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BAPAM (British Association for Performing Arts Medicine) is the UK medical charity for the performing arts. www.bapam.org.uk info@bapam.org.uk

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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BAPAM CPD for health, wellbeing and education professionals working with clients in the performing arts. Next session: Caring Responsibilities, Performing Arts and Health. Wednesday 30th September, 7pm - 9pm, online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1987503049...
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BAPAM CPD: Caring Responsibilities
September's CPD will explore how to support performing arts professionals who have caring responsibilities
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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our LGBTQIA+ hub brings together advice, support, campaigning information and resources for freelancers and allies. buff.ly/qIIWzDR
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Topics inc: Environmental and sector specific impacts on parents and carers How clients may be navigating changes to identity, as a carer, artist and professional Hidden caring responsibilities Considerations around mitigating practitioner behaviours that could add to the mental load of carers
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The Royal Society of Musicians @rsmgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is social media helping your music career—or affecting your wellbeing? 📱 Join RSM & @ukbapam.bsky.social for a session with psychotherapist Kate Auguste, exploring social media, mental health and practical ways to stay well online. 🗓️ 28 Oct 2026 | 10:30–11:45 💻 Online | Free
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Check your levels. 🎛️ If life on the road, in the studio or freelance uncertainty is affecting your wellbeing, join our free online session for @prsformusic.bsky.social members with @ukbapam.bsky.social and Tiffany Hudson therapyontour. 🗓️8 Oct 2pm–3pm. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/1998956900...
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Protecting your health and wellbeing in creative workspaces
Join us for a session focused on taking care of your wellbeing when work is uncertain and your workplace is the road, a venue, or studio.
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The first research study to examine the impact of immersive theatre on actor health and wellbeing finds that while actors value the creative aspects of this work, they face serious genre-specific occupational health risks. www.bapam.org.uk/impact-of-wo... #OccupationalMedicine #Actors
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New Research Published on the Impact of Working in Immersive Theatre on Actors’ Health - BAPAM
The first research study to examine the impact of immersive theatre on actor health and wellbeing finds serious genre-specific occupational health risks.
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🔊If life in music is feeling loud, pause and check in with yourself. Join our free online session for PRS members with @ukbapam.bsky.social and Tiffany Hudson therapyontour, sharing simple strategies for wellbeing in creative workspaces. 8 Oct, 2pm–3pm. Register: eventbrite.com/e/1998956900...
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🎧@prsformusic.bsky.social members: the Soundcheck Series — online and in-person events supporting music creators’ mental health and wellbeing. First free online session with @ukbapam.bsky.social and Tiffany Hudson Therapy on Tour: 📆8 Oct, 2pm–3pm. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/1998956900...
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Protecting your health and wellbeing in creative workspaces
Join us for a session focused on taking care of your wellbeing when work is uncertain and your workplace is the road, a venue, or studio.
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The Royal Society of Musicians @rsmgb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Hearing health is essential for musicians 👂🎵 Join @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social and Dr Finola Ryan for a practical session on protecting your hearing and supporting your long-term wellbeing. 📅 Wed 28 Sep ⏰ 10:30am 💻 Free & online @ukbapam.bsky.social Sign up: www.rsmgb.org/whats-on/hea...
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Summer festival season can be exhausting for music creators.☀️ If the pressure is affecting your mental or physical health, we're here to help. Our partnership with @ukbapam.bsky.social provides free, expert medical & mental health support for @prsformusic.bsky.social members.🩺 prsmembersfund.com
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Watch Justin Grant explain how our free digital tool InTune designed with @ukbapam.bsky.social helps music creators. 🧠 Simple questions 🎯Personalised resources 📩Results emailed straight to your inbox. Check in with yourself. Try it for free today! 🔗https://www.intune.prsmembersfund.com/
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Alice Brockway @alicebrockway.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If you're a pro actor currently working in the UK it would be amazing if you could complete this survey looking at actors' mental health for my PhD. This is the survey link: mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Here's a link to the website about the whole project: www.playingsanethephd.co.uk
Black and white image with the words 'Understanding Mental Health in Actors in the UK' over the top. The image is of a page of Hamlet with a part of a brain showing over the top and a packet of tablets showing at the bottom. QR code linking to PhD survey
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We have a few places left at our free performing arts medicine clinics in Leeds (physio), Glasgow (physio) and Gateshead/Newcastle (GP) next Friday 12 June. Health problem impacting your work in the performing arts? Talk to us now and find out how we can help www.bapam.org.uk/whatbapamcan...
BAPAM are here to provide FREE clinical support for performing arts professionals. 

