creativity for wellbeing
This Breathe Creative music and art project funded by Cardiff & Vale Health Charity provides a positive focus for the patients of Sam Davies Ward, the rehabilitation ward in Barry Community Hospital. Weekly music and art workshops bring patients together and reminds them of their strengths, their resilience, their sense of humour and creativity. As …
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Things are happening at our Growing Green project in Cardiff and Spring is on its way! This short film shows the work undertaken by Growing Green Horticultural Project and Breathe Creative staff and volunteers in building a large summer house (The Art Shed) at the Leckwith Droves allotment site in Cardiff. The work was funded …
In 2023 we facilitated a series of Creative Wellbeing sessions with service users of SHED Service for High Risk Eating Disorders, many of whom were struggling to engage following the pandemic. The project was led by two experienced facilitators – Katja Stiller, our therapeutic arts facilitator, and Abigail Apollonio, an OT and artist from SHED. …
We worked with participants from SHED Service for High Risk Eating Disorders during Spring/Summer 2023. Weekly sessions explored different topics and art forms e.g. creative writing, photography, animation, art, as well as different relaxation techniques. During one session we discussed waiting for a medical appointment; many find the time in the waiting room very difficult. …
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