
Ishwinder Thethy
“Once I just sit down in the sun, it’s like someone’s just recharged me. It just feels like this abundance of energy.”

Kathy McLean
“It only takes five minutes sometimes just to have some peace and quiet, a cup of coffee on your own, and then you can go back out refreshed.”


Linda Lupton
“If we’re actually here in the linen room for any length of time, we’re laughing and joking and things like that, I mean, we try and keep the morale up as much as we can.”

Lydia Howells
“It’ll take you across a little river and down across like the trees and through the greenery and then back through a different part of the hospital. So it’s really nice – by the time you’ve done it, you just feel like you’ve completely reset.”

Mafi Simmonds-Sharkey
“Or when it’s just me, I just come up and wither sit on the grass, or on the benches, usually sunglasses on if I want to be just me and noise-cancelling headphones in so I can listen to some music. Chill out on the grass for a while.”

Margaret McEwan
“I come up to the terrace because it’s a breathing space and I get the sun in my face, I can smell the rosemary. I can look at the plants, look out over the rooftops.”

Nicky Cairns
“It can be nice just sitting in here. And see, I’ve got the computer, so I watch YouTube, listen to music. Have a good laugh with the guy I work with. We’re happy down here.”

Ray Middlemiss
“It’s just a really nice space to have and – given it’s in the middle of a hospital, it’s pretty peaceful.”

Sam Ogilvie
“Coming in here you can kind of take a breather, take a step back, and be like: Right, this is what I need to do first.”