It’s difficult to write anything meaningful following such a terrible event in Norway. So, a succinct blog this week, with no glib photographs.
Sane is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month and, to mark the occasion, it will be continuing the fight to beat the taboos surrounding mental illness by producing larger-than-life-size sculptures of dogs that its founder and chief executive, Marjorie Wallace, hopes will be sponsored by companies, schools and individuals and put in prominent positions up and down the country. Details at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/24/mental-health-black-dog-sculpture-campaign
http://www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/black_dog/
Regular readers of this blog will know that DADAA are supporting the Black Dog Day Drop, and more details can be found at:
http://blackdogdaydrop.blogspot.com
National Statistician's Reflections on the National Debate on Measuring National Well-being
I had the pleasure of sitting on a panel that was part of the Office for National Statistics debate at Bolton University this year, and so was excited to get first sight of the reflections on this national debate. Whilst there is no explicit sign of creativity, culture and the arts in this narrative as yet, it is important we stay connected with this ongoing process in the development of what the coalition government will see as a methodologies for measuring well-being (and understanding it).
Available in Welsh and English at:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?ID=2718
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: MUSEUMS, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
A workshop
Wednesday 21 September 2011, 2pm-5pm Manchester Art Gallery
Much museum practice in the field of health and wellbeing has been to run projects with clinical health partners. The workshop will discuss how this work can be extended. We believe that the health promoting resources of museums can be made available to a broader but still targeted population through working with colleagues from public health and other fields.
Free but you need to book a place with k.athey@manchester.org.uk 0161 235 8825 We will confirm whether you have a place.
For further information contact m.trustram@manchester.org.uk 0161 235 8849