To book into one of our clinics across the UK or online, contact our team.

Call: 020 8167 4775
Email: info@bapam.org.uk
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
2025 was the busiest year in our history. The BAPAM Impact Report underscores the importance of system‑wide approaches to health, and the value of the free clinical service at the core of our work. Download and read the report here: www.bapam.org.uk/impact-repor...
BAPAM: Performing Arts Medicine - Impact Report 2023 - 2025. 
Cover shows a range of performances in various settings with the strapline, The Medical Charity for the Performing Arts.
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For our 29 April online CPD session, join us at 7pm GMT for a structured discussion around professional boundaries in physical and psychosocial health care, drawing on case studies from BAPAM's clinical services and our client and patient feedback Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-...
BAPAM CPD: Professional Boundaries - Lessons From Practice In Performing Arts Medicine

Online at 7pm GMT on Wednesday 29 April

Speakers: 

Michael Mehta, Osteopath

Dr Anna Waters, Performance and Sport Psychologist
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Burnout is real, but with the right tools, it doesn’t have to be inevitable. Check out our SOUND WAVE guide for 9 ways to reset your rhythm this #StressAwarenessMonth. Check your wellbeing with InTune, our health-tracking tool powered by @ukbapam.bsky.social. (1/3)
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
BAPAM CPD for Health and Education Professionals, 25 March 2026: Hearing Health and Tinnitus with Dr Laurence McKenna, Clinical Psychologist and Don McFerran, President of Tinnitus UK and (retired) ENT Surgeon www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-... Online 7pm GMT & recorded for all ticket holders
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BAPAM CPD: Hearing and Tinnitus
The latest research and findings on hearing health and tinnitus
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Did you know that 75% of musicians will face a health issue that impacts their career? Don’t let a preventable injury or burnout stop your creative flow. Created with @ukbapam.bsky.social, InTune gives you a tailored roadmap to stay healthy and productive. 👉Get InTune www.intune.prsmembersfund.com
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The Royal Society of Musicians @rsmgb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
When a singer finishes a concert, they may find themselves in a room with a lot of background noise, having to raise their voice to be heard. In our next webinar with @ukbapam.bsky.social Lucie Rayner and Besfort Williams will help singers look after their voices to prevent injury. Link in bio.
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If you're a clinician or educator and want to find out more about helping performing arts professionals manage focal dystonia, our January CPD session is led by two of the leading experts in the field www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1968637966...
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BAPAM CPD: Focal Dystonia
Task Specific Dystonia and performing artists
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/01/2026
UK arts groups offer therapeutic support to performers as they refute myth of tortured artist
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UK arts groups offer therapeutic support to performers as they refute myth of tortured artist
‘You don’t have to be tortured to make great art,’ says founder of mental health support organisation Artist Wellbeing
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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
'We’ve come to accept that being an artist means being a full-time producer, administrator and manager too' - Writer, performer and Choreographer Yolanda Mercy talks about the invisible labour carried out by artists forced to wear multiple creative hats. www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/invi...
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ISM @ism-music.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🚨 WEBINAR ALERT 🚨 Singers! Are you protecting your vocal health? Are you pacing your voice when teaching or performing? Learn everything you don't know about your voice from vocal expert Jenevora Williams on Wed 26 Nov Secure your place now ⬇️ www.ism.org/event/vocal-...
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
We're thrilled with the feedback for our free digital tool, InTune! 🤩 Created with @ukbapam.bsky.social, InTune helps music creators focus on their physical, psychological, and financial wellbeing. Try it today! intune.prsmembersfund.com #InTune #MusicWellbeing #supportbeyondthemusic
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
We're delighted to be partnering with Actors' Trust on this series of workshops to support mental health in the performing arts sector
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
