
Emma McLeod
“Sometimes I put music on and just listen to that while I’m tidying stuff up – I quite like to order things and organise stuff – just making a list of things and working my way through, ticking things off quietly with nobody disturbing me.”

Frances Wood
“It’s a lovely staff room – I sit in the comfy seat – there’s the big windows – it’s quite therapeutic, just sitting and chilling and reading your phone.”

Gemma Turnbull
“The noise of the water’s quite relaxing. You get away from all the beeping, the hustle and bustle. I just come outside the hospital, sit outside next to the river. It’s nice to get fresh air when you’ve been inside for so many hours.”

George Galbraith
“I like sitting there. There’s a lot of nature there actually, herring gulls and wee dipper birds.”


Hannah Godfrey
“I didn’t know where to go and I thought ‘okay’. And it was really close. So I started from there and I walked in and I was like ‘ahhhh’ – big sigh. Got myself together and then walked back out. And I was like, ‘right, let’s do this’.”

Iliana Ortiz
“I’ve got my wee lip balm and stuff. Everything I need right next to me, my sunglasses.”

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.”


Jamie Martin
“It’s somewhere where I can physically shut the door. They tend to be quiet spaces.”