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24 April 2024

Destigmatising mental illness through art & shared spaces: KAOS in Belgium

Erik Thys
With their strong belief that art can help destigmatise mental illness, Brussels based arts organisation KAOS run artists' residencies in psychiatric hospitals, bringing together artists with and without mental health problems.
Arts
12 April 2024

Brighton’s Creatively Minded Men: projects by Fabrica

Clare Hankinson
With a higher than average male suicide rate, Brighton & Hove Public Health first invested in a Men's Shed run by arts organisation, Fabrica, now vastly oversubscribed. Fabrica's Clare Hankinson shares their model.
Arts
8 March 2024

The need for an LGBT+ Action Plan from a future Government

Baroness Ruth Hunt of Bethnal Green
Prime Ministers with action plans have delivered important changes from the repeal of section 28 under Blair to the introduction of same-sex marriage by Cameron. Here's why the next UK Government needs an action plan too.
International Development
4 March 2024

Uncovering the harms of Prevent: an update from Rights & Security International

Jacob Smith, Rights & Security International
RSI's work is revealing increasing problems and harms caused by ‘Prevent’, particularly around data collection, the independence of the recent review, and surveillance in schools. Read Jacob's blog to find out more.
Strengthening Civil Society
6 February 2024

Starting the year with laughter – creative ageing and comedy

David Cutler
Why don't we see more comedy in creative ageing?
Arts
23 January 2024

Where next? Progression opportunities for participants in arts and mental health

Harriet Lowe
How do arts and mental health organisations respond to the personal and artistic development needs and aspirations of participants? Here's a look at some examples, with the help of five brilliant organisations from the field.
Arts
23 January 2024

To Newcastle and back: my journey in Arts and Mental Health

Anne Johnson, textile artist & tutor
Anne is a textile artist & tutor who started out her journey at North Tyneside Art Studio in the 1990s, and has since had a vibrant artistic career, by way of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the New Orleans Mardi Gras, and more.
Arts
17 January 2024

A review of 2023: a message from our Chair

Lucy de Groot CBE
Our Chair of Trustees, Lucy de Groot, reflects on the Baring Foundation's 2023.
Other
10 January 2024

Challenging the hostile environment against Gypsies and Travellers

Abbie Kirkby, Friends, Families & Travellers
How strategic litigation provides a new tool in a national charity’s arsenal towards tackling longstanding and deeply embedded injustice against Britain’s Romany Gypsy, Irish Traveller and nomadic communities.
Strengthening Civil Society
29 November 2023

Creatively Minded at the Cinema

David Cutler
There are relatively few examples of (good) film-making about mental health or participatory film-making for mental health: an area ripe for development?
Arts