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Start service 2008 – 2009 – quality and innovation in NHS service delivery
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust : together we are better
creativity, self-care and wellbeing – performance report 2008 - 2009
Praise from the Top
When Professor Louis Appleby, Director
for Mental Health (England) came to visit
our ‘Held’ exhibition at Manchester Art
Gallery, and to open our ‘Arts in Recovery of
Mental Health’ seminar, he said:
“I am a big fan of Start and the tremendous
work they do. I love the philosophy that
anyone can get involved in art and this is
really pioneering work. The work on display
here succeeds as art, as a project in its own
right that is fit for public display.”
Read more about ‘Held’ and the
tremendous public response on page 4
Start: An Impactful Approach
John Boyington, Head of Mental Health and
Director for the Mental Health Improvement
Programme NHS North West, launched ‘Held’
at the Manchester Art Gallery. To the 350
people present, he expressed admiration for the
work and the approach taken by the Start users
and staff to mental health issues. He highlighted
the likely positive impacts on public attitudes
and especially commended the platform the
exhibition gave for users to share their
knowledge and experience. In praising the
courage of those communicating often difficult
issues, John closed by saying that viewers would
be inspired, challenged, provoked and amused, but above all affected by what they saw.
Start
John
Boyington launches the exhibition at
Manchester Art Gallery
Professor Louis Appleby at ‘Held’, chatting to Start Lead Artist Wendy Teall, MMHSCT Medical Director Mark Spurrell and Start Occupational Therapist Juliette Angus
Award-winning Start
Winning the Trust Star Award for
Innovation in March 2009 was a great
accolade for the team and service users,
and we were all delighted to be
recognised for the improvements and developments we have lead.
The Start team with their Star Award for Innovation, at the
ceremony earlier this year, where actress Julie Hesmondhalgh (Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street) presented the awards. Julie is patron of the mental health charity Maundy Relief based in Accrington.
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Top Ten Start: A Service with Integrity
Professor Aidan Halligan, former
Director of Governance for the NHS, who launched the exhibition ‘Now,
Voyager’ in 2006, described this
achievement as “exceptional and extraordinary.” He went on to say:
“I believe that the recognition of the
‘Now, Voyager’ scheme reflects a growing
understanding that there is so much
more to healing than medication, time
with a doctor or nurse, or admission to
a hospital…For too long now, the
solution to the NHS’ ills has been
considered to lie in targets and more
money.
The real solution lies in discovering the
soul of the NHS and putting ourselves,
as much as humanly possible, into the
shoes of those who are the recipients of
its care. What ‘Now, Voyager’ does more
than any other intervention that I have
encountered to date is to give the NHS
back its soul.”
Top Ten Start
Start has been given a great accolade from
the NHS Institute for Innovation and
Improvement. Through recognition of the gallery partnership project and exhibition
‘Now, Voyager’, our service has been hailed
by the Institute as one of the ten most
innovative services in the whole NHS,
through the publication of the book ‘10
reasons to be proud’.
Raising the profile of the Trust
2010 calendar: Foundation Trust launch
The warm reception given by the public to ‘Held’,
which attracted 125,000 visitors, led us to create a
calendar for the Trust based on the exhibition
artwork. This will help launch the Trust campaign to
convert to Foundation Trust status.
For the calendar images we asked two dancers to
interact in expressive ways with some of the ‘Held’
artworks. Each page features a striking image,
together with quotes from people using services
across the Trust. 10,000 calendars will be
distributed later this year as part of the Foundation
Trust campaign.
To find out how to get your copy, call the
Foundation Trust Project Team on 0161 277 1222.
Representing the Trust
Mental Health Today
By special invitation, Start had a stand at the
prestigious Mental Health Today event which, for the
first time, ran at Gmex, Manchester.
Start was also invited to publish a follow-up article in
the Mental Health Today journal, which concludes its
series on ‘Arts and Opportunity’. Read the articles at
Start’s website – www.startmc.org.uk
The Start stand at the
Gmex Mental Health Today event
Images from the Trust 2010 Calendar
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NHS Values: Everyone Counts
Self-care with a difference
When Mike Farrar, Chief Executive for NHS North West, launched Start’s popular healthy
head toolkit ‘Create Space’ he praised it as
innovative and full of potential for helping all
of us to deal better with everyday stresses
and strains in our busy lives.
