Delighted to be one of six grant recipients of the EU-funded project Culture and Health Platform. Six grant recipients in Ireland have been selected as part of the EU-funded project Culture and Health Platform. The aim of the grant is to give individual artists or cultural practitioners the opportunity to develop new knowledge within the cross-sectoral field of culture and health, with a basis in their own artistic practices.

This project which I am partnering with Dunfanaghy FRC will use cultural/story exchanges, storytelling, writing, art, theatre and performance as powerful tools for promoting the health and wellbeing of women from ethnic minority backgrounds including IPAS residents and refugees especially those in remote areas (Donegal) supporting them to explore their own identities, connect with their cultural heritage, fostering a sense of belonging when they have come here displaced from their homeland. Local Irish women will also participate. It aims for social connection, promote healing, offer a safe space for expression for those who participate. Each workshop has a theme and starts with a cultural/story exchange.

Looking forward to starting this project at the end of Autumn.