Art in Healthcare
People: Improving people’s mental wellbeing
We would like to offer art therapy sessions for those with long-term health conditions and unpaid caring responsibilities who need support for their health and wellbeing.
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About this cause
Art in Healthcare’s mission is to provide engaging and impactful creative opportunities to support and improve the mental and physical health and wellbeing of individuals in Scotland. Many of these activities take place in community, health and social care settings. We share our art collection and art workshops with individuals and communities that are under-served by mainstream arts provision. We place our large art collection in non-gallery spaces like hospital and GP surgeries, and take art workshops to people in their communities, both in person (mainly in Edinburgh) and online. This approach allows us to work with individuals and communities who would otherwise not be engaging with art, artists or creative activities. All workshops are free at the point of delivery.
How this cause brings people in the community together
Our Art Therapy sessions will help people that find it difficult to get out the house to have increased social connectedness through sharing experience and receiving empathy and support from others. Through art, participants will hopefully gain tools to help cope, to feel less overwhelmed and of understanding and accepting feelings and emotions. People will feel better about themselves; valued, heard and listened to with increased confidence to be themselves and feeling like they ‘can do’. We hope this work will result in participants feeling able to join other groups in their community and leave the house more, preventing social isolation, loneliness and very ill-health.