All About Creative Minds

Creative Minds is integrating creativity and the arts into mainstream health and wellbeing practice. We deliver and run projects for local people, to develop individuals’ and communities’ mental, physical and psychological wellbeing. Our approach towards creative activities, sports and hobbies is developed to:

• Boost confidence and self-esteem by providing opportunities to discover new, exciting activities and experiences.
• Develop social skills and promote social integration by connecting you with like-minded people.
• Create a sense of purpose by creating communities around shared passions.
• Improve quality of life by making new friends at events and activities hosted by us and our partners.

Take a look at the projects running today that you can join.

Since its launch in November 2011, Creative Minds has enabled over 900 projects inside and outside of  NHS services, alongside facilitating over 100 sports events. Together, and with our team’s dedicated work, this benefits over thousands of people per year. We have worked with around 280 Creative Minds partner organisations from across all our localities.

Creative Minds link service

If you don’t know what activities are available, we may be able to help.

In order to support our work, we can help to link people up with local activities and groups.  We have promotional material for the activities we help to fund.

People that use South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s services, alongside their carers and health and care staff can ‘refer’ into our link service. To make a referral, simply send the contact details of the person you are working with, or their carer, (e.g. name, address, telephone and e-mail) to the relevant Creative Minds staff:

• Barnsley\Wakefield\forensic services: Arshad.Mahmood@swyt.nhs.uk
• Calderdale\Kirklees: Alex.Feather1@swyt.nhs.uk

Please also remember to cc’ the Creative Minds inbox in your referral: Creativeminds@swyt.nhs.uk

If you are referring someone else, please make sure you let the person know you are making this referral and that they have given consent to share their information.

Charity Information

Creative Minds is a charity hosted by South West Yorkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Our charitable aim is to develop creative activities in partnership with community organisations that help improve the health and wellbeing of people who use Trust services. This must be provision that is an enhancement to regular NHS provision.

Our Charity number is 1055931-13. More information on charities commission website http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/RegisterHomePage.aspx   Enter 1055931 and click on Linked Charity button.