Arts & Health South West Podcast

Arts & Health South West is a partner in an Erasmus Plus funded project called Art & Social Change, which is developing an experiential art training programme for health workers who work in addiction and recovery. This is the third episode in a special podcast series that explores the work, expertise, and stories of the people doing this work, and what the research is showing the arts & health sector. In this episode we speak with representatives of 'recovery cafes' in Lithuania and the UK to learn about what these venues are and why they are important to addiction and recovery. Joining us are Agne Bykova from Mano Guru, in Vilnius Lithuania and Pete Davies, from CasCade Creative Recovery in Brighton in England. LINKS: Mano Guru - Email address [email protected] - they are really searching for partners willing to change best practice, and to hear from other people. Please write to them. - Mano Guru can be found at Vilniaus g. 22, Labdarių gatvė 1, Vilnius 01402, Lithuania Cascade Creative Recovery - Website https://www.cascadecreativerecovery.org - Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CascadeCreativeRecovery/?ref=br_rs - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cascadecreativerecovery/ - Cascade Coffee Shop can be found at 24 Baker St, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 4JN Also mentioned: - Portraits of Recovery (PORe), Manchester UK: https://www.portraitsofrecovery.org.uk - The UK Recovery Declaration of Rights: http://www.facesandvoicesofrecoveryuk.org/uk-recovery-declaration-rights/ For case studies from the Art & Social Change project’s training programmes, and a range of other resources for more information about the use of art in addiction, recovery, and to combat healthworker burn-out at www.artandsocialchange.eu

Arts & Health South West is a partner in an Erasmus Plus funded project called Art & Social Change, which is developing an experiential art training programme for health workers who work in addiction and recovery. This is the second episode in a special podcast series that explores the work, expertise, and stories of the people doing this work, and what the research is showing the arts & health sector. In this episode we speak with three artists involved with the project: Arturas Dubaka (Lithuania), Giorgio Caione (Italy), and Kate Lodge McCoy (UK). Links: Art & Social Change Website: http://www.artandsocialchange.eu Art & Social Change Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/artandsocialchangeEU/ (UK) Small Performance Adventures: https://smallperformanceadventures.com 'The Washing Up': https://smallperformanceadventures.com/the-washing-up-project/ Cascade Creative Recovery: https://www.cascadecreativerecovery.org Portraits of Recovery: https://www.portraitsofrecovery.org.uk Bristol Drugs Project: https://www.bdp.org.uk Fallen Angels Dance Theatre: http://www.fallenangelsdancetheatre.co.uk The Recoverist Manifesto: https://issuu.com/artsforhealth/docs/rm_online_version (Lithuania) Mano Guru restaurant: http://www.manoguru.lt

Literature Works - Poetry and Memory Loss (11/09/2018) by Arts & Health South West

Arts & Health South West is a partner in an Erasmus Plus funded project developing an experiential art training programme for health workers who work in addiction and recovery. This special podcast series is exploring the work, expertise, and stories of the people doing this work, and what the research is showing the arts & health sector. In this episode we speak to Nuccia Cammara and Dr Theo Stickley about the use of the arts in healthcare settings and in working with people in addiction and recovery, and also about healthcare worker burnout. Nuccia Cammara's work as a social worker in addiction contexts in Sicily, Italy is a foundation to the Art & Social Change project. She is an addiction worker, but she is also an artist. Dr Theo Stickley brings the training and experience of being a mental health nurse and educator. Theo's work and research also attests to the use of participatory arts - particularly in mental health recovery. Find out more about the Art & Social Change Project at http://www.artandsocialchange.eu

In this episode, the first in our Challenge Fund series, we hear from Simon Ripley and Fiona Lovell at Double Elephant Print Workshop in Exeter. In the second half of the episode you can also hear some wonderful snapshots from one of their printmaking sessions. Simon and Fiona talk to Hannah about the challenges of an organisation in its 21st year trying to secure continuing funding. Double Elephant Print Workshop has from the beginning been a shared space where people can come and feel supported in a friendly environment, and interact with happenings in the studio or have space to work under their own steam, and then feel empowered to carry on some of the techniques they’ve learnt, at home. You can find out more about Double Elephant and their courses and workshops by visiting their website at www.doubleelephant.org.uk. Throughout the next few months we’ll be helping them fundraise to support the amazing work they’ve been doing, as part of our Challenge Fund 2018. You can make a donation at https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=RLuWpJ9S3hAQEVsk9BIna8GgqrLGc8ptfULOJmh4GtB9PDDuyCV90yBIp3F5PivBFFGvVm&country.x=GB&locale.x=GB and AHSW will match it!