Arts for the Blues is involved in a new mental health project for children and young people which has won £2.5million from UKRI.
The Arts4Us project will bring together the best practice in arts and arts therapies in one digital platform, making it easier for young people and their families to find crucial help. It comes at a time when one in five children and young people are struggling with their mental health as they transition from childhood to adolescence.
University of Salford Co-Investigators Scott Thurston and Joanna Omylinska-Thurston will work alongside Primary Investigator Vicky Karkou (Edge Hill) together with more than 50 partners from academic institutions, NHS trusts, schools and community organisations across the North West including Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, BarrowFull, Ludus, DanceSyndrome, Kendal Windows on Art, More Music, Artz Centre, Gregson Community and Arts Centre, Blaze Arts, Liverpool Learning Partnership, Alder Hey Childrens Charity Within Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Tate Liverpool, Everton in the Community, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Liverpool Lighthouse Community, Grow wellbeing, Poetry Society, Odds Arts, Savera, Pulse Regeneration, Kooth, Edge Hill University, University of Salford, University of Liverpool, Kings College, University of East Anglia, University of Lincoln, Institute of Development Studies.
See here for a short film about the project.
See here for a University of Salford article on the project.