PROJECT UPDATE 2012
- Are over achieving on targets with 464 beneficiaires to date.
- Engaging well with NWPHO evaluation with over 200 questionnaires returned to date. Plus additional qualitative evaluation in the form of video and performance.
- Working on Arts On Prescription 2, which will be bigger and more ambitous. Have successfully secured funding from Lancashire CC for this.
- Plus have submitted both a Change and an Impact funding application to BIG.

A GP referral route for people with mild mental health issues. The project seeks to raise confidence levels and the self-esteem of beneficiaries, as part of a support mechanism designed to prevent individuals developing more serious mental health issues.

“This course really helped me to tackle my depression head on and built up my self confidence from nothing to sky high”
Participant

Recently, Arts on Prescription was recognised nationally when The
Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health invited Arts on
Prescription to take part in its 2010 Seminar Series at the University Centre Folkestone.