As with all projects, its been quiet here for a while, but I’m happy to say, we have submitted a funding bid to start the ball rolling on our new arts project. Initially we started with big ideas, nothing wrong with dreaming big, but we soon discovered we needed to walk before we could run, so our 8 week pilot project is the first step.
We have been invited to apply for funding locally for this first programme and decided that was a better option that jumping in big for a large arts council bid. We’ll get some experience with arts projects before doing that.
The arts and the benefit for our mental health is well documented, but the literature on arts, outdoors and our mental wellbeing is quite limited. My background with using ecotherapy and forest school techniques has become really helpful with this project and working with respected Mental Health professionals is a real hounour, I’m learning so much from them.
Over this xmas break, I’m going to do some site visits to gain inspiration for how the project will run in terms of making and hopefully do some site specific responses that participants will be able to join in with too.
