mindapples as part of the Brixton Reel film festival. The […]

Group if young people holding up their apple shaped cards with what they do everyday to look after their minds. Mindapples promote positive mental health from an early age.

Hand Made Health

25 September 2010

I settled down this morning to have a proper read-through Mindapples Co-founder Tessy Britton’s new book, Hand Made, and feel inspired to write a post about it. The book collects a beautiful set of stories about creative new projects that build connection and community, and features projects as diverse as social media surgeries and artistic […]

The Big Treat

2 September 2010

A very happy late summer to you all. Back in July Mindapples teamed up with Courvoisier, Crussh and lots of other fantastic organisations to lay on The Big Treat – a pop-up health farm experience in the heart of Central London. This is just the beginning for The Big Treat… It makes wellbeing fun and […]

Mindapples on the festival circuit

3 August 2010

This summer, we’re taking Mindapples to the masses. First, we launched our campaign with our health showcase pop-up health farm, The Big Treat, with Courvoisier, Crussh, SavvyCook and many other great brands. Now, we’re taking the Mindapples Tree on tour to festivals all round Britain, spreading the word about looking after our minds to people […]

The Big Treat in action

17 July 2010

For the past three days, the AMAZING Mindapples Gardeners have been producing our first public event, The Big Treat, in central London. We’ve had massage, salads, juices, meditation, digital detox clinics, tango lessons, kung fu and even expressive dance, all in a pop-up health farm that truly surprised and delighted hundreds of unsuspecting people. Here’s […]

Big Treat Line-up Announced

10 July 2010

We’re delighted to announce the line-up for this week’s Big Treat, our exclusive pop-up health farm in association with Courvoisier. The Big Treat 16-17 July 2010 The Future Gallery 5 Great Newport Street London WC2H 7HY Free entry Nearest tube: Leicester Square Come down and treat yourself! Friday 16th July 2010 12:30 – lunchtime meditation […]

Mindapples gets UnLtd funding!

24 June 2010

Good news from the Mindapples garden. I’m delighted to announce that Mindapples has received a Better Net Level 1 Award from UnLtd and the Nominet Trust! The Better Net Awards are a new initiative to fund early-stage projects that use the internet to solve social, educational, health and environmental issues, and tackle issues like online […]

4 days left to support us!

12 May 2010

Hello Mindapplers, We have lots of interesting projects coming up this summer to help raise the awareness of Mindapples and the 5-a-day campaign. Here’s a few juicy highlights… First things first, we’ve entered the Barclays Take One Small Step competition. Please support us so we can grow more and more! All you need to do […]

Mindapples at the Arcola today

7 February 2010

If you’re near the Arcola Theatre in Hackney today, come down and check out their Green Sunday, hosted by Mindapples. We’ll be there from 3 o’clock, talking about the Mindapples project and also the New Economics Foundation’s Five Ways to Well-Being. There will be workshops in all kinds of activities that might be good for […]