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Project/initiative|Denmark|Local

Together for Culture

Project title

Sammen om kultur

Description of initiative

Together for Culture is the Deaconess Foundation's creative respite for people affected by stress, anxiety, or depression who need a break where they can have an experience with art and culture together with others. Supported by foundation funds, the project has been able to offer citizens five different cultural courses with, among other things, painting workshops, literature, and dance. The courses were developed and held in collaboration with local cultural institutions and artists in Frederiksberg.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Community well-being
Mental health
Quality of spaces and built environments

Keywords

health, communitystress, anxiety, depression, mental health, courses, artistic workshops

Target group

Not targeted to a specific group

Cultural field

Dance | Literature | Other | Visual arts

Timeframe

2021 - 2021

Sources of funding

National Board of Social Services and the Obel Family Foundation

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

The initiative consisted in organizing five workshops of 10 participants each, that were meant to contribute to the individual and collective well-being of people through art. Among the results, it was stated that:
- participants affirmed that they noticed an improvement in their mental and emotional states
- the participants' well-being state showed an average increase of 20 percentage points measured with the 'WHO-5 Wellbeing Index'

Organizer(s)

Diakonissestiftelsens
Denmark
NGO / Non-profit | Other