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From Skin to Heart to Mind

Different Bodies, Shared Humanity: Your Body tells a Story - Let's Explore it Together

Date & time
25 October 2025 | 10.00-14.00

Image of heart and brain with a connecting string

Event format

Attend event in person, Drop in event

Event type

Participatory interactive event

Event topic

Health and wellbeing, Identity

Audience

Children & families, Young People, Adults, All

Academic discipline

Sociology and social policy

Venue

Lancaster Central Library, Lancaster Square, Lancaster LA1 1HY

What's on offer?

Drop in session led by staff and students from Lancaster University Medical School offering interactive activities and fascinating facts exploring how your body and mind link together and impact on your wellbeing and societal connections.

What's it about?

Join us in celebrating the festival of social sciences for an exciting, family-friendly event led by staff and medical students from Lancaster University Medical School. Explore the fascinating connections between anatomy, identity, and well-being through an engaging outreach event.

By weaving together science and society, the event will help you understand how anatomy is more than just diagrams in a textbook. It is lived and experienced daily in how we see ourselves, manage our health, and navigate our increasingly digital lives. This family-friendly event encourages everyone to discover, reflect, and connect.

Join us to celebrate the body’s wonders and the diverse stories it tells because understanding our anatomy helps us understand each other.

You will be able to:
 - Celebrate skin diversity with our wall of shades
 - Test your pulse and see how your heart rate responds to emotions
 - Discover brain diversity and try stress relief techniques
 - Share your story through art and affirmations

Who's leading the event?

Staff and students from Lancaster University Medical School

Open to

Anyone is welcome to attend

Of particular interest to

Anyone with an interest in anatomy, hw the body links to the mind and how both impact on our identity and sense of wellbeing in society.

Event Booking details

Drop into the event at Lancaster City Library any time between 10am and 2pm on 25th Oct.

Scheduling information

Drop in event

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