Archive for the “Creative arts” category
ADAPT tours at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
ADAPT – the Arts and Dementia Access Project is an arts and health programme which aims to provide opportunities for engagement and social interaction using artistic activities for individuals accessing Wakefield older people’s services. The project has been implemented in 3 stages, introducing dance, drama, …
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Changing Landscapes
An innovative and comprehensive programme of creative opportunities aimed at improving and enhancing the quality of life, health and social integration of older people in Calderdale. Changing Landscapes is a project that provides free workshops for a broad range of people over 50 who would …
Creative Social Enterprise Initiative
The project supports the development of six new user-led creative enterprises for people with mental health needs and older people in Kirklees: a graphic design based social enterprise an arts cafe a guitar orchestra a “digital village” for collaborative digital arts development two new choirs …
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Who you are art exhibition
People in Kirklees who use mental services provided by the Trust have taken part in a collaborative art project with local organisations Hoot and AiM. Service users from Pathways day service in Mirfield and residents at Enfield Down in Honley collaborated with Hoot and AiM …
Sculpture and mosaic project
Work has taken place to create a unique sculptural mosaic at Fieldhead in Wakefield. The project involved service users who experience acute and enduring mental health problems, or have a learning disability, and are residents at the Newhaven Unit or Bretton Centre on the Fieldhead …
Puppet making
Service users on the Chippendale ward have taken part in puppet making. Puppetry has allowed them to create a puppet as a metaphor to describe life events and emotions and as a reflective aid. Funding was used to purchase dressmaking materials and art materials to …
Picture framing service
The framing workshop is part of the CISS vocational services in Calderdale. It offers training in creative and practical skills, assessment and support toward work-readiness while providing opportunities for an affordable and imaginative way of displaying work produced by service users. Emphasis is placed on …
GupShup community art project
Women from the South Asian community in Calderdale have been taking part in art sessions as part of their Gup Shup community group, which is facilitated by the Calderdale Council’s Neighbourhood Schemes Team. Gup Shup helps Asian women take part in healthy, meaningful activities to …
Caring Garden
The idea for the Caring Garden came from Krafty Koffee, which is a prototype of the Change Lab. The prototype aimed to link people in the community service users and carers with creative approaches to improve health and wellbeing. As a result, a steering group …
Canals Connect
Canals Connect was a three month project run by Faceless in Castleford, Knottingley and Pontefract. The project was made up of 18 creative workshops for people who use local Trust services. The company used silk painting as a method to look at how we view …