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Arts and crafts group
This group utilises arts and crafts to encourage people experiencing mental health difficulties to engage in activity and express their thoughts and feelings in a creative manner – through art as well as words. The group undertakes a range of activities and is currently focusing on …
Art and wellbeing sessions
A series of art and wellbeing sessions, led by mental health community development worker, Roya Pourali, have been engaging women and children from BME communities in Barnsley in artistic activity. The sessions, which were run weekly, taught 21 women and a man from nine different …
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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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 …
Museum Minded
The project offers people the opportunity to explore how museums can be used to improve and maintain wellbeing. The project focuses on Bankfield Museum in Halifax and creative workshops take place using museum collections to help participants explore ways to improve their wellbeing in a …
Live Arts Cafe
The Live Arts Café is a weekly cabaret style, social/creative evening for people who have experience of mental health issues and their friends and families. During the evening sessions, attendees share a light supper and then enjoy entertainment and creative activities, in which people can participate …