‘Bag of Tricks’
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The ‘Bag of Tricks’ enables organisations and groups to discuss issues relating to mental health and well-being. How each organisation uses the kit will depend on their strategic priorities and any specific needs they have identified.
Groups who have used the resources include:
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Mental Health service-users and those with lived experience of mental ill-health
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Health care professionals and practitioners
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Teachers, school children and young adults
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Heritage professionals and volunteers
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University Staff and Students
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Background to the Resources
Using the New Vic's pioneering Cultural Animation techniques, the kit uses objects and patient stories taken from a historical research project undertaken at the University of Huddersfield in partnership with St Anne’s Community Services. The themes arising from this research include:
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Giving ‘voice’ to marginalised individuals and communities.
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Putting those with lived experience of mental ill-health at the heart of the research and the issues arising from it as people first.
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Demonstrating the ‘ordinariness’ of mental ill-health.
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Helping to address issues of stigma and encourage empathy.