Archive for the “Exhibitions and displays” category
Drama performance – Stars in your Eyes
The Pontefract Family Centre is a local charity that supports people with learning disabilities. This project will be run over six months and aims to increase the opportunity for service users to engage in drama activities and work towards starring in a performance. People with …
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Inclusion, equality and wellbeing
The artwork sessions delivered under this project intend to offer local people in Barnsley the opportunity to learn a new skill, build confidence in their abilities and socialise with others from their local communities. The art sessions are delivered weekly, led by a local artist …
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Using creative approaches with young people to engage them in service improvement
Working in partnership with Qdos Creates, CAMHS (Child and Adolescent mental health service) in Barnsley have introduced a series of creative workshops to engage young people in touch with their service in new activities to help them express their personal journeys and goals. Young people …
Annapurna Indian Dance
Spices, songs and stories aims to give local people in Calderdale the opportunity to get involved in workshops that utilise dance, storytelling and songs to positively improve health and wellbeing. The workshops are developed and delivered by Annapurna Indian Dance, an organisation that aims to …
Happy places
Happy Places is a community group, for people using older people’s mental health services in Wakefield that was developed to encourage them to relate and share their life stories, utilising local community history. The groups are run within the community by Rosanna Ward and John …
Fieldhead sculpture arrives on site
Fieldhead sculpture arrives on site People who use services provided by the Trust have been working on an ambitious project to create a unique sculptural mosaic for the Fieldhead site in Wakefield. The project has included service users from a range of wellbeing, learning disability …
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Vivify: people, landscape, sculpture
A series of hands on, interactive arts workshops inspired by the art and landscape of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) focus upon community engagement for older people with mental health difficulties. Participants are encouraged to engage with a wide range of materials including clay, plaster, wood and …
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The Art Shop – Packhorse Gallery
The Art shop, situated in the Packhorse shopping centre in Huddersfield, has been established to give local people and those who have experienced mental health problems the opportunity to showcase their creative pieces of art. The shop is run by volunteers from Support 2 Recovery, …
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Mind, music, movement
This project engages with individuals aged 14+ with a physical and/ or learning disability and their families to create a series of storytelling performances using music and movement. Working with participants, Manasamitra, a Dewsbury based arts organisation, firstly collect stories of interest to those taking part and …
Creative exchange digital media project
The digital media project, ‘Creative exchange’, enables staff to use digital technology to engage service users in therapeutic activity in community services and inpatient wards. The project aims to introduce the use of digital media equipment at the Trust in a creative and accessible way, …
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