East of England
(Projects are listed alphabetically)
Agile
Alive to Learning
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The project aimed to demonstrate to participants and local healthcare and other professionals that participatory arts can be used as a vehicle for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion and addressing mental health issues.
It also aimed to provide a new route into informal adult learning for people who might not otherwise be able to access it easily.
Arts on prescription provided weekly group sessions and taster sessions in arts and craft for mental health service users in Cambridge.
Participants either self-referred or were referred by doctors and other professionals.
The project ended with an exhibition of the work produced by participants.
Participants reported better mental well-being, confidence and social skills as a result of the Arts on prescription courses. The project used a GAD scale to measure changes in anxiety and a PHQ scale to measure changes in depression in participants in the project (see case studies below).
This project also strengthened the partnership with Cambridegshire and Peterborough Mental Health Foundation Trust.
With this kind of project marketing and publicity are very important.
Josie Aston, Research Manager, Arts on Prescription
Tel: 07817 980159 Email: josie.aston@gmail.com
CAN Dance Troupe
Community PALS
Dacorum Horizons
East of England
Projects in the East of England
Encouraging Social and Ethical Enterprise
Fenland Active Citizenship
Find Your Roots
Fusion Ambitions
Fusion Learning Alliance
Greeniversity
Happy, healthy, new you
Hertfordshire Learning Revolution
I:live Space for Learning
Interface Learning - New Routes International Men's workshop
Paperworks
Pathway to the Future
Piece Together
Reaching Out
Red2Green
Shifting Paradigms
Sketchbook Space
The Creative Learning Journey
The Learn IT Project
Time Tracker Museum Clubs
Transform
Transformation Fund Drug and Alcohol Users First Aid Training
Uncovering Gems
