CoolTan Arts – enhancing well-being through the power of creativity, Mental Health & Social Inclusion, 2010 May; 14(2): 12-6
CoolTan Arts contact Kathrin Kirrmann, Communications Officer, CoolTan Arts, Unit B 237 Walworth Road, London SE17 1RL.
- ‘Less depressed, stopped self-harming,
medication reduction, no longer have a
social worker and coping with stress better. I
also have a partner and am in a relationship
after two years of not being able to leave my
home.’ (X, participant)
Abstract:
This article is a profile of CoolTan Arts, a pioneering arts and mental heath charity based in South London that believes that mental well-being is enhanced by the power of creativity. CoolTan Arts exists to inspire the well-being and creative participation of a diverse range of people through the production of quality arts. It is a participant-led organisation, run by and for adults experiencing mental distress, underpinning all its activities with advocacy. Totally unique in its approach, CoolTan Arts integrates people with serious and common mental distress with the general public through its gallery and public events.
Lancashire Care staff can request the full-text of this paper, email: susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk
Filed under: art therapy, OT - Evidence Based OT, OT - Occupational Therapy, Patient Experiences, recovery, social inclusion, well-being Tagged: | art therapy, arts, creativity, expression, hope, Occupational therapy, OT, poetry, recovery, self-esteem, serious mental illness, smi, social inclusion, volunteering, wellbeing
