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 …
This month the Growing Green Allotment project at Leckwith Droves in Cardiff received welcome help in the form of a community work day from Admiral Insurance staff. The work group (led by James Grant) was organised by our partners Ty Canna Mental Health Outreach Service in Cardiff. A dozen workers supported by staff and volunteers …
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“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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Our book, “Creativity for Wellbeing – A Person-Centred Approach” by Katja Stiller and Rhys Hughes, is now available to download in English and Welsh. This book is for anyone who would like to find out more about Creativity for Wellbeing and how to combine a person-centred approach, mindfulness and the arts to engage groups in …
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