An introduction to good practice using arts and culture, for the prevention and early support of mental health, specifically with asylum seekers and refugees in the UK

1. An introduction to good practice using arts and culture,
for the prevention and early support of mental health,
specifically with asylum seekers and refugees in the UK
Helen Shearn Head of Arts Strategy
Picture : Alignment by George Harding. Courtesy of Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust

3. Art Works.
It works on the level of personal communication and
catharsis;
it works to help build fragmented identities;
it works to give people a routine and hands-on activity
that evolves, confronts and surprises;
It works to communicate;
to unify parts of us and to bring us together with others;
to open our eyes and show us new ways of thinking about
the human condition in all its sometimes puzzling forms.
Dr Olivia Sagan

4. Thou Art a film of first person narratives
that tells the story of the lives of artists
in which both mental illness and art
have played a major role.
https://vimeo.com/25972119

5. “I have been suffering from serious anxiety and depression for many years.
When I took up painting, I discovered that this was the best cure for my illness.
Now I use colours not pills to calm me down.”

7. What is Mental Wellbeing?
“A dynamic state, in which the individual is able to
develop their potential, work productively and creatively,
build strong and positive relationships with others, and
contribute to their community. It is enhanced when an
individual is able to fulfil their personal and social goals
and achieve a sense of purpose in society.”
Foresight (2009) Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing Project (2008).

8. Contributing factors to mental ill health

9. 5 Ways to Wellbeing
New Economics Foundation - nef
https://vimeo.com/125801263
This film was made as a collaboration between
the Social Inclusion Hope and Recovery Project (SHARP)
and Michelle McNary, film maker and mental health service user.

10. https://www.wheelofwellbeing.org
https://vimeo.com/78341358
W oW Yourself
Resources > WoW website > WoW Yourself
(Based on social learning
theory of behaviour change)

11. http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=105935

12. Mental'Health'of'Older'Adults'and'Demen4a'!
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http://outreach-europe.eu/?page_id=14
http://outreach-europe.eu/wp-
content/uploads/Survey.report.Outreach.s3.pdf

13. Research & publications

15. http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/Value_arts_culture_evidence_review.pdf

16. AESOP- Arts Enterprise with a social purpose ae-sop.org

18. All Parliamentary
Party Group
on Arts, Health
& Wellbeing
and Inquiry report

19. Alignment & partnerships
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/public-services/cultural-commissioning-programme
https://museumsandwellbeingalliance.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/guidance-for-museums-final.pdf

20. Co-production-
with and ‘not’ for people
The GSTC Hub model follows a key principle: working ‘with’
and not ‘for’ people #beyondhealthcare

22. Snapshot of SLaM’s Arts Network
The Service User
SLaM Art
Therapies
Arts in
SLaM
Community
Arts in Mental
Health
projects
Creative
Writing &
Story
telling
Dance &
movement
Drama and
TheatreFilm,
Photo,
animation
Museums,
Galleries &
exhibitions
Music &
singing
Festivals,
conference
and Fairs
Education,
Training and
Research
Arts &
Health
Networks
& Funders
Bethlem Gallery and
Museum of the MindLong Gallery Maudsley
Salome gallery
@ SHARP
Thou Art Film

23. London Boroughs and the Journeys of Appreciation Programme (JOAP)

24. SLaM is an Associate of Tate Exchange