creativity for wellbeing
Over the last 5 years we have been developing our Arts for Health programmes with key project partners: Ty Canna Mental Health Outreach Services in Cardiff, Ysgol Gyfun Plas Mawr (a Welsh-medium secondary school in Cardiff), the Ukrainian support group in The Vale of Glamorgan, Barry Hospital (Sam Davies Ward older peoples’ acute rehabilitation unit), and …
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The music group, facilitated by Mike Fulthorpe started in August 2023. The idea of the sessions was to simply create a warm therapeutic space for people to be able to share their thoughts and feelings safely in a supportive environment. Music would always be central, a tool to allow collaborative communication, build connections and to …
To celebrate World Mental Health Day 2024 we are highlighting a new Breathe Creative project which is offering creativity for wellbeing activities for cancer patients in Cardiff. World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. Our new ‘Art Cart’ project is based at Velindre Cancer Centre (Velindre …
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 …