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Start mc
Start in Manchester is an Arts and Mental Health Project for Adults.
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust is applying for Foundation Trust status, giving the people who use its services, carers, staff and the general public more say in the way services are delivered.
For more information, to become a member and share your views please go to www.mhsc.nhs.uk/ft.
News
The beautiful 'Held' exhibition goes on show for the last time at Norton Priory Museum and Gardens, Runcorn, from November 2nd to 30th October 2011. Read more here
Read about local singer songwriter's bid to help Start.More here
Latest news and views on our new online service Start2, and watch our 2 minute promotional movie. Read more here
Start2 is a new website bringing the benefits of Start's unique way of working to all, currently in creation. Read more here
Saturday 21st May 2011 sees the launch of Start's new wellbeing trail leaflet and interactive displays at Manchester Art Gallery. Produced in partnership with the gallery, these resources look at the use of body language in paintings. They are the result of a 15 week course on photography and body language, run at the gallery by Start and gallery staff for members of the public and people from Start. Read more here...
'Health Rocks' - Launch of well being leaflet and display of beautiful hand made books on display in a showcase in the Fossils and Minerals Gallery at The Manchester Museum. Read more here ...
Home study helps Start students to get creative. Read more here
An accolade for Start from the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. Read more here...
Articles published in professional journals. Read more here...
About
Start mc
Start mc helps people to improve, maintain and protect their mental well-being through art and gardening. Our service users are recovering from a period of serious and long-term mental ill-health, and want to use art to build confidence, self-esteem and practical life skills. Read more about Start mc
Interested in joining Start? read more…
Read more about our studios and visit our galleries
Special !
‘Create Space’ - Start mc’s on-line publication encourages us all to get creative. Our ‘Mind-boosting’ activity sheets give you the low-down. more…
Start mc Latest Newsletter - December 2009. Download it here…
What
Users
Say
Read what people who use the service say about their experiences at Start mc, how it has helped them, and why they would recommend art to others as a healing experience Read more here…
Publications
and
Articles
Creating evidence that what we do works is something that concerns us very much at Start mc. We evaluate our major projects and set our findings within the context of current research around art and mental well-being. Read more about our work here
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