Mental Health Matters through
Restorative ArtGrant Agreement N: 2019-1-UK01-KA204-97CBFC43
Enhancing the skills, knowledge and experience of mental health professionals through the use of art and restorative justice values.
Project description and objectives
Project publications
- Newsletter no 1 -April 2020
- Newsletter no 2- October 2020
- Newsletter no 3 - April 2021
- Newsletter no 4 - January 2022
- Press Release 1
- Press Release 2
- Press Release 3
- Press Release 4
- Training (LTT) Event Evaluation Report
- Training (LTT) Event Info Pack
- Mental Health Matters. (2020). Bringing restorative justice and art into mental health settings Views from the UK, Greece, Hungary, Spain and Cyprus in national languages, London: RJ4All Publications. ISBN 978-1-911634-30-0.
- Mental Heath Matters (2020). Bringing restorative justice and art into mental health settings Views from the UK, Greece, Hungary, Spain and Cyprus (Executive Summaries), London: RJ4All Publications. ISBN 978-1-911634-28-7.
- Extract from Gavrielides. T. (2022). Introduction to Restorative Justice Art: Four steps to restoring mental health, London: RJ4All Publications. ISBN: 978-1-911634-52-2.
- Gavrielides, T. (2022). Mental Health Matters through restorative justice art: Views from the UK, Cyprus, Greece, Spain and Hungary in national languages, London: RJ4All Publications. ISBN 978-1-911634-53-9.
- Gavrielides, T. (2021). Restorative Justice Art: A tool for mental health and healing, London: RJ4ll Publications. ISBN 978-1-911634-48-5.
Intro video
MHM conference January 22
List of Services
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Awareness
Providing a local and comparative picture of the use of restorative art in mental health structures as well as the ways in which art is exploited in these structures.
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EmpowerList Item 1
Empowering the competences and attitudes to include art in mental health structure's routine in order to improve the lives of mentally ill people living in these structures.
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Development an E-bookList Item 2
Developing an E-book that will include and present the artworks that will further involve emerging artists and healthcare and restorative justice practitioners with mentally vulnerable groups.
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EuropeList Item 3
Building relationships among organisations servicing youth in the participating countries and across Europe, while providing key workers of the participating organisations with new skills and knowledge so that they can deliver the project's objectives and transfer them to others.
Admittedly, we have come a long way in acknowledging and dealing with some mental health issues, and society is gradually becoming more accepting. This progress is not the same across Europe as some countries are impacted by ingrained attitudes, societal and cultural factors while they might also lack the awareness, knowledge and skills that are needed to respond to current realities.
RJ4All put together the Mental Health Matters (MHM) project to respond to this need. The impetus came from our belief that empowerment in mental health settings and therapy can have a significant positive impact on patients’ healing process. If art and restorative justice as two separate concepts can create unique emotions and a process of empowerment and healing, then why not bring them together as therapeutic tools for mental health?
Mental Health Matters through Restorative Art (MHM) aims to respond to this gap by bringing together a cross-sector, strategic partnership of 6 organisations from the UK, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Hungary. The project is funded by Erasmus+ and is coordinated by the RJ4All International Institute. The partners are the Centre for Social Innovation (Cyprus), EDRA (Greece), Intras (Spain), Athens School of Fine Arts (Greece) and Lelekben Otthon (Hungary).
Ultimately, MHM aims to enhance the skills, knowledge and experience of mental health professionals through the use of art and restorative justice. MHM also aims to train artists to use restorative justice in order to facilitate the relief of mentally ill and their social restoration. To this end, the project will create innovative tools that enhance the healthcare provision. This is the first project to also create a methodological approach which puts together the benefits of the art therapy with the values of restorative justice.
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