Mike went on to encourage Start to develop
the self-care aware ideas in ‘Create Space’,
and this year we have produced a brand new
creativity and wellbeing publication.
Launched at the ‘Held’ exhibition, the ‘Get
Creative’ booklet is produced by Start in
partnership with Manchester Public Health
Development Service, Manchester Community
Health and Manchester Art Gallery. It’s packed
full of creative things to do, as well as tips
and advice about mental health. Gallery staff
say the booklets have walked off their racks.
In tandem with ‘Get Creative’, we also designed
and launched the Manchester Art Gallery
Wellbeing Trail leaflet. Created by Start users,
with gallery and Start staff, this leaflet takes
gallery visitors on a walk around the gallery
with wellbeing in mind. Six paintings are
reproduced, accompanied by simple wellbeing
exercises to try. During the exhibition, this trail
was animated by live music as a special public
event, courtesy of the Royal Northern College
of Music.
‘Create Space’ continues to be regularly
downloaded by people as far afield as the
USA. Because of this, Start service users and
staff plan to develop more web-based self-help
downloads in the coming year.
Self-care aware
Susan Summers, Assistant Director for
Quality Assurance and Self Care,
Performance, Nursing and Quality for NHS North West, was also impressed by
‘Create Space’. She invited Start to present
at the Self Care forum last year, and this
year at the NHS NW Self Care Aware
conference in Liverpool.
On visiting ‘Held’ she again praised Start’s
unique approach to self care, and
commented:
“The messages behind each of the exhibits
is deeply profound. I found the whole
experience visually stimulating, mentally
thought provoking, and on a humanistic
level, very humbling.”
NHS NW also invited Start to exhibit at
their stand at the NHS Innovation Expo in
London, as an example of an outstanding
service within the region.
Left: The brand
new’ Get Creative’ booklet,
launched at the ‘Held’ exhibition.
Top right: the popular download
‘Create Space’. Bottom right: the new Gallery Wellbeing Trail
leaflet
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NHS Values: Everyone Counts
Partnerships in the Community
Extending the benefits of being self-care
aware far beyond those directly cared for by
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care
Trust, Start has reached wide audiences –
hundreds of thousands in this time period -
with its public mental health promotion work.
The Start team work closely with users to
enable them to share their wealth of
knowledge and expertise with the public via
themed art exhibitions, wellbeing publications
and recovery stories.
Much of our work in the community involves
partnerships. Key partners in the community
are Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester
University’s Whitworth Art Gallery.
Whitworth Art Gallery
With the Whitworth, we’re piloting an inclusive
art course for Start users and the public, to be
held at the gallery and run in partnership with
gallery experts.
Start artist Jill Cunningham, who is coordinating
this project, says: “The course aims to be a
pathway out of Start for service users, and a
foundation stone in building supportive
wellbeing-themed resources at the Whitworth.”
Manchester Art Gallery: ‘Held’
With our partners here we’ve continued to
develop our specialised model of working
with collections to explore self-care and
wellbeing. Originally begun with the Whitworth
Gallery, this model of service delivery gives
users a chance to work with gallery curators
in the mainstream setting of a gallery,
studying art and relating their learning to life
and health management skills.
We began the partnership with a course,
attended by more than 40 users, running
over summer 2007 at the gallery. Following
this, we designed an exhibition idea for
users to take part in, that encouraged them
to explore their experiences at the gallery
and express what they had learned as a
piece of exhibition art.
Partners from the
Trust and MAG take a moment
from the busy ‘Held’ launch to
pose with John Boyington
The Start exhibition ran from February – July
2009. We titled the show ‘Held’ because its
theme, about being self-care aware, reflects on
those strengths and abilities to help ourselves,
that we hold in our own hands.
The exhibition showcased work by more than
40 users. Ceramics, textiles, painting and
drawing, photography, animation, and mixed
media featured, alongside personal recovery
stories, wellbeing information, self-help
literature and interactive wellbeing resources
for adults and children.
Viewed by 125,000 visitors, including many
children and families, the exhibition has
enabled the Trust, through Start, to reach
great numbers of people with preventative
mental health information, and positive images
of recovery.
Work from the Held exhibition
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What did users think of ‘Held’?
