A Creative Transformation

02/04/2026

We are thrilled to announce that the film we made with Headway Surrey, “Art and Nature: Living with a Brain Injury”, has been selected to screen at LA1 Shorts 2026, a film festival taking place in Lancaster this Autumn. We will be a part of the ‘Health & Wellbeing Documentary’ screenings at Lancaster University Health Innovation Campus. This will bring great exposure to A Creative Transformation and provide a big opportunity to share and disseminate our strong message about how art, creativity and nature help us to live with an acquired brain injury. A huge thank you to all the stars in the film, the clients at Headway Surrey, as well as the staff at Headway Surrey and Adam Dickens for all his help with editing.

A comment about the film from one of its stars: “It gives “outsiders” a better understanding of how a brain injury is a hidden disability that affects people in very different ways. It’s all about being able to try to understand how a brain injury affects every single person differently.”

Let us celebrate and enjoy the moment. Watch out for more details and media as the festival approaches.

From co-producers Lorna Collins and Beth Lowe

20/03/2026

We have been very busy behind the scenes and I am now thrilled to announce that is a registered charity. As a Charitable Incorporated Organisation we will expand and support more people living with using all the arts. Huge thanks to our trustees (neuropsychiatrist Tony David, philosopher Roxanna Baiasu , artist/actor Eleanor May Blackburn and artist/creative health expert Frances Newman) and our loyal community. There is so much we can and will do now. Watch out and join us!
https://acreativetransformation.org

10/12/2025

05/12/2025

Yesterday, after 26 years of being detained, diagnosed and/or defined by mental health services, I discharged myself. This was not done lightly. It has been some journey -- being a revolving door patient with a complex set of psychiatric illnesses, after a severe brain injury. I live with what is called "an enduring condition": organic hallucinosis. This is not going to go away. So much of my life and work involves describing how I use art and creativity to cope with the constant visual/audible/tactile experiences. Life goes up and down, but I live well. I reached the limit of what care the medical team could provide for me, founded my own coping mechanisms, established my base foundations (sleeping, eating, resting, being creative, being with my animals, taking medication) and now I am free.

01/12/2025

Hear the incredibly inspiring story of Eleanor May Blackburn, trustee of 'A Creative Transformation'. Eleanor had a severe brain injury and stroke when she was 18. Listen to her speak about this experience, turning catastrophe into creativity, embodying everything we do as an organisation: https://youtu.be/Ta8lyWyyXP4

Please please help us help more people with brain injury or neurological condition by donating to our crowdfunding campaign. Every donation is so important and makes a real difference. Donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/acreativetransformation?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

Please share Ellie's story and help our campaign - for Christmas!

Hear the incredibly inspiring story of Eleanor May Blackburn, trustee of 'A Creative Transformation'. Eleanor had a severe brain injury and stroke when she w...

08/11/2025

Today Wilby and I are running at our local Ashridge Canicross Club annual race! Super excited. Miss Foxy is here as emotional support officer!! We are raising money for to support people living with brain injury. We will have a great time, running as fast as we can! That’s not very fast 😜 but it will be fun. Please donate what you can to support our cause. We are incredibly grateful for whatever you can give. Donate here (link in bio)
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/acreativetransformation

01/11/2025

NEWS! This post is to alert you to a groundbreaking conference at Macquarie University in Sydney on 11-12 December, examining "The alterity and excess of the Relationscape: A two-day workshop on pre-individual experience". The conference features bigwig philosophers Erin Manning and Claire Colebrook, talking about being human. I'm being flown in to open the epic: my of brain injury and my hallucinations. Sneak preview: I present an unscripted narration of pure madness and creativity... . How exciting - a paid trip to...be me. More info here: https://sites.google.com/view/therelationscape/home?authuser=0
It's a few weeks away, but I will update you, as it happens!

31/10/2025

Building …excerpts from our application to to fund 7 community art workshops in 2026–in Bradford, Manchester, Stoke on Trent, Cambridge, Jersey and 2 online.
Fingers crossed 🤞!!!!! 🧠🌈❤️‍🩹🌟

21/10/2025

Today I am in Bloomsbury at , giving a lecture to undergraduate Arts and Sciences students about . Let’s do it 🌟…

17/10/2025

I am thrilled to announce that I have been shortlisted for the Headway - the brain injury association'Achiever of the Year' award, for my work with A Creative Transformation How exciting. This is a huge moment for me.

An Amersham artist who suffered a traumatic brain injury after she fell from her horse has been nominated for a national award.

17/10/2025