REFLECT: Understanding experiences of mental health in deprived coastal communities (360G-Wellcome-214827_Z_18_Z)

£67,885

During our research in a deprived seaside town following a spate of suicides, people expressed an urgent need for a deeper understanding of how mental health can change - and be changed by – living by the sea. Research shows that blue spaces have mental health benefits(1). But individuals’ lived experiences often jar with this; the sea is seen as a place of cruelty; and the site of that most final of mental health outcomes. This project aims to tell the stories of people in mental health treatment living by the sea, and to weave these stories - told through words, music and visual art - into a rich tapestry of their emotional experience of their environment. The sound and art installations co-created by local people with a lived experience of mental health in one deprived setting (Bude, Cornwall), will be taken to a second setting (Newhaven, East Sussex) to test whether new understanding of mental health and the sea translates. We hope the project will empower the individuals involved - who often feel forgotten next to their urban counterparts - and give voice to their experiences in a de-stigmatising manner; and that their insights will drive health research projects.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 67885
Applicant Surname Morgan
Approval Committee Public Engagement Fund (Small Awards) Committee
Award Date 2018-10-11T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2018/19
Grant Programme: Title Public Engagement Fund
Internal ID 214827/Z/18/Z
Lead Applicant Prof Celia Morgan
Partnership Value 67885
Planned Dates: End Date 2020-03-07T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2019-03-07T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region South West