The 2nd round of the ‘see me’ local grants awards is now complete and a total of £30,937 has been awarded to organisations in Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Dumfries & Galloway, Grampian, Ayrshire & Arran, Highland.
Round 3 launches on 9th August 2010 and will be open to applications from organisations in Lothian, Borders, Forth Valley, Fife & Western Isles. You will be able to download an application form and guidelines from 9th August.
GREATER GLASGOW & CLYDE AWARDS
£4,940 was awarded to Theatre NEMO to run Would you like to be in my shoes? - an Adult Community Animation Workshop.
The project will support, involve and empower a group of adults of all ages from the community who have found themselves or their loved ones on the fringes of, or indeed excluded from mainstream society, because of mental ill-health.
Activities will include storytelling, model making, filming camera work, set building, art work, voice production and recording and editing. A DVD of the animation will be produced to be screened at the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival in October and will be available to continue to deliver the message long after the project is completed.
£1,030 was awarded to NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Creative Forum in Renfrewshire to run ‘Changing Perspectives’ – to design a large mural in Paisley.
Members of the public will be involved in designing a large canvas mural produced in 50 sections that will demonstrate the changing perspectives of mental health. It will challenge public perceptions, attitudes and understanding of stigma and increase understanding of mental health. Professional artists and members of mental health art groups will work side by side in Paisley Shopping Centre to design the smaller sections that will make up the larger mural. On completion the mural will be exhibited in the shopping centre with information available to shoppers of how to support people with mental health problems
AYRSHIRE & ARRAN
£5,000 was awarded to Morven Day Services creative writing group to produce a Creative Writing Anti Stigma booklet. This project aims to utilise existing local media to challenge and potentially change public misconception of mental health and the individuals involved in contributing to the publication will feel valued and experience a sense of achievement. The creative writing group is facilitated and attended by individuals who have experienced some form of mental ill health. A collection of poems and stories looking at the issues and effect of stigma associated with poor mental health will be professionally printed and published. The collated works will be distributed with the local newspaper which has a circulation of approx. 9,000.
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY
£3,258 was awarded to Dumfries and Galloway Mental Health Association to establish an Information Service to deliver relevant and appropriate information about mental health illnesses and how these can be addressed. The project will take a co-operative approach drawing on the experiences and skills of those with, and who have recovered from, mental illness, those who care for and support them and the families and friends affected. It will deliver mental health well-being information through nine outreach visits to communities across Dumfries and Galloway. Local artists will assist in the development of communication and presentation materials.
£1,742 was awarded to Healing Spaces Working Group towards developing a parallel music project to run alongside the ‘see me’ photographic competition exhibitions across Dumfries and Galloway. The music project will have backing music and sound-scapes and a CD will accompany the exhibitions. The Healing Spaces project will ensure that arts and culture are integral to the psychiatric hospital, enhancing the environment and patient experience. It recognises the links between hospital and the home environment in people’s recovery journey. Exhibitions will tour public spaces across Dumfries and Galloway including libraries and Arts Festivals.
HIGHLAND
£5,000 was awarded to Birchwood Highland to combine puppetry skills, personal stories and creative expression to produce ‘Can you see me?’ a puppet show about experiences of mental ill-health and recovery. Puppets have universal appeal, conveying sensitive and emotional stories in interesting and often humorous ways to people of all ages. This makes them an ideal medium for positively responding to challenging issues. The puppet making workshops will draw on personal strengths and experiences, to produce various characters. The projects and puppet shows will also be filmed and screened in community venues during Mental Health Film Festival and also available as a training resource.
GRAMPIAN
£5,000 was awarded to Aberdeenshire Council to develop a social inclusion event in the Garioch area of Aberdeenshire. The vision is for people with lived experience to have the opportunity to play a leading role in their local community’s planning and decision making, through which misconceptions and barriers posed by internal and external stigma associated with mental ill-health may be eliminated. They will have a lead role in planning, organising, reporting and disseminating the findings. Utilising a street map approach, people can reveal when and why they feel excluded in their community. Aspects of community life to be celebrated and barriers to be tackled will be identified. These views will be transformed by a local artist into a comic strip, then developed further into a video presentation to taken to local community organisations.
