Health & Well-beingWonderland: the art of becoming human
Principal Investigator: Dr Amanda Ravetz
2016
Wonderland is an artistic research project by and for people in recovery from substance use disorder and/or mental health issues. It is part of a new, North West social movement, under the proactive slogan of Recoverism, allied to the arts, harnessing social change and emancipation by re-framing cultural identities around substance use disorder. Read more
And the doctor said….
Principal Investigator: Jackie Reynolds
From 2012 to 2014
‘And the Doctor Said….’ is an innovative research project, which uses creative writing as a way of exploring people’s experiences of healthcare in North Staffordshire. A series of workshops led by creative writers, playwrights and storytellers took place during 2013 in four different community venues in and around Stoke-on-Trent. Read more
Around the Toilet
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jen Slater (Sheffield Hallam University)
From 2015 to 2018
The toilet is often thought to be a mundane space, but for those who lack adequate or accessible toilet provision on a daily basis, toilets become a crucial practical issue which can create and reaffirm feelings of exclusion and regulation. Thinking around toilets and their function as material as well as socio-cultural environments presents an opportunity to consider forms of identity in multi-faceted ways. Read more
The Hospitality Project
Principal Investigator: Naomi Millner
From 2015 to 2016
The Hospitality Project is an arts-based research collaboration between three universities (Bristol, Manchester, Leeds) and three Bristol-based community partners (Dignity for Asylum-Seekers, the Bristol Hospitality Network, and Barton Hill Walled Garden Project). Read more
Football and Connected Communities
Principal Investigator: Michael Skey
From 2015 to 2016
Focusing on young people aged between 14-18, the project has been designed to engage with three current debates around football in the UK. First, the rising cost of watching live football and the extent to which many groups primary engagement is now through media. Read more
FLEX (Flexible Dwellings for Extended Living)
Principal Investigator: Prof Ann Light
From 2012 to 2013
The FLEX (Flexible Dwellings for Extended Living) project sought to address a challenge of 21st century wellbeing – an increasing older population that wants to age ‘at home’, facing the social isolation that accompanies the loss of traditional meeting places like pubs, pension queues, community centres and the High Street. Read more
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities: Heritage and Stigma
Principal Investigator: Dr Rob Ellis (University of Huddersfield)
From 2013 to 2014
The Heritage and Stigma project is based at the University of Huddersfield and is designed to link academic understanding of the histories of mental ill health and learning disability with areas of current practice. Read more
Dementia and imagination
Principal Investigator: Dr Gill Windle, Bangor University
From 2013 to 2016
The research explores how the vision for dementia supportive communities might benefit from creative activities. Read more
Community web2.0: creative control through hacking
Principal Investigator: Dr Chris Speed (Edinburgh College of Art)
From 2010 to 2011
Community Hacking and its follow-on Ladders to the Cloud, are both part of a project that explores whether concepts emerging in relation to the Internet could usefully be applied to understandings of off-line contemporary relations and practices. Read more
Volunteer sport coaches as community assets
Principal Investigator: Dr Mark Griffiths (University of Birmingham)
2011
Community-based sport is an extensive social enterprise run, almost in its entirety, by volunteer sports coaches. A number of recent studies have suggested that participation in community sport has the potential to deliver a wide range of individual and social benefits. It is in this context that volunteer sports coaches might be viewed as valuable ‘community assets’. Read more
