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Doing Things Differently: The First Six Months of Greater Manchester’s Arts and Mental Innovation Programme
In April 2019, the GM iTHRIVE team leading the transformation of children’s services in Greater Manchester welcomed me to theContinue Reading
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Greater Manchester’s Arts and Mental Health Innovation Programme and Your Local Child and Family Services
iTHRIVE is Greater Manchester’s transformation of children’s services, based on the solution-focussed national framework for CAMHS (Child and AdolescentContinue Reading
Well Wishes for the arts in healthcare: Voices from Finland
Have a look at this lot! All of these people took the time to come up with a wish forContinue Reading
Art Thou Well? Towards Creative Devolution of Mental Health in Greater Manchester
This report explores the myriad roles the arts could, and do, play in the service of mental health in GreaterContinue Reading
Rikers Island Prison Complex: Literacy For Incarcerated Youth
Gigi Blanchard came to New York from St, Louis, and identifies with incarcerated youth having done time as a juvenileContinue Reading
TeleVisiting: Taking Parties into Prisons at the New York Society for Ethical Culture
One Sunday I accidentally found, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the New York Society for Ethical Culture (NYSEC).Continue Reading
Reflecting On 300 Encounters as a Travelling Fellow
How (and Why) I Visited 40 Organisations Across 7 Cities in 8 Weeks When I returned home last month, IContinue Reading
GOSO? Getting Out and Staying Out: Speaks for Itself
After being introduced to the Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO) team, I visited GOSONYC headquarters in East Harlem toContinue Reading
The Future Has LANDed in Dumbo, Brooklyn
LAND Studio and Gallery is a non-profit day habilitation program that teaches life skills to adults with developmental disabilities, usingContinue Reading
Churchill Was a Painter Too: Mental Health and the Arts in New York City
Originally posted on Art Thou Well:
For now, I’m in New York for part of my Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. I’m exploring…