It's For Them Your bandmate, your castmate, the people on and behind the stage - you have a laugh in rehearsals; make sure the sound is right; you might even help each other when performance anxiety hits Can you help support BAPAM's unique health service? donate.justgiving.com/charity/bapa...
A performing artist and bandmate onstage, captioned 'It's For Them!'
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Did you know? @prsformusic.bsky.social members get free access to InTune, a digital tool designed with @ukbapam.bsky.social to boost your physical and mental wellbeing. 💪🏽🧠 Find resources to manage health challenges, build resilience, and stay creative. Try today! www.intune.prsmembersfund.com
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Last minute booking is open until 7pm GMT today. Join our expert-led CPD session for creative sector health, education and support professionals. Discussing disability, race and social inequalities, learning from lived experience, practical skills for culturally responsive informed communication.
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Our online CPD returns this week, 24 Sept with Creative Consultant / Attitude is Everything Founder, Suzanne Bull MBE and Clinical Psychologist, Dr Fabienne Palmer. Ideal for practitioners who wish to deepen their understanding of health equity and accessibility www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-...
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BAPAM CPD: Health Equity, Diversity and Communication
Disability, race and social inequalities, learning from lived experience, practical skills for culturally responsive informed communication
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
CPD for healthcare professionals returns! This month - health equity, diversity and communication. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-...
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
CPD for healthcare professionals returns! This month - health equity, diversity and communication. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-...
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Self-care is how you take your power back!💪🏾 InTune is a digital platform that provides personalised insights into physical and mental wellbeing with a special emphasis on the specific health challenges that music creators can face. Get it today! www.intune.prsmembersfund.com @ukbapam.bsky.social
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Dance Professionals Fund @dancefund.org.uk · 14/08/2025
📢Today we're launching the second round of Best Foot Forward: grants to invigorate your dance career. Read the full guidelines & enquire through our online contact form by Thurs 11 Sept: bit.ly/40JWT4l Like + Share this post to help get the message out!
Close-up of a black dancer with short cropped hair wearing a dark tank top, set against a softly lit studio background with colourful layered outlines behind them. White text overlaid reads 'Best Foot Forward. Grants to invigorate your dance career'. The DPF logo is in the top left corner.
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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
The Big Freelancer Survey 2025 - Report, 'Who's taking the hit?' is out now. The data provided by thousands of respondents since 2020 presents a clear - and deeply concerning - picture of the situation in which UK arts freelancers find themselves. freelancersmaketheatrework.com/bigfreelance...
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Remember to prioritise your mental and physical health, even in the creative hustle. 🧠🫀 Try our digital wellbeing tool InTune: ✍🏽Complete a short self-assessment 🫵🏽Receive personalised feedback 💪🏽Access specialist resources 🫂Stay connected to support intune.prsmembersfund.com @ukbapam.bsky.social
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The Royal Society of Musicians @rsmgb.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
We're delighted to announce the next year of Healthy Practice webinars for musicians, in partnership with @ukbapam.bsky.social. The next 12 months will focus on vocal health and mental health. Take a look what's coming up and book for free at www.rsmgb.org/events #music #musician #health #wellbeing
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Megan Rushbrook is cycling 255 miles, from Cardiff to the Suffolk Coast, for BAPAM! “I was involved in a crash which left me requiring surgery on my arm. As a professional pianist, my career was severely threatened. BAPAM... have been nothing but brilliant." www.justgiving.com/page/megan-r...
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Megan's fundraiser for British Association for Performing Arts Medicine
Help Megan Rushbrook raise money to support British Association for Performing Arts Medicine
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This week's online CPD will help all practitioners offer some help to skin patients and know how to refer on for further management Skin conditions cause a lot of distress, sometimes under-appreciated by others Performing artists encounter specific problems due to their environment and lifestyle
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PRS Members' Fund @prsmembersfund.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
