Festival 2022

A Playlist to Remember - University Hospital Wishaw

Organised by University Hospital Wishaw Spiritual Care Department

Date: 1st to 14th November 2022

Location: University Hospital Wishaw

To Absent Friends is always a highlight for our Spiritual Care Department in NHS Lanarkshire. Our project this year, A Playlist to Remember, is based on our understanding of the deep and powerful connection between music and memory. It’s likely we have all experienced being transported to a different time and placed when listening to music. In our project we hope to reflect the wonder of music in reconnecting us, in memory, to loved ones and to others who have come into our lives. We are inviting people to help us create a ‘Playlist to Remember’. The process of gathering music will be creative and interactive, individual and communal. People will write their dedicated piece of music on a 7” vinyl record shaped card and attach it to a wall frieze in the sanctuary. This will produce a temporary growing art installation in each of our sanctuary spaces in University Hospitals Hairmyres, Monklands, and Wishaw. Contributors will receive a treble clef badge to remember taking part, encourage conversations with others, and raise awareness of our To Absent Friends project. Support will be available through the spiritual care and staff care teams and refreshments provided.

For more information, contact Harry McKenna or Lorna Fyfe on 01698 361100.

Photo credit: NHS Lanarkshire