Arts on prescription

Arts and Minds uses the arts to help people living with mental health challenges. Their programmes are diverse and include: 1) Arts on prescription - the arts workshops are friendly and inclusive spaces for adults over the age of 18 who are experiencing mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression. Led by a professional artist and a qualified counsellor, they offer the chance to explore working with a wide range of materials and techniques, including drawing, printmaking and sculpture. They run Arts on Prescription programmes in Cambridge, St Ives and Peterborough; 2) Michaelhouse Singers - is a welcoming community choir open to anybody with a mental health condition and their carers and friends. Young people over 12 years are welcome to attend with an accompanying adult and the gatherings are weekly at the Michaelhouse Centre in Cambridge; 3) Pottery for younger people with dementia - this programme provides a safe and therapeutic environment for participants diagnosed with dementia early in life.
Sessions allow attendees to show ability and enjoy success within a safe and social setting, experience handling clay and be guided and supported to make objects which will then be glazed and professionally fired. 4) Creative break - art sessions for corporate clients and other organisations committed to supporting the mental wellbeing of their employees.