Impact
Find out how we are making a positive difference to the lives of people, by connecting communities through storytelling, spoken word, creative writing and participatory arts.
Care Share Connect Pembrokeshire
Working in partnership with Pembrokeshire Storytelling / Straeon Sir Benfro and funded by Enhancing Pembrokeshire – Pembrokeshire County Council. Using oral storytelling to connect Pembrokeshire residents through delivering friendly, inclusive community storytelling events, active learning workshops and one-to-one storytelling to those isolated / unable to travel.
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People Speak Up Programme 2023
During October 2023 – March 2024, PSU received an ACW Create grant to develop the Creative wellbeing programme at People Speak Up, Llanelli’s arts health and wellbeing hub - a time and space for the community to creatively connect and find their voice through storytelling, spoken word, creative writing, digital arts, visual arts, volunteering and creative conversations.
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Creative Home Delivery Service 2024
Creative Home Delivery Service is an arts and health home delivery service for older people living in Carmarthenshire who are currently receiving, or are at risk of needing, domiciliary care. The project is led by People Speak Up (PSU) and supported by Carmarthenshire Council, Hywel Dda Health Board, Connecting Carmarthenshire, Pobl and Nacro and aims to improve mental health, wellbeing and physical health, and to reduce loneliness and isolation by providing creative activities in the home.
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Creative Home Delivery Service 2023
In 2023 we were commissioned by Carmarthenshire County Borough Council and Hywel Dda University Health Board to run a pilot Creative Home Delivery Service, an arts and health home delivery service for older people living in Carmarthenshire who are feeling lonely and isolated during the autumn and winter months
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Kreative Kinship on Prescription - Report
Kreative Kinship on Prescription is an arts and health project seeking to explore how creative friendships can help alleviate loneliness and isolation and improve mental health and wellbeing for older people.
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Creative One-To-One
During Lockdown, Carmarthenshire County Council Commissioned People Speak Up to create a bespoke virtual day centre programme for older people living in isolation throughout Carmarthenshire.
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Stories By Phone
In early 2020 we had just launched our new stories by doorstep, reaching older people in rural parts of our community in Carmarthenshire. This was in partnership with Carmarthenshire United Support Project. But in March 2020 we transferred this project to the phones in response to COVID 19.
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Stories on Prescription
Stories on Prescription was a 6 month pilot project exploring ways in which storytelling workshops improve participants' mental health in our community.
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