InTune is live! Our FREE digital tool that gives you personalised tips on how to improve your wellbeing. Watch Athena (PRS Fund) and Claire (@ukbapam.bsky.social) explain what InTune is, together with Justin who has used the tool first hand. 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl0QyPVbcwM
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Get InTune
YouTube video by PRS Members' Fund
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This week's online CPD will help all practitioners offer some help to skin patients and know how to refer on for further management Skin conditions cause a lot of distress, sometimes under-appreciated by others Performing artists encounter specific problems due to their environment and lifestyle
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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 17/06/2025
With the right support, dyslexic actors can thrive and the whole industry benefits says Deborah Groves 👇
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Deborah Groves on support for dyslexic actors
Backing dyslexic actors means better collaboration and performances, which benefits everyone – so why wait for them to ask for help, says Deborah Groves
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This month's CPD for healthcare practitioners is on Skin Health in Performing Arts Professionals. Often neglected or not thought of, there are many specific clinical challenges when it comes to performers and their skin - make up, allergic reactions, costumes etc www.bapam.org.uk/eventbrite-e...
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BAPAM CPD: Skin Health in the Performing Arts - BAPAM
Learn how skin problems affect performers and how to care for skin. Join BAPAM’s online session on 25 June, 7–9pm BST. Open to professionals.
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
InTune is live! Give this first of it's kind digital health and wellbeing tool for music creators a try! Made in collaboration with PRS Members' Fund. www.intune.prsmembersfund.com
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Home Page - PRS Members' Fund InTune
Knowing how to look after your health and wellbeing is as important as your creative and technical skill. Get InTune Knowing how to look after your health and wellbeing is as important as your creativ...
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Musicians' Union (MU) @wearethemu.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
You can also get support from: 💛 @helpmusicians.bsky.social 💛 Royal Society of Musicians 💛 PRS Members' Fund 💛 @ukbapam.bsky.social
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
BAPAM and PRS Members' Fund have been working hard on InTune - a first of it's kind digital health platform for music creators. If you're coming to the @prsformusic.bsky.social AGM on June 3, we'll be speaking at 4pm about the tool and how both organisations can support PRS members.
Using the InTune resource on a mobile phone
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Research highlights the importance of trauma-informed care in the performing arts The next expert-led BAPAM CPD session focuses on psychological trauma and how we can support people with a range of approaches and modalities Wed 28 May 1900 - 2100 BST www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-...
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BAPAM CPD: Psychological Trauma in the Performing Arts
Trauma
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
BAPAM clinician, Monia Brizzi, writes in The Psychologist on our holistic and multidisciplinary approach to performer wellbeing
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PRS for Music @prsformusic.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Launching at the PRS AGM on 3 June, InTune is a new health & wellbeing platform from PRS Members’ Fund and @ukbapam.bsky.social 🎧 Hear from Kemi Sulola on how it’s helped her recovery and can support other music creators too. www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/f...
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InTune: a new health and wellbeing tool for music creators | M Magazine
The digital platform is a new partnership between PRS Members’ Fund and BAPAM, and will officially launch during next month’s PRS AGM.
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Introducing InTune — your new backstage pass to better health. Developed by PRS Members’ Fund in partnership with BAPAM, InTune is a personalised digital wellbeing tool made just for @prsformusic.bsky.social members. (1/3)
A music creator uses the InTune resource on a tabletThe InTune resource shown on a mobile phone screen
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BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Attitude is Everything are looking for a Marketing and Communications Manager attitudeiseverything.org.uk/job-marketin...
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Job: Marketing and Communications Manager - Attitude is Everything
Attitude is Everything are looking for a Marketing and Comms Manager who is passionate about communication, accessibility and engaging with audiences.
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