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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
Your feedback is very important to us, and we're making some changes in response to what you're telling us about how you'd like to use Start2. Read more here...
How are the public using Start2? Feedback and news stories for Spring 2013...Read more here....
Read about users' experiences at Start. In this story, Mark tells us about the importance of reflecting on his progress through a diary...Read the story here...
6 years on, our creative wellbeing resource pack is still popular. Read more here...
Read about users' experiences at Start. In this story, we meet Kyle and hear about his experiences in embracing the wellbeing themes that underlie the art projects at Start. Read the story here...
Read about local singer songwriter's bid to help Start.More here
Enjoy a wellbeing trail and interactive display at Manchester Art Gallery that has been produced in partnership with Start, or visit Start2 at www.start2.co.uk to try the trail online. 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...
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 - 2012. 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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