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Purple Patch Arts
Purple Patch Arts is an organisation which specialises in creative projects for adults with learning disabilities. Our project, which is based in Halifax, offers two types of artistic activities for adults with learning disabilities. The sessions take place during term time. The activities on offer are: A …
Equine therapy
The Equine therapy project is a 16 week programme with Wakefield Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA), a charity that provides therapeutic activities with horses for people with disabilities. The project will take place within Wakefield older people’s service as part of their recovery pathway. …
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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Caring Garden opens at Fieldhead
Caring Garden opens at Fieldhead A garden that can be enjoyed by everyone at the Fieldhead site in Wakefield is now open. Work on the Caring Garden began in March 2011 with a fruit tree planting session involving members of the steering group and the …
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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 …
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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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 …
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 …
Sculpture and mosaic project
Work has taken place to create a unique sculptural mosaic at Fieldhead in Wakefield. The project involved service users who experience acute and enduring mental health problems, or have a learning disability, and are residents at the Newhaven Unit or Bretton Centre on the Fieldhead …
Caring Garden
The idea for the Caring Garden came from Krafty Koffee, which is a prototype of the Change Lab. The prototype aimed to link people in the community service users and carers with creative approaches to improve health and wellbeing. As a result, a steering group …