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All the right moves

Run Talk Run and The Line’s Wellbeing Walks are grassroots initiatives reimagining mental health support. Alison Lo, FRSA explores how engaging with public art while exercising can become everyday infrastructures of wellbeing in urban life.
15 Apr 2026 Alison Lo, FRSA
Two women wearing matching black "Run Talk Run" shirts walk arm in arm down a city street, showing support and companionship. Their backs are to the camera.
Feature

Inner spaces

Award-winning oil painter Frances Featherstone, highlights her exploration of women’s private worlds through her most recent series, From the Perspective of the Angels.  
15 Apr 2026 Leah Clarkson
Frances Featherstone with curly hair holds a palette and painting knife in an art studio, standing in front of a colourful still-life painting. Another artwork with bold patterns hangs on the wall behind her.
Feature

Dying by design

A series of deaths linked to an online suicide forum exposed one of the darker corners of the internet – activists say it’s long past time to shine a light on the largely unregulated platforms putting young people’s mental health and, increasingly, lives at risk. Is anybody listening?
15 Apr 2026 Adele Zeynep Walton
A silhouette of a person standing outdoors at sunset, holding a glowing pink light, with colourful pixelated blocks and digital badges overlaying the image, all set against a solid light blue background.
Arts In The Spotlight

A (slow) stitch in time

Slow stitching to pause, reflect and care in a culture too often driven by speed and distraction.
15 Apr 2026 Fran White
An older woman wearing a paint-splattered apron works on a colourful painting in a bright, art-filled studio, surrounded by brushes and canvases. Sunlight streams in as she embraces creativity, exploring the connection between brain and art.
Comment

A Tapestry of Purpose

Our “Threads of Joy” booklet offers a glimpse into the pulse of the U.S. Fellowship, inviting members to reflect on key milestones, moments of joy and meaningful work they’ve engaged in over the course of the last year. 
19 Mar 2026 Alexa Clay FRSA, Dr. Kim McLear FRSA, Chris Padden FRSA
A string art map of the US
Replay

Prue Leith: the joy (and reality) of getting older

Prue Leith shares candid insights into ageing well, confidence and reinvention, reflecting on what later life has taught her about ambition, self-belief and letting go of expectations.
11 Mar 2026
Arts In The Spotlight

Healing arts

How the power of creativity can induce transformative changes in the brain, promoting neuroplasticity and helping overcome isolation through connection.
23 Sep 2025 Lisa Todd
Lisa Todd in a colorful coat stands in a bright room surrounded by her artwork: vibrant, abstract paintings and framed art pieces with bold patterns and colors. The background and floor display more vivid artworks.
Fellowship events

Facing the Public Health Future

This event is being held at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, Room 2.55 from 12.30 -14.30pm on Thursday 18 September 2025.
18 Sep 2025 Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9EF
A group of students with backpacks walk together on a tree-lined sidewalk in the sunlight outside a building, heading toward the campus entrance—ready to learn and shape the future of healthcare innovation.
Replay

Accelerating action: leading the change

Join us at RSA House to celebrate the power of women’s leadership, examine where progress has stalled, and create a roadmap for action that turns equity from aspiration into reality.
10 Mar 2025