Exit this survey

Arts, Inclusion and Mental Health

Social inclusion (the provision of certain rights to all individuals and groups in society, such as employment, adequate housing, health care, education and training, etc.) has been acknowledged as vital to recovery for people with mental health needs, and arts involvement has been clearly identified as an activity that supports social inclusion. Yet when it comes to cuts, arts organisations appear vulnerable, perhaps in some part due to the lack of evidenced outcomes.

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has been awarded Lifelong Learning Network funding to develop a blended learning Post Graduate Certificate comprised of 3 modules, focused on the Arts , Social Inclusion and Wellbeing. The course will include a module focused on evaluating arts, health and wellbeing interventions. The majority of the course will be delivered on-line, with two face to face workshops per module.

One of the outcomes of this course is to broker dialogue between commissioners, providers, researchers, mental health and wellbeing professionals, arts professionals and the voluntary/third sector. In order to correctly position this course we are asking your help as a member of an organisation interested in providing services or supporting people with mental health issues through the arts.

Please take the time to complete this survey. Your opinion is valuable to us and will help us develop content for this new course.

Thank you,
Sue Hacking and Christa Drennan,
School of Health, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).

Question Title

1. Is your organisation currently involved in providing, or facilitating the provision of, arts based (visual and/or interactive) experiences for the purpose of improving mental health?

Question Title

2. What organisation do you work for? Please provide the name of the organisation. (n.b.This question is not mandatory)

Question Title

3. What kind of an organisation are you?

Question Title

4. What kind of arts based services do you provide or commission? (you can indicate more than one)

Question Title

5. Please describe the socially inclusive outcomes that your service aims to provide.

Question Title

6. Does your organisation routinely evaluate for socially inclusive outcomes?

Question Title

7. If yes to question 6, how are the socially inclusive outcomes measured?

Question Title

8. What kind of knowledge or learning opportunity would be the main priority to help you evidence your achievements on these outcomes?

Question Title

9. What do you see as the main challenges when providing or considering providing arts based interventions?

Question Title

10. Has the current financial climate had an impact on your arts provision, or your decision to provide arts based support for people with mental health needs?

Question Title

11. Have you or your staff undertaken any courses or workshops over the past year to fulfil your learning or training needs around
a) socially inclusive practice for people with mental health needs?
b) research or evaluation of socially inclusive practice
c) research or evaluation of arts interventions

Question Title

12. Are these workshops currently available?

Question Title

13. What, in your view, is the most urgent need for training in this area?

Question Title

14. How would you suggest service users could be involved in helping arts and health professionals understand their needs?

Question Title

15. Would you be interested in information about an accredited university course covering social policy, arts and health evaluation and social inclusion outcomes?

If yes, please email CDrennan1@uclan.ac.uk

Question Title

16. What would be the main thing you would hope to achieve from participating in the course?

Question Title

17. Would you be interested in attending a free event to discuss and help us tailor our workshops and course to the information/evaluation, training and research needs of organisations using the arts to support positive health and inclusion outcomes, in the near future in either Preston or London? If so, please email CDrennan1@uclan.ac.uk for further details

Question Title

18. Please tell us a little about yourself. What is your job title? (i.e. the person filling in the survey – it doesn’t matter if you are not the arts provider)

Question Title

19. Are you male or female?

Question Title

20. Which category below includes your age?

Question Title

21. How would you describe your ethnicity?

Question Title

22. Within which region do you work?

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. If you have any questions for us, or would like to know more about the course or the planning events, please email me at CDrennan1@uclan.ac.uk.

T