The following organisations are based in London and offer art therapy for vulnerable children. They may be able to provide us with priority user needs, to help us refine our data set.
How
Email the contact point for each org. Email should be short and reiterate the following:
That the goal of DML is to build a unique data set drawn from art therapy programmes, to help organisations lobby for better services for displaced and vulnerable children
That we have already successfully collected drawings made by children at a Refugee Relief Centre in Serbia. This has given us a 'baseline' data set which we want to develop [could mention that HDX are helping us] This includes 'emotive' data such as mood
That we want to understand more about how data is collected and used within art therapy programmes/practices (including the use of tools/profiles/scales), to ensure that we're including the relevant data categories and fields
That we are hoping to run an interview or focus group of c 30 min to 1 hr, to answer a core set of Qs
That we are happy to visit the site at a time convenient to them
Considerations
This task is not dependent on others
We have imposed a time constraint of mid-Nov (all insights to be gathered and summarised by this point)
Young Minds: Addressing Adversity Projecthttps://youngminds.org.uk/what-we-do/our-projects/addressing-adversity/
Does not mention art therapy but focus of the project is on raising awareness about the impact on trauma on the mental health of young people. Plus we have actual contacts!
Contact: Bianka Kuhn - Project Manager: bianka.kuhn@youngminds.org.uk tel: 07415 874 317
Alice Yeates - Project Coordinator: alice.yeates@youngminds.org.uk tel: 0207 089 5056 [emailed 26 Oct]
What
The following organisations are based in London and offer art therapy for vulnerable children. They may be able to provide us with priority user needs, to help us refine our data set.
How
Email the contact point for each org. Email should be short and reiterate the following:
Considerations
To Do
London Art Therapy Centre Children experiencing personal issues - no particular emphasis on displaced children [emailed 26 Oct] http://arttherapycentre.com/art-therapy/art-therapy-with-children/
Contact: info@arttherapycentre.com
The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education https://artspsychotherapy.org/therapy-courses/child-therapy/. Contact: info@artspsychotherapy.org [emailed 26 Oct]
Young Minds: Addressing Adversity Project https://youngminds.org.uk/what-we-do/our-projects/addressing-adversity/ Does not mention art therapy but focus of the project is on raising awareness about the impact on trauma on the mental health of young people. Plus we have actual contacts! Contact: Bianka Kuhn - Project Manager: bianka.kuhn@youngminds.org.uk tel: 07415 874 317 Alice Yeates - Project Coordinator: alice.yeates@youngminds.org.uk tel: 0207 089 5056 [emailed 26 Oct]
CORAM - Young people's projects Emphasis on equipping young people to understand youth rights and become ambassadors in the campaign to have their voices heard http://www.coram.org.uk/how-we-do-it/supporting-young-people
Contact: http://www.coram.org.uk/contact-us