All creative projects enable learning and some are designed specifically to share experiences and knowledge. Some are specifically about professional or personal development for healthcare professionals or artists. Conference and advocacy work brings awareness of the arts and health field to large audiences.
HOPWOOD HALL COLLEGE
Project Manager(s): ROB VALEProject Artist(s): ADELA JONES2006 to 2007
Project Artist(s): ADELA JONES2006 to 2007
Following a successful bid for £5,800 from the Rochdale Youth Opportunity Fund, artist Adela Jones worked with students from Hopwood Hall College, creating work for a permanent exhibition within Rochdale Infirmary.The work was about the students' perception of Rochdale and its communities in its broadest form.
Best Practice
Project Manager(s): Rob ValeProject Artist(s): -2007
Project Artist(s): -2007
In this project, a film was created highlighting the many groups who represent models of best practice across the trust. This included walking groups CAN, Race for Life, Pulmonary Rehab, Rochdale Players and others. The groups or individuals were visited, and filmed undertaking their various activities, and the resulting film was shown at the Pennine Acute Trust annual Best Practice Conference.
Juice
Project Manager(s): Kim WiltshireProject Artist(s): -2005 to 2007
Project Artist(s): -2005 to 2007
JUICE is a three year film and workshop project exploring alcohol misuse among young people in Greater Manchester
Losing it
Project Manager(s): Kim WiltshireProject Artist(s): -2005 to 2007
Project Artist(s): -2005 to 2007
'Losing It' is a film from the pilot phase of the Juice project. Funded through Manchester City Council's Cultural Strategy Team/NRF, the project worked with young people across Manchester, using creative workshops in script writing, film making, acting and music. Groups worked with included Young Travellers, LGYM, Plant Hill Youth Club, Water Activity Centre, Young Carers and The Manchester Foyer. The process was also evaluated by a research team from Lifeline.
milk myths
Project Manager(s): rob vale Project Artist(s): louise gardiner2007
Project Artist(s): louise gardiner2007
Working with Val Finigan, infant feeding co-ordinator for Pennine Acute Trust, Lime made a successful bid for £5,575 from Awards for All. This was used to commission artist Louise Gardiner to work directly with breastfeeding support groups across the trust, collecting their views on breastfeeding myths and misnomers.
POPPs Scheme
Project Manager(s): Kim WiltshireProject Artist(s): -2007
Project Artist(s): -2007
The Lime Arts and Health Partnership for Older People's Project's scheme was built on the success of the Pathways project - a three year programme working with communities using creativity to explore issues around mental health and well being. Pathways was aimed at under 25s as well as over 50s, however with the POPPs scheme we could concentrate on rolling out creative sessions for older people across Manchester.
THE BROADOAK SUITE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Fairfield General HospitalProject Manager(s): ROB VALEProject Artist(s): WARREN GRIME et al2007
Project Artist(s): WARREN GRIME et al2007
The Broadoak Suite Restaurant at Fairfield General Hospital, Bury, is undergoing a substantial refurbishment scheme, and as part of this the largest wall in the restaurant was to be covered with a 10 metre long photograph. An open competition was held calling for professional and amateur photographers to submit black and white images in any style, with any subject - abstract, landscape, macro, people-based - but in some way related to the surrounding area and/or communities of the hospital, Bury or the district in its broadest sense.
UNABLE TO STOP BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE
Project Manager(s): ROB VALEProject Artist(s): RACHELL GOODYEAR2006
Project Artist(s): RACHELL GOODYEAR2006
Unable to Stop Because They Were Too Close to the Line is collection of drawings shown for the first time at Fairfield Hospital. It was created by Salford-based artist Rachel Goodyear, who underwent six months chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Lime commissioned Rachel to create a series of new drawings, as a visual interpretation of her experiences as both patient and artist.
From Inside Out, We Are All The Same
Environmental Arts Programme, Withington Community Hospital, ManchesterPCTProject Manager(s): Helen KitchenProject Artist(s): Diane Pagan2006
Project Artist(s): Diane Pagan2006
Artist Diane Pagan worked with students from local schools to create individual collaged artwork based around medical images of a renal artery, an iris of an eye, an ear cartilage, a blood clot, a white blood cell, a ciliated cell, kidney blood vessels and a synaptic junction. Lead artist Diane then designed 5 large murals incorporating the students artwork. The artwork is located on the ground floor, main corridor at Withington Community Hospital.