For many, this was the first time they had
worked towards such a high key project, and
it was challenging but exciting.
“This project has taught me to believe in
myself. Because I have completed work and
seen the finished product it makes me proud
of my work, my skills and my confidence.”
“For the first time in several years I have
composed a piece of music. Writing it has
reignited my self-belief…This project has
helped me with rediscovering who I am.”
Several service users enjoyed the experience
of work placements at the gallery during
the project, helping to mount the exhibition
and design the Wellbeing Trail leaflet (see page 3).
Royal Northern College of Music
Supporting the ‘Held’ project throughout, our
new partners, the Royal Northern College of
Music, worked with users to help them explore
the power of music over mood.
Adding greatly to the success of the animation
work, musicians from the RNCM also worked
with a number of users to create original
soundtracks for their films.
RNCM musicians who worked with us on ‘Held’ treat us to live music at the ‘Held’ launch
Jim Reid ,
along with manyother Start
service users, felt pride and
delight at the opening of ‘Held’.
What did the gallery think of ‘Held’?
Visitor Services staff at Manchester Art
Gallery reported the public’s response:
“It was one of the best exhibitions we’ve
had in that space for a long time and
visitors received it very well.”
“I think people found the exhibition really
inspiring and I’m sure it helped to get rid
of some of the stigma that exists around
mental health.”
Importantly, staff also reported their own
enjoyment and learning:
“The interactive wellbeing resources and the
self-help leaflets were popular. I felt that
people were using the space for self help.
That goes for staff as well as visitors.”
“For me the exhibition just hit the nail
right on the head. It is in your hands isn’t
it, your own wellbeing? The exhibition
showed that there is help and there are
things you can do.”
Director of Manchester Art Gallery Moira
Stevenson says:
“Manchester Art Gallery was pleased to
collaborate with Start…bringing together
the areas of art and health to the benefit
of both worlds.
“Our gallery, and Renaissance in the North
West, are convinced that the arts
organisations and museums of the region
can make a significant contribution to the
mental health and well being of our
communities and are committed to working
with the NHS Mental Health and Social
Care Trust on future projects.”
Clare Garner
poses with her mixed media piece at the launch event.
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What did the visitors think of ‘Held’?
Invited to reflect on what brightens their day,
visitors filled in 100s of wellbeing cards on the
wellbeing wall, and tried out the interactive
wellbeing resources.
Visitors of all ages enjoy the Start exhibits at Manchester Art Gallery
Held: BBC Big Screen features Start’s work nationwide
The Start animations from the ‘Held’ exhibition
are now mounted on YouTube, and have
enjoyed a lot of success as a result.
Selected by the BBC Big Screen project for
public viewing, the animations have already
been shown for two weeks in Manchester, and
in October will be shown on city centre Big
Screens across the country as part of the
BBC Learning Headroom Campaign.
We will be able to reach hundreds of
thousands of people with positive mental
health messages through this opportunity.
One of the interactive wellbeing resources for
‘Held’ included a specially designed Wellbeing
Wheel based on the recent Foresight report
recommendation to ‘Do 5 Things a Day to Keep
Well’.
Spinning the wheel revealed 5 options for doing
healthy, fun things, based on the 5 categories
suggested in the Foresight report ‘Mental
Capacity and Wellbeing’.
Foresight expert Roxana Bakharia praised
Start’s imaginative and practical usage of the
report’s recommendations. The Wheel was also
commended to the department directly by
Professor Louis Appleby, after he tried out the resource for himself on visiting ‘Held’.
Visitors try out the praised Wellbeing Wheel at ‘Held’
Held: Foresight Government Think Tank praises Start
Some comments from visitors included:
“Great insight into what people experience”
“Absolutely stunning…fantastic, engaging, funny,
cathartic and warm.”
“So impressed…deeply thought-provoking…”
“Really interesting and inspirational…”
Wellbeing cards responding to the questions ‘What Brightens Your Day?’ & ‘How Could You Brighten Someone Else’s Day?’
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NHS Values: Commitment to Quality of Care
Service improvement
Learning about yourself and developing inner
strengths through creative activity is one of
the key experiences that Start offers.
Creative activities such as art and gardening
engage people in many ways because they
involve the hand, heart and head. People
can learn to think in new ways, find new
roles for themselves, visit new places and
begin to change the way they look at the
world around them. They can also learn that
creative activities are helpful in managing
stress and building awareness of self-care
strategies.
