Creative Minds is a charity hosted by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust that integrates creativity and the arts into mainstream health and wellbeing practice.
The charity delivers and runs projects that develop individuals’ and communities’ mental, physical and psychological wellbeing.
Its approach towards creative activities, sports and hobbies is designed to:
- boost confidence and self-esteem by providing opportunities to discover new, exciting activities and experiences
- develop social skills and promote social integration by connecting participants with like-minded people
- create a sense of purpose by creating communities around shared passions
- improve quality of life by making new friends at events and activities hosted by Creative Minds and its partners.
Since its launch in November 2011, Creative Minds has enabled over 500 projects inside and outside of NHS services. Its work benefits more than 6,500 people per year.
For the full story of this initiative see Creative Minds
