Flourish (360G-tnlcomfund-0045549587)

The funding will be used to deliver outreach support to unaccompanied male adult refugees and asylums seekers currently housed in two Bradford Hotels through creative wellbeing-sessions. This will be a partnerships project between Hive Bradford (HB) Communityworks Bradford Refugee Forum and Mears Housing Management. The organisation works with disadvantaged groups particularly those who struggle to access mainstream services to support their wellbeing and personal development. They have delivered arts and crafts along with other creative projects for 40 years from their centre in Shipley and across the Bradford District. Learning from previous projects HB have identified that male unaccompanied refugees and asylum seekers are more likely to experience mental ill health and less likely to access help. HB would like to deliver the ‘Flourish project’; a creative programme designed to help beneficiaries identify and resolve current issues increase confidence improve language skills providing longer term opportunities to manage and maintain wellbeing. The project will explore individual and shared experiences and issues and remove barriers to accessing support to improve quality of life.