In this area of our site we are sharing and celebrating some of our completed creativity for wellbeing projects, our amazing facilitators, fantastic participants and the funders that make it all possible.
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‘Line of Thoughts‘
Many young people are struggling with their mental health, Community Mental Health Teams are overstretched and there are long waiting lists for therapeutic interventions. However, despite this huge need, it is often difficult to engage young people outside a school setting. In collaboration with our partners in Mental Health Service provision we aimed to bring young people together, referred to us by Community Mental Health Teams.
With support from The Arts Council of Wales, Cardiff & Vale Health Charity, The Baring Foundation and The National Lottery Community Fund.
‘Seeds Of Hope‘
‘Seeds of Hope’ 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 long term intention of growing and distributing fresh food.
With support from Cardiff Council Direct Food Support Grant Project 2023/2024, The National Lottery Community Fund.
‘Case Study: Swimming with the Case Study: Swimming with the T1DE’
We were approached by Dr Rhian Murphy (Clinical Psychologist Paediatric Diabetes Cardiff and Vale UHB) and commissioned to produce an animation representing the patient’s voice. We worked with young adults with lived experience of Type 1 Diabetes across Wales for a period of three months. The sessions were supported by Sara Crowley (Diabetes Transitional Care National Co-ordinator NHS Wales) and Rachael Humphreys (Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse Cardiff and Vale UHB).
With support from All Wales Diabetes Implementation Group NHS Wales HealthCollaborative, Public Health Wales NHS Trust.
‘Case Study: The Waiting Room’
We were approached by Occupational Therapist, Abigail Williams from SHED (Service for High Risk Eating Disorders), who was looking to engage her services-users in a therapeutic arts project in support of their wellbeing. This project was part of the Arts and Minds Initiative supported by Arts Council of Wales and the Baring Foundation.
With support from The Arts Council of Wales, The Baring Foundation and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
‘Inside Out’
Our ‘Inside Out’ creative wellbeing project in Blaengarw encouraged people in our village to come out of their homes after a long time in lockdown in 2021, taking gentle steps into their local natural and beautiful environment and reconnecting with each other.
With support from Cwm Supported by the Llynfi Afan Renewable Energy Park Community Benefit Fund and The Baring Foundation.
MH Covid Response Grant Projects
The MH Covid Response Grant was part of the Welsh Government’s COVID-19 response to the pandemic, supporting wellbeing through engagement with health boards, local authorities and the third sector.
With support from Cwm Taf University Health Board, BAVO, Bridgend County Borough Council, Interlink and Welsh Government.
‘Creative Horizons’
Breathe Creative was grant funded by the Supporting Older People in the Vale Third Sector Preventative Interventions Fund 2021(Covid-19) to facilitate Creative Horizons, a new project offering music and movement for health and wellbeing for the service users of New Horizons Day Centre (older adults with physical disabilities and complex needs) and Rondel House (older people with dementia and complex needs) in Barry.
Supporting Older People in the Vale Third Sector Preventative Interventions Fund 2021 (Covid-19)
‘UnLocking’
UnLocking was a National Lottery funded project by Breathe Creative working in partnership with Ty Canna Mental Health Outreach Service in Cardiff.
The group looked at how it feels to come out of Lockdown, out of our comfort zone, and how we could unlock ourselves and our creative potential.
Supported by the Community Lottery Fund.
‘Beyond the Label’
Over a period of three months, from May to July 2020, service users met weekly online to create artwork and writing for an animation that reflects their lived experiences of mental health conditions.
The extra challenges of lockdown meant that collaborators weren’t able to meet in person, but this was overcome to produce this rich and wonderful collection of work.
Supported by the Community Lottery Fund.
‘New World’
Our ‘New World’ New Horizons’ Project offered New Horizons’ service users weekly singing and movement for wellbeing workshops via on-line sessions to support them through their challenges and isolation during Lockdown as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Supported by Glamorgan Voluntary Services through the COVID-19 High Risk Group Charity and Voluntary Group Small Grant Scheme.
Explore some of our other projects:
Allotment Animation art Arts Council of Wales Arts for Health Arts for Wellbeing Art with Emma Cardiff and Vale Health Charity Cardiff Council CreateToConnect Creating Calm Creativity Creativity for Wellbeing Emma Jones Exhibition Film Gallery Growing Green Growing Together Jane Hubbard Katja Stiller Lockdown Mental Health Mental Health Awareness Week Mental Health Matters Wales MH Covid Response Fund Mindfulness Music Nature Older People Online Art Online Workshops Photographs Poetry Sam Davies Ward The Art Shed The Baring Foundation The National Lottery Community Fund Tracy Pallant Ty Canna Visual Art wellbeing Women Workshops Writing