Lively Minds provides a programme of events involving presentations from invited speakers from a diverse range of subjects and topics, all presented in an accessible and engaging manner.
Meetings take place in the Main Hall at Fountainhall at the Cross (previously Queen's Cross Church) and it is open to everyone. We start with a sandwich lunch and tea/coffee at noon followed by one hour presentation from around 12.30 pm until 1.30pm. £5 entry which includes lunch.
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Lively Minds group is delighted to welcome Susan and Bob Summers on Tuesday 2 September.
AUTUMN 2025
Tuesday 2 Sept 'A Potted History of HM Theatre' - with Susan and Bob Summers
Tuesday 16 Sept ‘All hands on deck aboard Mercyships' with Manjit Dhillon
Tuesday 7 Oct 'Understanding imposter syndrome. You earned your success. So why does it feel like you don’t deserve it?' with Nara Morrison
Tuesday 21 Oct ‘Plastic in our Seas’ with John Dunn
Tuesday 4 Nov ‘WW1 Lest We Forget’ with Nigel Firth
Tuesday 18 Nov 'Irene Paterson - First UK occupational therapist and Margaret Fulton MBE - and the Royal Cornhill Hospital - their place in the history of psychiatry’
Tuesday 2 Dec ‘The Harp - its History and Sound’ with Susan Zappert