The team at Start use a structured approach
to help each user benefit from creative
activities in the ways mentioned above.
We’re committed to improving the effectiveness
of service we offer each year. In the last 18
months we’ve continued to make key changes
to develop the service:
• Through new self-assessment
processes, we are helping users to
better understand how to use creative
activities as well-being strategies.
Almost 90% of users filling in
questionnaires after the ‘Held’ project
said that they were more aware of
self-care strategies after the project, as
compared to before.
• We’ve introduced more structured
review and goal setting processes –
100% of users now have SMART goals
that are negotiated in regular reviews
• We’ve continued to improve the
rotation process (short placements)
around studios within Start, and have
now included Horticulture in the
process. Rotations aim to help users
develop change management skills.
Over 70% of users are now involved
with rotations as compared to
approximately 25% 18 months ago
• We’re setting up performance measures
for aspects of the service so that we
know we are meeting our quality
targets
• We’ve established regular joint-working
between the Start creative professionals
and Occupational Therapist – these
have led directly to several service
improvements
• 40% of users are now recording their
progress via the validated outcomes
measure WEMWBS (the Warwick and
Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale). The
scale shows progress across a range
of domains for the majority of users.
We aim to increase take-up of
WEMWBS in this coming year to
include all users
Left: In the studios: top – Textiles,
bottom – Mixed Media & Mosaic
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NHS Values: Improving Lives-The User Experience
How users say Start helps them
Service users say they feel the benefits of
attending Start in a number of ways. One
person explains how he feels about having a
new interest:
“Because the work is very hands-on, it takes
the pressure off you and enables you to focus
on something other than yourself or what
other people are thinking.”
Another person highlights the help gained
from learning to think in new ways:
“Working with art has motivated me to do
things and also to keep well ‘in my brain’...
I enjoy the problem solving that is required…It
has made my mind open up to my problems
and what can make me feel better.”
Improvements felt at Start impact on users’
wider lives too:
“By developing my creativity I have developed
self-confidence that not only overlaps into
everyday life but has also allowed me to take
on challenges that I have avoided for
decades.”
Some people say that learning specific self-
help skills, as well as new outlooks, are what
they most value about their interventions at
Start:
“Artwork is a way of opening the mind – the
learned skills and experiences can be returned
to and used in life and art.”
Carers see the benefits of Start’s arts and
horticulture activities for their loved ones too.
“I think T has got a lot out of being engaged
in Start. He has become more confident
through working regularly and has been able
to focus and concentrate.”
“I think P has definitely gained in
confidence…more capable and in control of
his life…and has started to have aspirations...”
The benefits of goal setting
Start Lead Artist Wendy Teall explains:
“Everyone at Start works with a personal set
of goals. The goals are set by users, in
discussion with the Start creative
professionals and OT. Goals apply to each
12 week rotation and are a mixture of
creative and technical goals, learning goals,
and life skills goals. They are all realistically
achievable through creative studies.”
Each person has personal diary sheets, in
which they record their goals, and the notes
from their diaries inform the reviews at the
end of the rotation. Following the review,
new goals may be set, or discharge plans
may be agreed.
Users say that they like to have the
structure of goals, and that this helps to
shape their time both in Start, and beyond.
“These days I have goals in my life. I find I
can enjoy the friendship of others again...my
family…are happier now because I’m feeling
better… My advice to anyone who is feeling
low is to set yourself goals for each day
ahead. I think you can feel a sense of
achievement that way and get your life back
in your own control.”
Above: In the Photographic studio
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Moving on
There are many pathways out of Start – the
more formal pathways are work, training and
education. Some users over the past 18
months have enjoyed success with these
pathways:
“Thanks to Start I am back at work, doing a
job that I enjoy. I would never be where I am
now without that help.”
Less formal pathways are just as important.
Start OT Juliette Angus says:
“These pathways are about re-entering the
community or personal life with a toolkit of
life skills and self-care strategies that will
help protect and maintain mental wellbeing
for that person in the future. We know it’s
vital to support these informal pathways as
well.”
