Sunderland Headlight
Sunderland Headlight is a service user led Mental Health organisation. The charity provides support to those experiencing mental health issues, and offers a range of services and activities, to enable individuals to step on the road to recovery and independence. Sunderland Headlight offers a weekly timetable of groups and activities, a Generalist Advice Service, a Listening Session Service, weekly Wellbeing Check in Calls, and Social Sessions throughout the week which help to reduce social isolation for those with affected by poor mental health
What’s been happening:
Sunderland Headlight is aiming to integrate arts and creativity sessions into their services for their users dealing with mental health issues. Service users have worked with animator Scott Tyrell to develop a new short animation which was developed through the stories that the service users shared and their own experiences and journeys with mental health.
Take a look at the animation, Any One of Us, below:
Find out more:
14 Mary St, Sunderland SR1 3NH
WEBSITE: https://www.sunderlandheadlight.co.uk/
Check out the video below to find out more about Sunderland Headlight’s work as part of A Space to Create.
This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit UK Shared Prosperity Fund: prospectus - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
