MENTAL HEALTH WORK
Being There
In partnership with Off Centre (Hackney Young People's Counselling Service) we have developed a training package to help education professionals support vulnerable young people. This one day introductory training event raises awareness about the emotional wellbeing of vulnerable young people and provides a valuable opportunity to share experiences and identify best practice in a safe and confidential space.
Thoughts Allowed
'Thoughts Allowed' has been developed in partnership with Young Minds, the national charity for children's mental health, and The Mellow Campaign, an East London mental health organisation targeting BME groups.
This peer-led project explores mental health with young people in East London. Young people undertake 2 days of intensive training in facilitation and drama skills that enables them to deliver workshops around mental health. After this the young people are supported to deliver the workshops in youth settings across the region (inc. Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets).
Cracked
Cracked is an exhibition that uses visual art, photography,
installations, sound collages and sculpture. The work is used as an
environment to help workers from health, social services and youth teams to reconsider their attitude to people who have
mental health and drugs problems. Workers attend a daylong training
session that includes spending time in the exhibition, meeting workers
from other services, exploring attitudes and current practice and making
suggestions for change.
Immediate Theatre was presented with a Community Care Award for this project in October 2002.
"For the first time what I really feel was heard and taken seriously" - artist.
"I came ignorant and negative - I am leaving with my mind opened" - training participant