EDINBURGH PROGRAMME

THE EVERYWOMAN FESTIVAL EDINBURGH TOOK PLACE ON THE 6TH AND 7TH JUNE 2026.

Bloom!

Saturday 6th June

  • Speakers:

    Emma Evans

    Lydia Coxon

  • Speakers:

    Marti Balaam

  • Speakers:

    Young People’s Service @Chalmers

  • Host:

    Lynsey Gibson from Forth 1

    Mike Spall-Hancy

  • Speakers:

    Stuart Jack & daughters

  • Speakers:

    Kate Cushieri & Kirsty Roy

    Karen Hobbs

Bloom!

Sunday 7th June

  • Join Dr Katie Boog, Dr Michelle Cooper and Claire Nicol.

  • Speaker:

    Young People’s Service @Chalmers

  • Host:

    Mike Spall-Hancy

  • Speakers:

    Varsha Jain

The Gut Hut

Saturday 6th June

  • Join this session to learn about how to poo well!

    Speakers:

    Mahua Chakrabarti

    Camilla Gonzales

  • Speaker:

    Mahua and Sneha Chakrabarti, Camila Gonzalez, Azucena Garrido

  • Speakers:

    Nicola Dames

    Yasmin Campbell

  • Speakers:

    Rachel Thomson, Hibernian Women’s 1st Team & Academy Physical Performance Coach

  • Ruth Lamont

  • Speakers:

    Mehan McNab

    Mahua Chakrabarti

    Plus guest nutritionist

  • Speaker:

    Dr Emily McMurray

    Angela Carvalho

  • Speaker:

    Becca Freeden

  • Edinburgh NHS Physios: Camila Gonzalez & Sioned Hancock, Victoria Hulman

The Gut Hut

Sunday 7th June

  • Join this session to learn about how to poo well!

    Speakers:

    Mhairi Collie

    Sioned Hancock

  • Speakers:

    Bladder and Bowel continence team, Jackie Jardine, Kate Darlow, Mhairi Collie, Nikki Baldwin

  • Speakers:

    Emily Stephen - Balanced Physio

  • Speakers:

    Patient JH and Matt Pickard from Medtronic

  • Speakers:

    Mahua and Sneha Chakrabarti

  • With Raquel and musicians

Mind Health

Saturday 6th June

  • Join Nisha Harichandran, Joy Coach for this session

  • Speakers:

    Harmony choir under:

    Ben Jones with Dr Liesbeth Tip

    Dr Julia Hannon

  • Join psychologists Dr Louise Young and Dr Helen Galliard to learn about their most useful techniques.

  • Join speaker Dr Julia Anderson

  • Join Dr Shielia Howitt for this session.

  • Join Kerstin Doig from Equate Scotland

Mind Health

Sunday 7th June

  • Join Nisha Harichandran, Joy Coach for this session


  • Join Linda Smith for this session.

  • Join Prof Lindsay Thomson for this session.

  • Join Dr Marti Balaam for this session.

  • Speakers:

    Harmony choir under:

    Ben Jones with Dr Liesbeth Tip

    Dr Sarah Kennedy

Women’s Health Unheard Health

Saturday 6th June

  • Join Dr Rocío Martínez-Aguilar, Dr Erin Williams and Dr Alex Rice.

  • Join Elizabeth Amoaa and Dr Lucy Whitaker.

  • Join speaker Dr Liz O'Riordan.

  • Dr Voula Granitstosis and Physiotherapists Sioned Hancock and Anne Sanderson

  • Join Dr Sarah Hardman for this session.

  • Join Dr Philippa Kaye for this session.

Women’s Health Unheard

Sunday 7th June

  • Speakers:

    Prof Hilary Critchley, Prof Bettina Bildhauaer, Florence Igboayaka

  • Speakers:

    Dr Karissa Patton, Dr Kate Cuschieri, Dr Kirsty Roy and Dr Sukhy Sahota

  • Speakers:

    Professor Andrew Horne

    Professor Philippa Saunders

    Ms Alice Molloy.

  • Join Caroline Wilson and Lana Buchheim for this session.

  • Join Dr Sarah Hardman for this session.

EDINBURGH MEDICAL SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

The Edinburgh Medical School 300 year: reflect, connect and explore!

Come and look around the Edinburgh Medical School 300 tent to see our exhibitions, talk with our researchers and maybe even get a temporary tattoo with a symbol relevant to women’s health and some of the projects at Edinburgh Medical School.

Join the Edinburgh Medical School 300 led workshops in the central tent (spaces available on a first come, first served basis).

These will run on both Saturday and Sunday:

12:00 - 13:00 : Zine Making Workshop - Led by Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Dr Karissa Patton, Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh.

What are your wishes for women’s health? What do you hope or imagine for the future of women’s health and women’s health research? In this zine-making workshop, we will creatively reflect on these questions. Zines are small, DIY magazines that have been used to create art, share ideas, and explore politics for decades. They are fun to make! In this workshop we will start with some brainstorming exercises and then show you how to create your own mini-zine about the topic of women’s health – you can choose. No artistic experience required and the event is open to all.

14:00 - 15:00 : Poetry Workshop - Led by Marie Larsson, Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh

Take a moment to pause, reflect and create in this guided poetry workshop session. Using stories, poems and other materials about sexual, reproductive and women’s health as inspiration, this workshop invites you to craft your own ‘found poetry’. It’s open to all, from novices to experienced poets! There is also a contraceptive poetry exhibition to look at in the Edinburgh Medical School 300 tent.