Work on design of new Hub to launch on March 20th
Over the past 25 years, Heads Together has been involved in a vast range of projects, using a complete range of art-forms and learning processes.
Based on that experience, we believe in focusing on ambitious, long-term programmes of work where we really have a chance to impact on a place or an issue over time.
We currently have three main programmes of work across Yorkshire:
Two Valleys Radio, East Leeds FM and All In The Mind.
All In The Mind
Introduction
All in the Mind is an ongoing partnership between Heads Together and Bradford District Care Trust (BDCT) which was initiated by the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team. Currently the team is working in residence at Lynfield Mount Psychiatric Hospital.
Purpose
The project aims to find ways to improve communication about mental health issues; particularly at the point of crisis. How to better structure the information given to people in distress, their families and friends?
Details
The main themes we are currently working on:
- An active hospital: Making sense of the time between eating, sleeping and taking the drugs.
- Narrative: Using narrative to aid communication between staff, service-users and their families; in order to promote hope and understanding.
- Environment: Developing the use of the physical environment of the hospital in order to better communicate and stimulate.
Latest News
Using the walls to communicate
12 October 2011
Lizzie Coombes is developing designs in the Hub on Wykebeck Ward
All in the Mind Newsletter
23 February 2011
Newsletter from our Arts and Mental Health programme of work in partnership with Bradford District Care Trust
By using creative approaches such as art, writing and photography, Heads Together have brought a fresh approach to an area that few have regarded as a priority. Their creativity, imagination and integrity are enabling progress that could not be achieved through traditional approaches.
Stephen McGowan
Bradford & Airedale Lead for Early Intervention in Psychosis
Funding & Partners
Funding
The project has been awarded funding from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation who are particularly interested in improving integration for people facing disadvantage. Being diagnosed with a mental illness has such a profound effect on someone's identity, as well as how the person is viewed by their family, their peers and by society at large. Improving understanding is a key factor in improving integration. The project aims to inform discussions and practice at a regional and national level.
Partners
All in the Mind is a long-term partnership with the Bradford and Airedale District Care Trust. As part of the process a steering group has been set up for the project consisting of a range of professionals involved in the arts and mental health fields.
