Working Freelance - Week 1 Finding out our projects

This blog is for freelance, the first post will be on four questions we were told to answer.

What project are you doing?

I will be attending Mind which is based in Croydon; I will be working on this project for the next 12 weeks, as part of a group including Ellie, chirs, shazzy ,lucy,deedee.

What do you know about the company?

I know that Mind is a charity which helps with mental health, they are based in Croydon. They are supporting the families and friends of people who suffer from mental health issues, but they also encourage mental well-being in order to prevent these. They have strong campaigns to raise awareness and present the facts about the causes, the treatment and the after-care of the ones affected directly and indirectly.

What are you initial thoughts?

My thoughts would be that I am worried about starting there, but I'm excited to try something new as I have worked with “Slide” which are a dance company promoting movement for and with the physically impaired, and “Chicken shed”,  which is mainly theatre based , so I'm looking forward to getting ideas for workshops from different types of performing arts and different topics.

What positive impact do you think this will have on your learning?

I believe that this experience will enhance my creativity in workshops for a range of topics, I feel it will also improve my improvisation skills for the different group sizes, because as a CAP practitioner, you don’t always know how many people will turn up each week.

Research on Mind

Mind is a charity which helps and supports with mental health. Their mission "We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding."  They want to help people experiencing a mental health problem get the best support and respect. They also want to help people who are likely to develop mental health, they want to empower people with mental health issues by giving them choices, improving services and support, enabling social participation, removing inequality of opportunity, organisational excellence. Mind's president is Stephen Fry, he is their figurehead and their leading ambassador.  He helps promoting their causes on their behalf.