health

  • Catch Me Before I Fall

    Catch Me Before I Fall

    ‘Catch Me Before I Fall’ – sometimes known as ‘The Great Project’ – was developed by Walsall Council Creative Development Team to encourage people with a learning disability to become regular users of existing leisure services in Walsall.

    ‘Catch Me Before I Fall’ was financed by a Communities For Health (Public Health) fund and the Creative Development Team worked in partnership with Walsall Learning Disability Partnership Board and third sector organisation Mencap to deliver the project.

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  • Signs, Symptoms and Screening!

    Signs, Symptoms and Screening!

    NHS Dudley Public Health in partnership with Walsall Council Creative Development Team are currently delivering a creative arts and health project that will raise awareness to the signs and symptoms for cervical, breast and bowel cancer to encourage people to seek help sooner and to access local screening services.

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  • World Diabetes Day 2010

    World Diabetes Day 2010

    Walsall Arts into Health were invited to suggest a menu of potential activities for an event in Sandwell on World Diabetes Day 2010.

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  • Open Spaces; Open Places

    Open Spaces; Open Places

    Delivery of a arts, health and environmental participatory project which engages young adults with autism and learning difficulties to access a range of opportunities that promotes participation in creative arts processes, appreciation and experience of the outdoor natural environment and enhancing physical and emotional health and well-being.

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  • Health, Wealth and Happiness – Smoking in Pregnancy project

    Health, Wealth and Happiness – Smoking in Pregnancy project

    NHS Walsall Lifestyle Services teamed up with Walsall Council Creative Development Team (WCDT) to find out if other ways of promoting / offering the NHS Walsall Smoking in Pregnancy service would be attractive to those who are choosing not to access.

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  • One Call For All- Lifestyle Link

    One Call For All- Lifestyle Link

    A social marketing project to increase the uptake of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Lifestyle Services through the promotion of the new ‘One Call for All’ single phone line  and online booking system. The Creative Development Team worked in collaboration with Blue and White Creative to deliver the project which involved research and creative consultation to inform the development of new promotional resources and media campaigns.

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  • Fun 4 Life

    Fun 4 Life

    A creative consultation project was commissioned in March 2009 aiming to inform the delivery and structure of Fun 4 Life sessions and the development of a branded website. The project captured the personal journeys of participants, and enabled the exploration of:

    • expectations
    • motivations
    • aspirations
    • attitudes and perceptions
    • learning / skills developed
    • challenges
    • personal experiences
    • goals achieved
    • and benefits / impact.
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  • Family Fun

    Family Fun

    ‘Family Fun’ project looked to use creative and interactive approaches to consultation and evaluation to gather family’s thoughts, experiences and feedback on the ‘Family Fun’ sessions run as part of the NHS Community Health – Healthy Lifestyles Team physical activity programme delivered across the borough.

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  • Map my Journey

    Map my Journey

    Map my Journey encouraged service users of NHS Walsall Lifestyle Services to reflect and share their experiences of the services they have come in contact with. A two day event was facilitated which allowed participants to take a journey through a series of interactive stands and ‘checkpoints’.

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  • Step by step with May and June

    Step by step with May and June

    What does food really mean to us and what can we do for people who are literally eating themselves to an early grave?

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  • Fit Food

    Fit Food

    ‘FIT FOOD’ is a child friendly, interactive DVD resource with supporting teacher’s lesson plans and guidelines and children’s activity book which has been developed to support the Key Stage 2 PSHE curriculum. The DVD resource includes film, animation, drama, music, interviews, research and humour to explore topic areas around healthy eating, nutrition and physical activity.

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  • In My Shoes

    In My Shoes

    Bringing staff and patients a few feet closer…

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  • Antibiotics Project

    Antibiotics Project

    “A picture paints a thousand words. No matter how many posters we put up or leaflets we give out there will always be a demand for inappropriate antibiotics. We hope this wonderful arts into health project will help people in Walsall to look after their own health.”
    East locality lead pharmacist

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  • Walsall Wellbeing Festival

    Walsall Wellbeing Festival

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  • Walsall Health Trainers publicity resources

    Walsall Health Trainers publicity resources

    How do we encourage men to use the unique local health trainers service?

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  • Walsall Halloween Health Event – Wicked Health Day

    Walsall Halloween Health Event – Wicked Health Day

    More than 900 people enjoy a spell of good health…

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