One ex-user explains, a year after leaving
Start, that she is feeling able to help herself
through the art techniques she gained:
“Start has helped me refocus on what my life
is about. New creative textile skills learnt at
Start help me keep well. I can influence my
mood towards uplift, to feel well and happy.”
Another user explains how confidence
acquired at Start will help him to embrace
other opportunities in his life:
“The way I benefited [from my Start course]
was I think I lived up to the challenge so
that felt pleasing. I felt different in myself,
after the course, different in a good way…
I felt less shut in.”
Occupational Therapy at Start
Having an Occupational Therapist on the
team helps users to shape goals both within
and beyond the service.
One service user explains:
“Everyone should work with an OT. I used
to be in a cycle for years, of rushing into
things, being unsuccessful and taking a few
steps back. Working with Occupational
Therapy helped me look at what I really
needed to do; it helped give me a structure
and a plan and stay focused.”
NHS Values: Compassion, Respect and Dignity - The User Experience
Users have continued to praise the service at
Start for its caring and enabling approach,
during this last year.
“The thing I found most helpful at Start was
being treated with respect by the staff - yes,
someone with a mental health problem, but
also an intelligent, ambitious, skilled person…
They helped me to regain my ability to trust
people and show affection and humour.”
Start artist Cathy Fortune adds:
“We’re always delighted to know that users feel
our service is as considerate as it is effective.
Listening and empathy are important parts of
our professional approach, as this helps us to
learn about what works for each person.”
With listening in mind, we’ve now introduced
new self-assessment ‘diary sheets’ that give us
the chance to gain and listen to users’
feedback and concerns regularly. This makes it
possible to be more responsive to needs as
they come up.
Above: Horticulture at Start
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NHS Values: Working Together for Patients
Liaison within the Trust
Moving on is the target from the beginning of
attending Start. During initial interview our service
OT chats about moving on and ensures that each
user is comfortable with the idea that Start is a
stepping stone to other opportunities.
Start OT Juliette Angus explains:
“The journey through the service aims to help
each person gain whatever support they need,
from the right source. That means working
effectively with others involved in the Care
Programme Approach process. We make sure that
we keep Care Programme Approach Care
Coordinators regularly informed about users’
progress, through review notes and AMIGOS (Trust
computerised notes system).”
Users at Start are quick to acknowledge the high
quality package of care they receive from services
working together in the Trust:
“I still have bouts of deep depression and/or
anxiety but through the work done at Start,
combined with cognitive behaviour therapy and
interventions from my own Occupational
Therapist…and primary care worker I am slowly
beginning to gain confidence and to set my own
goals…for the first time in a long time I
am…hopeful…” For more information on Start, visit
www.startmc.org.uk
Contact us at:
Start
High Elms
Upper Park Road
Victoria Park
M14 5RU
0161 257 0675/ 0510
For more information about Manchester
Mental Health and Social Care Trust visit:
http://www.mhsc.nhs.uk
Report by Wendy Teall, Start Lead Artist/
Service Manager, September 09
Above: activities in Photography and Horticulture
Above: activities in Ceramics
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Reaching the public and growing the Trust’s impact via Exhibitions
Date Venue/Activity Audience figures
Sep -
Oct 09
Start ‘Held’ animations showing on BBC Big
Screen across the UK for mental health
week celebrations
100,000s
Feb 09
– July
09
‘Held’ on display at Manchester Art Gallery:
Mental health leaflets distributed (1320 +
1600) MPHDS
Visual arts and wellbeing resource
Wellbeing wall responses
125,000
3000 approx
5000
400+
2-16
May 09
Start ‘Held’ animations showing on BBC Big
Screen in Exchange Square Manchester
Based on the fact that the
given footfall for the square
is 60,000 per day : 10,000s
18-19
June 09
NHS Innovation Expo: NHS NW displaying
Start animations as part of their stand at
this expo
100s
May 09 Start ‘Held’ animations submitted to range
of art and film festivals
Further details to follow
May 09 Start animations showing in Bar Iguana as
part of the Chorlton Arts Festival
100s
11 Nov
08
Start stand at Gmex Mental Health Today
expo – by invitation, Start displayed
artwork, film and literature at this show
100s
March –
May 08
Inner Word display on show at Norton
Priory ‘Healing’ exhibition
4300
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Reaching the public and growing the Trust’s impact via Journal Articles and Special Publications
