Odd Arts harnesses the power of theatre to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people in Manchester.
- Projects are underpinned by theatre but often use other media to challenge and change attitudes and behaviours.
- Odd Arts has developed a 12-week ‘Wellbeing your way’ programme using the creative arts to enable young people facing mental health issues to understand the world and themselves differently.
- Alongside one to one and group sessions, the programme had been developed to offer participants access to a wide variety of cultural, volunteering and work experience opportunities.
- Chimo has funded Odd Arts for 4 years enabling the appointment of new member of staff to develop and expand the Wellbeing your way programme.
Creativity harnesses the social capital of people to connect and support each other improving community mental health and happiness
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