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Imaginary spaces

Project title

Espaces Imaginaires

Description of initiative

Imaginary Spaces project was designed to support, through creativity, the hospitalization of adolescents and young adults staying in the Onco-Hematology Department of the Edouard Rist Clinic. Hospitalized for the cancer follow-up care, often far from their families and their homes, this space allows them to take a break and find their bearings. On Thursday afternoons, they are offered a workshop time with activities around plastic creation, graphic design and writing. This program facilitates the following objectives: to explore, to be surprised, to escape and to gain confidence and autonomy.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Quality of spaces and built environments
Quality of services for specific groups

Keywords

art therapy, cancer, youth, empowerment

Target group

Children | Youth

Cultural field

Design | Other | Writing

Timeframe

2008 - present

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

Experience has shown that these workshops contribute in particular to fostering compliance with care, an essential element for the success of the care project and the return to health.

Organizer(s)

Médecins de l’Imaginaire
France
NGO / Non-profit | Culture

Partner(s)

Clinique Edouard Rist
France
Public / State | Health