Archive for the “Older people” category
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 …
Let’s Move at Batley Resource Centre
The Let’s Move pilot project is a partnership between Batley Resource Centre and the Trust together with Kirklees Local Authority and PCT. Kirklees Local Authority has match funded the project. This pilot is a complete house moving and on-going package for older people experiencing dementia, …
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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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Wellbeing through waterways
This project has been developed in partnership with the charity Safe Anchor Trust (SAT). The Trust made a financial contribution which helped towards the cost of refitting two SAT canal boats that can be used by staff, service users or carers in any of the …
Labyrinth walking
A portable labyrinth has been purchased to help people who use services across the Trust. Its all-weather design means it can be used in different settings and walked by people wherever it is laid. The idea of walking a labyrinth as a therapeutic activity is …
Khidmat Project
Creative Minds has helped support phase 2 of the Khidmat Project, which the aim was to increase awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the South Asian, Black Minority Ethnic (BME) communities of North Kirklees to increase referrals into the Adult ADHD service. Mental …
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 …
Carers Garden ‘Nature’s Gym’
The Carers Garden, also know as “Natures Gym”, is a space where people experiencing mental health problems can assess a garden to receive positive social support. Many people accessing the project are carers and service users who need help developing social interaction. The garden acts …
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 …
Breathing Space
A ground-breaking project in Calderdale and Kirklees to increase the range of therapeutic arts activity available to older people, especially those at the early stages of dementia conditions. It also aims to improve the understanding of carers and care staff about the role of the …