Links
http://www.criticalconnections.org.uk
Health and arts development programme for Yorkshire and The Humber. Aims to develop confidence, thinking and practice around the use of creative approaches within health, care and community services.
An interview from Sunday's Observer with performance artist Bobby Baker, talking openly about her breakdown, subsequent illness & experiences of mental health services, and about her drawings of it all:http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jun/28/bobby-baker-performance-art
http://www.enhancingthehealingenvironment.org.uk/
Enhancing the Healing Environment The aim of the Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme is to encourage and enable nurse-led teams, working in partnership with colleagues and service users to influence and improve the environment, in which they deliver care. Leeds Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust is currently participating in the programme to improve the quality of environment in their perinatal unit.
http://www.interactingonline.co.uk/
InterACTing uses drama to challenge, reduce and combat life issues.
http://www.leedsinitiative.org/default.asp?initiativeIdentifier=200295_174968899
Leeds Arts Partnership is a Partnership of the arts and heritage sectors and is part of the Leeds Initiative.
Leeds Mind has a strong tradition of encouraging the creative work of people with mental health problems.
Mad for arts is a web and tv project which aims to encourage people to talk about public art that inspires them.
http://www.mentalhealthleeds.info/
Mental health resources in Leeds
The National Network for the Arts in Health as an organisation has ceased to exist. However, the National Network for the Arts in Health as a network carries on. This website is open to all who are interested in this field of practice.
Dinsdales arts suppliers, giving 10% off if you spend £5.00 or more for arts and minds members.
http://www.oblongleeds.org.uk/
Oblong is an independent, not for profit & collectively run resource centre in North Leeds for people setting up community projects and campaigns, providing advice & tuition, as well as office, IT, art and music facilities.
http://www.pyramid-of-arts.org.uk/
Pyramid of Arts is a Leeds based arts project. We enable people to take part in exciting, empowering arts projects, regardless of their level of disability or disadvantage.
http://www.shoestringtheatre.org.uk/
Shoestring Theatre aims to raise awareness in order to help reduce stigmatisation and discrimination, which are recognised as two key barriers to gaining training, employment and equal access to society in general for people who suffer with a serious mental illness. With this in mind, performances will be targeted to NHS training, carers groups, service user networks, schools and colleges, prison audiences, mainstream theatre spaces and the general public at large.
http://www.through-the-maze.org.uk/pages/
Through the Maze is the Leeds information service for people with a learning disability, their families, carers and other individuals and/or organisations who work with them.
