Fife Employment Access Trust (FEAT) support young people (15-18) and adults (18+) with moderate to severe and/or enduring mental health problems, providing a range of self-management and employability programmes to people with mental health conditions to better manage their conditions to improve daily living and develop their employability skills to prepare for, enter and sustain paid work, or access other meaningful activities such as volunteering and further education.
Since 2013 Bobath Scotland has had a successful partnership with the Pixel Fund. Receiving a total of £19,000 over the past 6 years Bobath Scotland has been able to provide therapy to hundreds of children from across Scotland living with cerebral palsy.
Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability in children. 1 in 450 children are diagnosed with CP and it can affect every aspect of daily life for them, and their parents and siblings. Many children with CP will never walk or talk, for others their condition may be mild but problems with balance can mean falling over in the playground more often than their peers or difficulty getting around school each day. No two people experience this incurable condition in the same way.
The artistic medium we have found works best in hospitals is animation. This process uses a broad range of art forms such as storytelling, visual arts, building scale sets, making characters, animating the characters and finally finding a voice for your character. This means that there is something to engage everyone. Creating an animation also requires people to develop their communication skills, team work, problem solving, commitment to attend the sessions and a lot of patience which can be a real challenge for people in psychiatric hospitals.
The donation of £5,000 from The Pixel Fund to SignHealth will help enormously with the development of computerised CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) resources, which take the form of sign-language based videos. This involves the scripting, translating and filming of cCBT programmes in Deaf accessible BSL.
If an individual who has suffered a brain injury has support to adjust with their life change then they are likely to respond to rehabilitation interventions more positively and show better outcomes from such interventions. There is also a small number of studies showing that good family adjustment after a member has suffered a brain injury results in lower stress and anxiety for the carers in that family unit.
Our Project, funded by The Pixel Fund, is to provide psychoeducation and therapy to our beneficiaries at our monthly Norwich and Norfolk OCD Voluntary Support Group. Our beneficiaries travel from all areas of Norfolk and Suffolk due to our reputation for training, helping and supporting people with OCD, their family members and carers.
Mid and North East Essex Mind provide mental health support to children, young people and adults across the area living with a mild to moderate mental health problems. Our mission is to support and empower people experiencing an emotional or mental health condition by building on their personal hopes and aspirations.
The Pixel Fund are generously supporting our core service providing emotional support and practical information to people affected by neurological problems. Our nurse-led team provide free and confidential information and support by phone and email, in order to answer questions and alleviate anxiety and stress.
Being young can be a challenging time – and it can be even more challenging when you are experiencing mental health problems. Newport Mind’s projects for children, young people and families give young people the opportunity to access mental health support earlier, and improve their confidence and ability to lead active lives.
Funding from The Pixel fund will enable us to provide an emotionally sensitive package of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Our approach, whilst providing the structure of cognitive behavioural therapy and a focus on changing thoughts and behaviours, also provides the opportunity for individuals to explore their thoughts and feelings, allowing an understanding of the emotional part of their experience in addition to the cognitive.
