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Art in Mind: implementation of a community arts initiative to promote mental health
- Authors:
- STICKLEY Theodore, DUNCAN Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 6(4), December 2007, pp.24-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article explores the role of community arts in combating social and mental health inequalities as exemplified in the project, Art in Mind, in Nottingham, funded by England's New Deal for Communities programme and designed to promote mental health. In describing Art in Mind attention is given to the importance of developing community networks that are designed to build social capital for participating groups and individuals, in order to combat health and social inequalities.