cooltan arts e-bulletin dec 2010

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WELCOME TO COOLTAN ARTS E-BULLETIN DECEMBER 2010Events take place at CoolTan Arts Unit B 237 Walworth Rd SE171RL unless otherwise stated.

www.cooltanarts.org.uk www.afunnyfarm.org.uk [email protected] Tel: 020 7701 2696

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY – DON’T MISS THESE EVENTS

7 Dec: CoolTan Arts Christmas stall at East Street market – ALL DAY10 Dec, 3pm-4pm: CoolTan Open Participant Feedback Meeting10 Dec, 4pm-7pm: CoolTan Christmas Party18 Dec, 12noon: CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle

UPCOMING EVENTS

CoolTan Arts Christmas stall at East Street market: 7th December ALL DAY!Come and visit the CoolTan Arts market stall in East Street market on Tuesday 7th December. We’ll be thereall day, selling CoolTan items, art works made by our participants and possibly even some tastycakes… We’d love to hear from any volunteers who are able to come and help out on the stall for an hour or two on the day. But we’d also just love to see you there: please visit us in East Street Market and say hello!To find out more, contact Clara on 020 7701 2696 or email [email protected]. We look forward to

seeing you then! *weather permitting – if it’s very cold, we’ll cancel*

CoolTan Arts Open Participant Feedback Meeting: 10th Dec 3pm-4pm *important*Please join us to discuss some important issues affecting all CoolTan participants and have your say. Weneed to your ideas and your feedback! Tea, Coffee and refreshments provided. And then stay for our Christmas Party. Get involved, join the fun!For more information please contact Rosie at [email protected]

CoolTan Arts Christmas Party: 10th Dec 4pm-7pmCoolTan Arts would like to invite you to our Christmas Party on 10 Dec2010, 4pm – 7pm. We’d be delighted if you could join us and celebrate our achievements from the last year.Please bring a dish of food to share and a small gift (to the value of £1) toput under the tree for secret Santa.We hope you will be able to attend our Christmas Party. All welcome, Feelfree to bring a guest, friends and family. We look forward to seeing you.Please RSVP to [email protected] or call 020 77012696. More infoand updates on http://www.cooltanarts.org.uk/.

CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle: Christmas Walk

18th Dec, 12noon at Tate ModernCelebrate the festive season and get into the Christmas spirit with

CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle walk on 18th

December.Meet us at the Tate Modern and join us for a fun guided cultural walk,looking at 'Mad Art' and famous artists who have lived at The BethlemHospital and the Maudsley!Please wear festive Red & White Hats, warm clothes and bring Bells!!!

This month we are researching. The walk finishes at MaudsleyHospital where we will meet Father Xmas, have mince pies, and CarolSingers! We will stop for coffee on route to keep warm.Come along, learn new things about Southwark and its history of mental health, meet like-minded people and make friends.Walkers meet at 12noon at the main entrance of Tate Modern and walk to Maudsley Hospital. Call CoolTanArts on 07985658443 if you cannot find the group of walkers on the day.

Don’t forget, our fundraising page is still open, please sponsor our walkers onhttp://www.justgiving.com/cooltanartslargactylwalkers and help CoolTan to get the money to buy anew building. Support us to help more people in these difficult times.



RECENT NEWS

CoolTan Poetry BookWith the great success of our Thursday morning poetry group came an amazing poetry book. An Anthropologyof CoolTan artists’ words, thoughts and feelings, with sales going so well we thought it would be great to tellmore of you about it.Get a copy now for friends and family, it’s a lovely Christmas Present. The books are now available onAmazon http://amzn.to/bFZcxZ or contact CoolTan on [email protected] or 02077012696.

The Mental Health Recovery Star at CoolTan ArtsCoolTan Arts is pleased to welcome Sahara Hassan as the new Recovery Star Worker, whose role will bedelivering the Recovery Star on a one-to-one training and peer-support basis.CoolTan Arts and Mental Health Providers Forum are working together to support existing CoolTan workshopparticipants at CoolTan Arts with their recovery. The aim is to support their needs from a wide diversity of providers. The Recovery Star looks at 10 elements which participants feel they need support with or aim toimprove on. The Recovery Star works through the ladder of change which is about managing your mentalhealth issues and any other areas which participants find hard to manage. The aim is to empower participantsby finding a pathway to their recovery and manage their life with as much or as little support as they feel theyneed.The Recovery Star won’t be the solution to all problems but a pathway to work on. This will allow participants

to get a clear picture of areas they need support with.If you are interested, please contact Sahara at CoolTan Arts, call CoolTan Arts on 020 77012696 or [email protected].