Publication Article Readership
‘Get Creative’ Visual
Arts and Wellbeing
resource
In partnership with Manchester Public Health
Development Service, and Manchester PCT
5000 +
Toolkit website
Start’s mental health awareness training pack
for artists
1000s
NHS Live website Case studies newly mounted about
MMHSCT’s partnership work with museums
and galleries
10,000s
Wellbeing Newsline-
Mental Healthcare
Magazine online
Start’s regular column – also published on
social network sites Twitter, Delicious and
Wikio
1000s
Create Space healthy
head toolkit
15-20 download requests per month. Now
featured on brand new one stop shop
website for Mental Health in Manchester,
launched by Manchester Public Health
Development Service
1000s per
year
10 reasons to be
proud
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
publication
Distributed to national Medical Directors,
senior members of the Department of Health,
members of the Government's Select
Committee for Health
5000
published
Inside Out issue 1
Autumn 2008
Article featuring Start publication ‘Create
Space’
1000s
Mental Health Today
May 09
Picture feature about Held 25,000
Mental Health Today
July 09
Article Arts and Opportunity 2 25,000
Metro News Trafford Article on Held 27 Feb 09
10,000s
Mcr Evening News Article on Held 2 Mar 09
Article prior to Held publicising it-18 Feb 09
10,000s
Muso on-line music
journal
Article on Held 26 Feb 09 1000s
Metro News Article on Held 26 Feb 09
10,000s
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Service User outcomes July 2008 to October 2009
User percentage
Outcome
100% Service Users actively engaged in negotiating goals
90% Service Users (who returned their ‘Held’ feedback
questionnaire) say their self care strategies have improved
77% Service Users engaged in change management (rotations)
70% Exhibited work as part of Start exhibitions
44% Service Users independently engaged in art as a self care
strategy (undertaking homework outside Start/ using
studios independently at Start)
42% Service Users regularly completing WEMWBS as an insight
into their well being
40% Achieved publication of their work
25% Studying at an Adult Education or other mainstream class
12% Had their films shown nationally on the BBC Big Screen
10% Attending another project
10% Actively participated in mental health awareness activities
by writing recovery stories for the “Held’ exhibition
8% (average) Working towards a planned discharge date at any one time
7% Report increased engagement with hobbies outside Start
6% Gained voluntary work placements
1 user Discharged to Higher Education college course
1 user Promoted service locally via live radio broadcast
During the time period of the report the service has worked with an average of 60
service users each week, offering 1 – 3 sessions per week.
The average time a person stays within the Start service is 30 months, down from
an average of 42 months two years ago.
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Both my children’s faces in the morning and
my dog rolling around on the bed!
My grandpa’s dog
What brightens your day?
By just letting someone know you
have understood what they said
and care about their issue they
have chosen to talk about
Being scared, fighting it, beating it
Look for the light, feel bright, look up and smile
My family and friends always keep me smiling.
What brightens my day is going out with dad
My little son looking up from my lap
When I hear people laughing and see people smiling.
It reminds me how good life is!
Have lunch with a friend you haven’t seen for ages.
Make eye contact! Smile at someone you don’t know.
Seeing you smile
I think laughing with family and friends is fun
Hearing my two year old nephew’s belly laugh
Laughter…I like to make somebody smile
Being with my dad
My best friend and chocolate and music!
A big hug and a smile
I love my mummy so much
Seeing my gorgeous son’s smiley face.
Engaging the public with wellbeing: Selections from gallery visitors’ wellbeing cards
‘Held’, Manchester Art Gallery, 2009
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Picking up a bargain at a charity shop
Doing something new everyday.
Feeling the real art and real me in the gallery.
Love Manchester.
Exploring Manchester for the first time even
though I’ve lived here since September
Dance, dance, dance, dance
Go to the theatre as much as you can. You
don’t need anyone to go with. It can be
good fun on your own. Enjoy all your life.
Looking out of my window in the morning.
Listening to birds singing
Cold, crispy morning, blue sky and absolutely no-one around.
The sun brightens my day!
When the sun is shining and the birds are singing
A beautiful sunset, a person’s happy smile, children’s laughter,
the colours of our city, talking
Sunny days, flowers in spring, a cat, smiling people, when a
friend calls me
I love watching pigeons
A bright blue sky, flowers