Mental Health Networking Event - Making Room

Mental Health Networking Event - Making Room

Posted: 24th September, 2024

For charities and community groups to get together and share best practice and resources.

Are you working within mental health and/or Creative Art?

We invite you to join us at Drawing Room to share practice and resources and think about future ways to support one another and our community.

Drawing Room
Unit 1b, New Tannery Way
Bermondsey
London, SE1 5WS

Making Room is a studio space for people living with mental health issues, in both clinical and community settings. The project, led by artist Nicole Morris, began in March 2024 with a pilot series of workshops at Lambeth Hospital's Leo ward and Nelson's ward, acute units for people experiencing mental illness.

Sessions invite patients to try out new activities and mediums in a non-judgmental, safe space. Some participants are eager to explore everything, while others prefer to focus on one new idea or material. We share work made and celebrate achievements with drinks and snacks. Outcomes have been displayed throughout the wards, turning Making Room into an institutional space for a studio to exist.

This new two-year project will continue working closely with South London Maudsley Hospital, developing and researching innovative ways that art practice and healthcare services can intersect. Moving forward, we also aim to work with people at the point of discharge, providing ongoing support and wellbeing into the community.

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11 Market Place,
Bermondsey,
London, SE16 3UQ