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Creativity4Health - Improving the health and wellbeing of looked after children, young people and care leavers through creativity. Context. Creativity4health is a 3 year project and is just one of 62 projects forming part of the NHS South East Chances4Change portfolio.

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  1. Creativity4Health - Improving the health and wellbeing of looked after children, young people and care leavers through creativity.

  2. Context • Creativity4health is a 3 year project and is just one of 62 projects forming part of the NHS South East Chances4Change portfolio. • Chances4Change is funded by the Big Lottery Fund wellbeing program and Arts Council England. • The Creativity4Health project is delivered through 18 South East local authority partners who facilitate a range of creative arts • Wherever, possible we encourage foster carers to mutually participate in these activities.

  3. Rationale • Young people’s response to the consultation on the Care Matters Green Paper. • Young people wanted to be able to participate in a wider range of activities & their carers to be more involved in activities with them. • Care Matters: challenged all local authorities to make more use of their resources to give improved opportunities for young people in their care.

  4. Partners have 4 Key Aims • Develop a range of creative activities involving children in care care leavers, foster carers & residential carers to encourage physical activity & mental well-being. • Encourage carers and social workers to support the involvement in creative activities by their children in care. • Encourage children in care and care leavers to participate in the Arts Award programme and hopefully though some of them, to encourage other children in care to participate in creative activities. • Build effective local working arrangements between local Children’s Services, Care providers and Arts Officers/providers.

  5. Beneficiaries… • 12 foster carers. • 25 children in care and/or care leavers • 4 children in care or care leavers in gaining Youth Arts Awards • 25 others as audience members

  6. Each partner received… • 2 days creative consultancy • A pump-priming grant (£3,000 for Unitary Authorities or £4,000 for Shires) to develop local activities. • Online resources e.g. web site, good practice, training and postcard activities. • Celebratory event, buddying & networking opportunities, evaluation etc.

  7. Examples of creative activities… • Therapeutic horticulture • Picnic taster days and workshops • Mask making and animation • Walled garden and woodcraft • Mosaic, Totem Poles, Graffiti art, Den making • Circus skills; street dance, DJing, Music lessons • Pantomime schedule across whole year • Art festival and Art exhibitions • Drama and theatre skills • Live music events and competitions

  8. Website content includes… The creative kitchen: Full of inspiration and ideas for carers and young people The Event pages: Promotion of the celebratory event

  9. Postcards A selection of promotional postcards created to inspire carers and drive them to the website to find out more…

  10. What we’ve achieved Year 1: • We have established a Creativity4Health Steering Group • Recruited first wave of local authority partners • Developed ideas for resources and inducting 2nd and 3rd wave In Year 2 we will: • Evaluate & feedback Year 1 activities to inform 2nd year. • Recruited 2nd wave of 7 LA’s supported to develop local activities. • Develop & pilot training programme for carers & care leavers. • Commissioned providers for website and celebratory event Year 3 we will • Recruited final 3rd wave of 7 LA’s in project. • Established website and physical resources • Facilitate a regional celebratory event involving young people & carers across SE region. • Delivered foster carer training programme • Developed and published good practice guide.

  11. Suggestions and Recommendations • On transition in and out of care prioritise helping C&YP to comprehend, separate, digest their experiences so that they can disclose safely & receive the appropriate supportive response. • Tell and sell health services/processes through age appropriate translations – entitlements, expectations of standards and quality assurance feedback mechanisms • Use creative health methods not just bureaucratic & clinical diagnostic tools e.g. feelings and wishes and life story work and journaling (ongoing voice) • Equip foster/kinship carers to have a better understanding and effective response to wellbeing of C&YP that transcends just the domestic sphere e.g. champion, broker, support access • Consider inclusive and creative approaches to forging an ongoing dialogue with young people in planning and evaluating services ensure this is qualitative and first hand

  12. Contact details… Helen Mason Creativity4Health Project Co-ordinator h_mason@btconnect.com 01327 354 630 07918732460

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