Archive for the “Inactive” category
Stargazing group
The stargazing group is for inpatients of Fieldhead, enabling them to go into the hospital grounds in an evening and look in detail at the night sky. This acts as a change from the ward environment and an educational session, perhaps igniting a passion which …
Hydrotherapy and swimming
The service user may be offered a range of therapeutic interventions, including hydrotherapy and/or swimming. As well as improving physical health and promoting wellbeing, these sessions give service users the opportunity to engage in non-ward, community based activity which some choose to continue following discharge …
Newton Lodge writers
This project worked with service users at Newton Lodge on learning disability and mental health wards to develop writing skills. For 12 weeks the group worked on a number of activities, principally creative writing, exploring a number of different genres and styles. Group size varied …
Chrysalis Theatre Company
A project to create and develop a service user led Youth Theatre Company. The company is for young people from 14-18 and will take the form of weekly drama sessions that run throughout the year and culminate in a performance around Christmas 2012. Ten weekly …
Gardening at Chantry
The gardening project at the Chantry Unit at Fieldhead, Wakefield, used its funding to purchase equipment, seeds, plants, storage etc as part of CHAMP: the Chantry Activity and Media Project. The project aimed to develop a range of meaningful gardening, cooking and media activities on …
Bridge Theatre Group
Using forum and image theatre techniques, people who experience mental distress aim to create and perform dramas to be used as a tool for debate and change, especially within mental health services. The project aims to develop a meaningful productive dialogue between providers and service …
The Walking Project
This project provided the opportunity for service users to become more active, physically fit and reflect how this can improve their mental wellbeing by offering 12 weekly walking/Nordic walking sessions culminating in a residential walking challenge which included education around safety and map reading. Supporting service …
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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Synapse – fresh connections in mental health
Synapse is a group of mental health service users who come together to consider alternative methods of maintaining and enhancing mental wellbeing, offering mutual support and friendship. To encourage participants in the group to explore creative ways of relaxing through arts, crafts and singing and …
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