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 …
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 …
“Doing this art helps me cope with life. It takes my mind off all the stuff inside.” (Participant) Growing Strong was a Creativity for Wellbeing project facilitated by Sarah Featherstone and Alex Bowen from Breathe Creative, with funding from The Arts Council of Wales and The National Lottery Community Fund and working in the Bridgend …
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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 …