“Your work looks wonderful. What a great resource for children and families!” - Dr Rick Hanson, Psychologist and Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley
“Thank you so much for sending me your beautiful book, My Memory Forest. What a wonderful project” - Dr Paul Gilbert, Clinical Psychologist & Founder of Compassion Focused Therapy
“Ali is fantastic at networks, bringing people together, working in a cross-disciplinary way and producing innovative events and workshops” Patrick Vernon OBE, Social Commentator, Campaigner and Cultural Historian
“Ali Winstanley was a fantastic facilitator. At the height of the Covid 19 pandemic she ably managed a series of online arts mediated engagement sessions with patients and our researchers, allowing all to share and learn from each other in a stimulating and open environment” - Simon Watt, Public Engagement Manager, Wellcome Institute for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, UCL
"One of the most inspiring things I've attended in a very long time" - Professor Harm van Marwijk, Professor in General Practice and Head of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
“Ali was brimming with creative ideas and continued to think flexibly and creatively to put together an incredible workshop plan that was very structured. Ali engaged very well with the young people, many of whom commented that they were excited to attend more workshops delivered by Ali” - Caitlin Aspinall, Youth Resilience Unit, Queen Mary's University London
“Ali developed engaging activities that really boosted the self confidence of the participants. She was an excellent facilitator and allowed participants to realise their full potential through the medium of mark-making, drawing and sketching. She took participants in the research project on a creative journey that they all said was worthwhile and satisfying. I would really like to work with Ali again as the creative process was stimulating and the end results were impactful” - Kathryn Stanley, PCIE Officer, Applied Research Collabrative (ARC) and Brighton and Sussex Medical School
“Absolutely fantastic Creative Health course, I enjoyed every second, Ali was so lovely and I’m so sad it’s over” - Year 2 Medical Student, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
“The course was REALLY good! Really well thought out and delivered and it was really helpful for our wellbeing through med school. Ali is an inspiring leader” - Year 2 Medical Student, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
“I loved my Creative Health course, I think her sessions should be more widely available to the whole year, it was really beneficial” - Year 2 Medical Student, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
"What a great lunchtime workshop! I left feeling inspired and with the creative juices flowing!" - Sophie Branscombe, Innovation Manager, King's Culture, King's College London