Archive for the “Barnsley” category
Olympic jabadao sessions and beyond
The Trust’s mental health physiotherapy team in partnership with Barnsley Independent Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support (BIADS), have been running weekly jabadao sessions in blocks of 10 for local people in Barnsley who have dementia. Jabadao encourages movement, communication and activity in a person centred way, …
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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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Barnsley Independent Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support (BIADS) taster sessions
Barnsley Independent Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support (BIADS) have organised and run taster sessions for people with dementia, who are using services on inpatient wards and in the community, their carers and staff, which explore creative activities and the impact these can have on mental and physical wellbeing. …
Arts (dance) on prescription
Working alongside Action Space Mobile this project invites people to attend 20 sessions that explore how music and movement can help people in their recovery and boost their mental wellbeing. Sessions include breath work, movement, confidence building games, relaxation techniques, individual reflection and group work. Each …
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 …
Alive and kicking workshops
Barnsley-based Qdos Creates – one of Yorkshire’s leading providers of dance theatre – delivered a series of dance-based activity sessions to highlight the benefits that people with dementia can experience by taking part in this type of activity. The ‘alive and kicking’ sessions were delivered …
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 …
Shaw Lane Community Garden
The aim of the project was to build a series of raised beds, a polytunnel and a potting room to develop the Shaw Lane Community Garden/Allotment being developed by volunteers and service-users. Raised beds make the site more accessible to older participants and those with …
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 …