South London Press with Shell Our Heroes awardsCoolTan Arts received a Community Project award from the South LondonPress with Shell ‘Our Heroes’ campaign on 16 th November 2010. We arepleased our work and positive contribution to the local community has beenrecognised and will continue to support some of the most vulnerable people inthe local community.Read more on our website - http://www.cooltanarts.org.uk.

Image description (image from South London Press) –Community Project: From left, judge Donnachadh McCarthy, runner-up OzBayldon, winner Vinnie OConnell, Michelle Baharier of runner-up CoolTan Artsand judge Charles Bailey.

RADAR people of the year awards 2010We are proud to announce that Michelle Baharier and CoolTan Arts have both been shortlisted for the RADARawards. It’s a real testament to the years of commitment, dedication and hard work put into the organisation byeveryone involved.CoolTan Arts has been shortlisted in the arts category alongside Bobby Baker, Bobby Baker’s Daily Life Ltd. (2Nominations), Cirque Nova, Lizzie Emeh and The Other Side Gallery.

And Michelle Baharier has been shortlisted as Person of the Year: sponsored by IHG alongside Anne Novis,Dr. Nasser Siabi, Helen Chipchase, Ian Martin, Nicola Martin, Parmi Dheensa, Stephen Brookes, WycliffeNoble.The RADAR awards, presented by the UK’s largest disability campaigns network, celebrate people andorganisations that have made real strides towards equality, empowerment and inclusion for disabled people inthe UK. The winners were announced at a black tie dinner and presentation ceremony at Evolution, BatterseaPark on 29 November, hosted by Cerrie Burnell, BBC TV presenter, actress and author.

Dulwich competitionCoolTan Arts participants entered artwork for the recent Salvator Rosa art competition after visiting theexhibiton at Dulwich Picture Gallery. The competition is hosted by the Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery aspart of Dulwich OnView.

The images are available on our flickr http://bit.ly/gYu7eh or facebook http://on.fb.me/fVWyMS.A summary of the competition can be found on the Dulwich OnView website at:http://dulwichonview.org.uk/rosa-art-competition/. Please check it out and vote for your favourite CoolTanentry. The competition Flickr gallery can be found at: http://bit.ly/focXqw.



WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES – OPEN TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL DISTRESS

New workshops!! *open to everyone*

We have a new set of workshops, open to all! Email Rosie on [email protected] or call us on 02077012696 for more details.

Theatre creation: Mondays 6pm-8pm – only £6 (concessions) or £8 for a 2-hour sessionMeditation: Tuesday 1pm-2pm - donation of £1

Movement therapy: 2.15pm-3.15pm - donation of £1Card-making: Thursdays: 11am-1pm – free, cards will be sold to raise money for CoolTan

Food For Mood workshops: January – March 2011 *free and open to everyone*On Tuesday afternoons, starting January 11th, CoolTan Arts will be running workshops around the productionof the Food For Mood cookbook. Everyone is welcome, and there will be a variety of artistic and practicalactivities relating to books and food: writing, design, arts, interviewing, research, editing and eating! Peopletaking part will be contributing to decisions about the cookbook that is to be published later in 2011.So save your Tuesday afternoons in the New Year… And if you’d like to help decide exactly what workshopswe offer, or just want to hear more, please email [email protected] or call Jade on 020 7701 2696.

Self-Advocacy Training Skills Programme

Self-advocacy skills training can assist in knowing and accessing your rights and getting your voice heard in many situations.

This month further practical ways of self-advocacy coupled with peer support. We have a large-scale event planned for mid-January - personalisation and you! Look out for details.

Workshops continue: Wednesday mornings from 11am, Thursday afternoons from 2pm at CoolTan Arts unlessotherwise advertised.

