You Turn, a youth support centre based in Evesham, is taking an innovative approach to addressing young people’s mental health concerns through creativity.
Following discussions with participants in its enterprise and life skills programs, the centre have launched a multi-media arts project designed to promote positive mental health messaging through clothing!
The project gives young people a chance to dabble in graphic design, drawing, mixed-media arts, typesetting, photography, and printing. The goal being to create impactful pieces, including T-shirts, hoodies, posters, comics, zines, films, and animations, that spread uplifting messages about mental wellbeing.
They have recently launched their own clothing brand called Mankey Clothing, you can view their process and how it helps them here:
Engaging in creative projects boosts self-confidence, improves mood, encourages emotional expression and creativity, improves communication and problem solving.
The project was supported by a Public Health grant that allowed the centre to purchase technology and equipment for design creation and printing.
To find out more about Public Health wellbeing grants for youth organisations, please visit our webpage: Public Health Youth Innovation Grant | Worcestershire County Council