EQUALITY AWARDS
£3,600 was awarded to Toonspeak Young People’s Theatre to produce The Runaway Mind Train working with young people aged 11-18 years living in North Glasgow. They will develop sessions using drama and theatre techniques to explore the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health in a fun and creative way. The emphasis will be on debunking the myths around mental health and increasing confidence to challenge stigma and discrimination. Ideas the participants generate in the development session will be used to create a piece of theatre which will promote positive images of mental health in an accessible and imaginative way. The project will follow Toonspeak’s Theatre of Empowerment model, designed to be inclusive and remove barriers to participation.
£5,000 was awarded to REACH Community Health Project to develop Gateway to positive health: A BME women’s project aimed at challenging the high levels of stigma and discrimination around mental health issues within BME communities. By facilitating discussion and learning it will lead to the breaking down of barriers to accessing support services and open up life chances for those with mental health issues. The project will employ educators with lived experience of mental health issues who will use their experiences to open up issues of stereotyping and discrimination at structured sessions involving BME women. A report outlining the main learning from the project will be produced.
£1,340 was awarded to Brighter Future at Causeway Integrated Services RAMH to produce a handbook for older adults in East Renfrewshire. A steering group of Brighter Futures peer mentors and service participants have identified the need for accessible, clear and comprehensive information about mental health and well-being in later life. They will develop a handbook which will enable older people to have a clearer understanding of the emotional and practical issues and barriers common in later life; improve understanding of how this can make individuals vulnerable; advice on how to reduce the likelihood of mental health problems and take steps to enable good mental health and well-being; reduce stigma associated with mental health issues. The handbook will include a directory on services and activities accessible for older people throughout East Renfrewshire. The handbook will also be available in an accessible electronic version in other languages, an auditory version and in Braille.
Round 3 launches on 9th August 2010 and will be open to applications from organisations in Lothian, Borders, Forth Valley, Fife & Western Isles. You will be able to download an application form and guidelines from 9th August.
2ND ROUND AWARDS
GREATER GLASGOW & CLYDE AWARDS
£4,940 was awarded to Theatre NEMO to run Would you like to be in my shoes? - an Adult Community Animation Workshop.
The project will support, involve and empower a group of adults of all ages from the community who have found themselves or their loved ones on the fringes of, or indeed excluded from mainstream society, because of mental ill-health.
Activities will include storytelling, model making, filming camera work, set building, art work, voice production and recording and editing. A DVD of the animation will be produced to be screened at the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival in October and will be available to continue to deliver the message long after the project is completed.
£1,030 was awarded to NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Creative Forum in Renfrewshire to run ‘Changing Perspectives’ – to design a large mural in Paisley.
Members of the public will be involved in designing a large canvas mural produced in 50 sections that will demonstrate the changing perspectives of mental health. It will challenge public perceptions, attitudes and understanding of stigma and increase understanding of mental health. Professional artists and members of mental health art groups will work side by side in Paisley Shopping Centre to design the smaller sections that will make up the larger mural. On completion the mural will be exhibited in the shopping centre with information available to shoppers of how to support people with mental health problems
AYRSHIRE & ARRAN
£5,000 was awarded to Morven Day Services creative writing group to produce a Creative Writing Anti Stigma booklet. This project aims to utilise existing local media to challenge and potentially change public misconception of mental health and the individuals involved in contributing to the publication will feel valued and experience a sense of achievement. The creative writing group is facilitated and attended by individuals who have experienced some form of mental ill health. A collection of poems and stories looking at the issues and effect of stigma associated with poor mental health will be professionally printed and published. The collated works will be distributed with the local newspaper which has a circulation of approx. 9,000.
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY
£3,258 was awarded to Dumfries and Galloway Mental Health Association to establish an Information Service to deliver relevant and appropriate information about mental health illnesses and how these can be addressed. The project will take a co-operative approach drawing on the experiences and skills of those with, and who have recovered from, mental illness, those who care for and support them and the families and friends affected. It will deliver mental health well-being information through nine outreach visits to communities across Dumfries and Galloway. Local artists will assist in the development of communication and presentation materials.
£1,742 was awarded to Healing Spaces Working Group towards developing a parallel music project to run alongside the ‘see me’ photographic competition exhibitions across Dumfries and Galloway. The music project will have backing music and sound-scapes and a CD will accompany the exhibitions. The Healing Spaces project will ensure that arts and culture are integral to the psychiatric hospital, enhancing the environment and patient experience. It recognises the links between hospital and the home environment in people’s recovery journey. Exhibitions will tour public spaces across Dumfries and Galloway including libraries and Arts Festivals.
HIGHLAND
£5,000 was awarded to Birchwood Highland to combine puppetry skills, personal stories and creative expression to produce ‘Can you see me?’ a puppet show about experiences of mental ill-health and recovery. Puppets have universal appeal, conveying sensitive and emotional stories in interesting and often humorous ways to people of all ages. This makes them an ideal medium for positively responding to challenging issues. The puppet making workshops will draw on personal strengths and experiences, to produce various characters. The projects and puppet shows will also be filmed and screened in community venues during Mental Health Film Festival and also available as a training resource.
GRAMPIAN
£5,000 was awarded to Aberdeenshire Council to develop a social inclusion event in the Garioch area of Aberdeenshire. The vision is for people with lived experience to have the opportunity to play a leading role in their local community’s planning and decision making, through which misconceptions and barriers posed by internal and external stigma associated with mental ill-health may be eliminated. They will have a lead role in planning, organising, reporting and disseminating the findings. Utilising a street map approach, people can reveal when and why they feel excluded in their community. Aspects of community life to be celebrated and barriers to be tackled will be identified. These views will be transformed by a local artist into a comic strip, then developed further into a video presentation to taken to local community organisations.
EQUALITY AWARDS
£3,600 was awarded to Toonspeak Young People’s Theatre to produce The Runaway Mind Train working with young people aged 11-18 years living in North Glasgow. They will develop sessions using drama and theatre techniques to explore the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health in a fun and creative way. The emphasis will be on debunking the myths around mental health and increasing confidence to challenge stigma and discrimination. Ideas the participants generate in the development session will be used to create a piece of theatre which will promote positive images of mental health in an accessible and imaginative way. The project will follow Toonspeak’s Theatre of Empowerment model, designed to be inclusive and remove barriers to participation.
£5,000 was awarded to REACH Community Health Project to develop Gateway to positive health: A BME women’s project aimed at challenging the high levels of stigma and discrimination around mental health issues within BME communities. By facilitating discussion and learning it will lead to the breaking down of barriers to accessing support services and open up life chances for those with mental health issues. The project will employ educators with lived experience of mental health issues who will use their experiences to open up issues of stereotyping and discrimination at structured sessions involving BME women. A report outlining the main learning from the project will be produced.
£1,340 was awarded to Brighter Future at Causeway Integrated Services RAMH to produce a handbook for older adults in East Renfrewshire. A steering group of Brighter Futures peer mentors and service participants have identified the need for accessible, clear and comprehensive information about mental health and well-being in later life. They will develop a handbook which will enable older people to have a clearer understanding of the emotional and practical issues and barriers common in later life; improve understanding of how this can make individuals vulnerable; advice on how to reduce the likelihood of mental health problems and take steps to enable good mental health and well-being; reduce stigma associated with mental health issues. The handbook will include a directory on services and activities accessible for older people throughout East Renfrewshire. The handbook will also be available in an accessible electronic version in other languages, an auditory version and in Braille.