Thursday afternoon, 2nd December, 2pm - 5pm:Invitation to find out more about Recovery, the Recovery Star, begin your own **Recovery Star** planVenue: CoolTan Arts - (weather dependent - please check on the day).With trainers from Mental Health Provider Forum: Helen Blacker and Yetunde Onifade. 16 places maximumavailable - please let us know if you're intending to come, thank you!

Further Self-advocacy skills training topics for December: Introduction to Peer AdvocacyNHS + Social Care: Complaints and Tribunals; plus on-going ‘Make me Smile’ work.

More details and updates available at CoolTan Arts, or phone, email or write to us and ask for Phil Ruthen,Advocacy Training Coordinator.Telephone: 020 7701 2696 or Mobile: 0798 565 8443 [email protected] [email protected] News at: http://www.cooltanarts.org.uk/advocacy-2/ and http://afunnyfarm.org.uk/

Join a regular workshop at CoolTanDo you need to get out of the house? Come along to one of CoolTan’s workshops to meet people, learnnew skills, have fun, and break out of isolation with like-minded people. Our workshops are open to anyadults experiencing mental distress with access to direct payments or Community Care Plan CPA. Pleasecontact CoolTan Arts on 020 77012696 or email [email protected] for more details or to make abooking.



Workshop T imetab le

Day Morning Afternoon Evening

Mondays VolunteeringVisual Arts 1-3pmBatik 2-4pmSculpture 3.30-5.30pm

Volunteering

Tuesdays Drawing 11am-1pm

Basic / Intermediate IT 12-4pm (please book)Yoga, Meditation and de-stress 1pm-2pmMovement Therapy: 2pm-3pmPhotoshop 2pm-4pmVideo & filming 4-6pm

Volunteering

Wednesdays Volunteering Visual arts women only 2-4pmKnitting 4pm-6pm

Web design 6-8pmVolunteering

ThursdayPoetry 11am-1pmCard making 11am-1pm

Largactyl Shuffle workshop 2-4 pm Volunteering

Friday Visual Arts 10.30am-12.30pm Visual Arts 1-3pm N/A

Saturday’s N/A Largactyl Shuffle Walk 12noon, every 3r

Saturday N/A

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

Why volunteer? – Need help getting back into work, want to give back to the community Volunteers do a wonderful job and CoolTan couldn’t exist without the work they do. Volunteering at CoolTan

Arts can help you gain confidence and new skills, get work experience, make new friends.Volunteer opportunities are available every day. If you would like to help us, please speak to Asia at CoolTan,contact her on 020 7701 2696, email [email protected] or check the websitehttp://cooltanarts.org.uk/category/voluntary-position/ for more details.

Opportunity of the month: Events volunteers and photographers urgently needed! We need volunteers that can help with the stalls and the Christmas party – promoting the events, setting upmaterials at the stalls, talking to people, handing out leaflets etc. We also need photographers that can comeand take pictures for us. If you are available, please get in touch. Speak to Asia at CoolTan, contact her on

020 7701 2696, email [email protected].

Services for Health and Social Care Organisations, mental health practitioners, GPs, socialworkers, key workers…CoolTan Arts can work with GPs and other health professionals to meet the social care needs of their clients.We are very keen to meet you and your teams and tell you more about the services CoolTan Arts offers.If you are a community mental health practitioner and you would like to refer clients, please contact us on 02077012696 or email [email protected] you are interested in finding out more about us and how we can work with your organisation, or want aCoolTan representative at your team meetings to give an introduction to CoolTan, please contact us on 02077012696 or email [email protected].

Opening times over XMas

CoolTan Arts is closed over the Xmas Period from the 18th December and we open

again on 4th January. CoolTan’s staff need a break and some rest.Big Thank You to everyone for your hard work, energy and enthusiasm.We wish you all the best, and look forward to seeing you in 2011.

Last, but not least, a big thanks to our donors, funders, supports, and to all the people who give their time andenergy to CoolTan Arts and make what we do possible.

CoolTan Arts believes mental wellbeing is enhanced by the power of creativity.We are proud to have as Patrons: Maggi Hambling, Sokari Douglas Camp, Ali Smith, ClareAllan and Rosemary Shrager

Unit B 237 Walworth Rd London SE17 1RL T: 0207 701 2696 M: 0798 565 8443

W: www.cooltanarts.org.uk E: [email protected] CoolTan Arts Registered charity number 1064231 Company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales reg. 3244552

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