An online exhibition celebrating the creativity of women in Bridgend Borough, South Wales, supported by the Mental Health Covid Response Fund. The women worked with Breathe Creative online once a week to capture, through writing and art, their shared Lockdown experiences. These moments have been full of laughter, support and togetherness. They have illustrated how …
‘Small Steps’ Animation Project Funding Success
Hurrah! We have received funding for a new animation project with Ty Canna Mental Health Outreach Services in Cardiff. Our facilitators, Jane Hubbard and Katja Stiller, will offer weekly creative wellbeing sessions; listening to, sharing and working with participants over the next few months. This project will help participants to find a more positive focus, to …
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 10-16 May 2021. The theme this year is ‘Nature’. One in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. Mental Health Awareness Week aims to get people talking about their mental health and reduce the stigma that can stop people from asking for help. We want to hear your stories of how nature has …
‘Beyond the Label’ Mental health project final report
In 2020 we partnered with Ty Canna Mental Health Outreach service in Cardiff, a Cardiff-based citywide recovery-focussed Outreach service for people with mental health needs. 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 …
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Challenging our inner critic with creativity for wellbeing
In one of our Creativity for Wellbeing groups this week, we looked at our inner critic, how to challenge it and how to change the script: Breathe You are doing your best Be a friend to yourself Remember Today is tomorrow’s yesterday You can live Keep going Don’t worry it is not the end of …
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