A new Edge Hill-led mental health project for children and young people has won £2.5million from UKRI – one of the largest research grants of its kind awarded nationally.
A new Edge Hill-led mental health project for children and young people has won £2.5million from UKRI – one of the largest research grants of its kind awarded nationally.
The Arts4Us project will bring together the best practice in arts and arts therapies in one digital platform, making it easier for young people and their families to find crucial help. It comes at a time when one in five children and young people are struggling with their mental health as they transition from childhood to adolescence.
EHU’s Professor Vicky Karkou is leading the enterprise with more than 50 partners from academic institutions, NHS trusts, schools and community organisations across the North West including Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, BarrowFull, Ludus, DanceSyndrome, @Kendal Windows on Art, More Music, Artz Centre, @Gregson Community and Arts Centre, @Blaze Arts, Liverpool Learning Partnership, Alder Hey Childrens Charity Within Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Tate Liverpool, Everton in the Community, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Liverpool Lighthouse Community, Grow wellbeing, Poetry Society, Odds Arts, Savera, @Pulse Regeneration, Kooth, The University of Salford, University of Liverpool, Kings College, University of East Anglia, University of Lincoln, Institute of Development Studies.
More on this: https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/news/2024/02/edge-hill-university-led-childrens-mental-health-project-wins-huge-funding-boost/
And short film about the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUcBsWJaZYo