creativity for wellbeing
Thanks to a grant from Community Foundation Wales via the Health & Social Care Innovation Fund, we have been facilitating a creative wellbeing journey through the seasons over the last year for our vulnerable participants, by connecting with nature, making art from nature and bringing people together to grow and relax in a natural outdoors …
Our latest film, Penguintown, launched for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024, was created by our animation group at Ty Canna Outreach Service and User Led Resource Service. “The film Penguintown began in a session of creative writing with service users at Ty Canna. Ideas developed further through discussions about representing mental health issues. The resulting film …
Two beautiful murals have been installed at Barry Hospital in the garden for the Sam Davies ward as part of our Talking Points project. Patients shared their favourite memories, songs and places, and inspired by their stories, songs and art work, illustrator Emma Jones has created these two large murals to brighten up the hospital garden. This Breathe Creative music …
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Our ‘Seeds of Hope’ project aimed to help vulnerable people in Cardiff who are experiencing, or who are at risk of, food poverty. Based at the Leckwith Droves allotment in Cardiff, and working in partnership with referred service users and volunteers from vulnerable communities, we aimed to provide them with volunteering opportunities, with a more …
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Thanks to funding from Cardiff Council’s Direct Food Support Grant Programme 2023/24, and with support from C3SC and The National Lottery Community Fund, our project ‘Seeds of Hope’ will help vulnerable people in Cardiff who are experiencing, or who are at risk of, food poverty. This funding will help us to expand our current seasonal …