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By Holly Stone
Make Your Marsh is a series of 12 free weekly art workshops focusing on mental health, wellbeing, confidence and community for women of all ages in the Moreton-In-Marsh area.
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A carefully created programme of workshops involving activities such as ceramics, painting, printmaking, and textiles. Ran by professional artists Chloe Henderson and Holly Stone, these workshops are designed to be accessible for total beginners in order to develop skills, build connections and community, and improve wellbeing and confidence. Growing up in Cotswolds Chloe recognizes the lack of opportunities and support for women and the consequences of this. Our aim for this group is to create a safe space for women to be themselves and to empower and uplift each other whilst learning a new skill and having fun! Make Your Marsh is working with the local social prescriber Annabelle Fox and the Community Wellbeing Service to increase the outreach of this project and connect to people struggling with mental health. Make Your Marsh will: - Encourage creativity - Be a space to make new friends and meet people - Develop skills - Improve wellbeing and mental heath
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Not only can art help the health and wellbeing of the individual by alleviating depression, anxiety and loneliness, it also takes pressure of the health and social care services. For example an arts-on-prescription project has shown a 37% drop in GP consultation rates and a 27% reduction in hospital admissions.
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VolunteerChloes passion lies in community building and the alleviation of social issues. Being able to inspire and help the community in her hometown would be an amazing opportunity as she knows first-hand the lack of structure and support in place for women in the Cotswolds, especially those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. She has a successful place to study Art and Design PGCE with QTS at UWE and has experience in working in schools and volunteering for Action Tutoring.
Holly is an artist and has been employed by UWE as a Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) facilitator. Through this opportunity she has developed mentoring and facilitating skills, designing and delivering weekly workshops focusing on the needs of the group. She also researched in her Independent Research Project, the effects of art projects on communities finding that projects engaging with intersectional class theories were the most successful in creating meaningful change. While this will not be a focus in their workshops, it remains a motivation for creating this project.
Project Owner: Holly Stone The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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