What began as a single meeting in Oxford 2002 – bringing together doctors, patients, novelists, artists, and researchers to explore health and illness – has generated over 25 global conferences, multiple book series with major publishers, and creative collaborations spanning continents.

From this one original gathering emerged three major new projects:

The End of Life Experience
Storytelling & Trauma
Madness 

These in turn generated publications encouraging personal storytelling and artistic expression, and ongoing initiatives across Europe. 

When diverse voices unite around shared questions, one idea truly becomes many.