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Identifying innovative approaches to participatory art programmes/projects for children in hospital.
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Hi,I am mapping the use of multi-disciplinary and participatory arts with children in hospital in the UK. I am based in Ireland. Can anyone recommend hospitals with high quality…Continue

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Helene Hugel commented on David Harradine's blog post 'Evaluation with Children'

This might be of interest? Developing an age appropriate consultation methodology forinvolving children under 5 years of age in decision making are available in the ‘WOW! This is Big’ publication.The findings challenge thinking about…

Jan 21

Please give what you can and support the power of the arts to bring joy to sick children.

Help Helium's story come true for children in hospital - Support our project, receive a personalised gift and be in with the chance to win tickets for Mary Black in Concert, Big Maggie at The Gaiety, a voucher from award-winning Zeba Hairdressers, recipe books and Mothercare vouchers plus other prizes. The Storytellers' New Gambit is a storytelling and technology performance project for children in hospital in which the artists will design storytellers' costumes with embedded technology so…See More

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Would you have 1 minute to vote for Helium as Mykidstime.ie Charity of the Year?

Would you have 1 minute? Helium (the Irish children's arts charity working to improve the lives of children in hospital) has been shortlisted for 2012 Charity of the Year with Mykidstime.ie and we need your vote. The winning charity with the most votes by midnight 29th January will become Mykidstime.ie Charity of the Year and receive support and advertising throughout the year. This is a great opportunity to help build awareness around the positive difference the arts make to the lives of…See More

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Helene Hugel replied to Hazel Darwin-Edwards's discussion 'Peer to Peer Learning Ideas'

Great idea Hazel. I am based in Ireland so can't take part, but would like to hear how this initiative develops. Please keep me posted. All the best, Helene

Aug 2, 2011

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This is a very important area I've worked in developing. Contacts : London - Spanner In The Works Company run a programme at Guy's Hospital with short / long term and psychiatric child patients / (spannerintheworks.org.uk). - Great…

Nov 4, 2010

Learning and discoveries from the Puppet Portal Project, Phase 1: Puppet Making Kit

As the Puppet Portal Project Phase 2 gets under-way, we are working to collectively build on our learning and discoveries from the first phase. These were highlighted in an independent evaluation by SpiralOrchard, to be published by Helium before the end of the year. The evaluation demonstrated that the project had both social impact and creative outcomes. We will be sharing some of the creative outcomes over the next few months, grouped into themes such as: Creative Evaluation Techniques,…See More

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The Puppet Portal Project - Call for Artists

Helium, children's arts and health company, Ireland, invites applications from multi-disciplinary artists working in the Dublin, Letterkenny, and Cork areas to collaborate with children across 5 participating hospitals in the next phase of this arts and health and technology project. Contemporary puppetry techniques, storytelling and technology will be explored to create live, interactive, puppetry performances via the hospital web portal, Solas, an online community for children and young…See More

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Helene Hugel replied to Helene Hugel's discussion 'Identifying innovative approaches to participatory art programmes/projects for children in hospital.'

Other programmes I have come across: Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool: http://www.imagineappeal.com/about/art.asp I am also researching Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and Alder Hay Children's Hospital, Liverpool. Any further information…

Apr 8, 2010

Helene Hugel replied to Helene Hugel's discussion 'Identifying innovative approaches to participatory art programmes/projects for children in hospital.'

Thanks for this. Yes I have heard of Evelina Children's Hospital through the Welcome Trust. They funded a project there called For the Best which was based on children's experiences of dialysis and which ran as a promenade performance for…

Apr 8, 2010

David Harradine replied to Helene Hugel's discussion 'Identifying innovative approaches to participatory art programmes/projects for children in hospital.'

Have you checked out the Evelina Children's Hospital at St Thomas's in London? There used to be a great person there called Manual Barroso (I think) who ran an interesting arts programme...

Mar 31, 2010

Identifying innovative approaches to participatory art programmes/projects for children in hospital.

Hi,I am mapping the use of multi-disciplinary and participatory arts with children in hospital in the UK. I am based in Ireland. Can anyone recommend hospitals with high quality programmes/projects? (I am not looking for examples of environmental enhancement and I am also aware of Clown Doctors.)Thank you! Helene from www.helium.ie See More

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Location: Sligo Ireland

About me: Helene Hugel is a puppeteer, children's theatre maker, and social entrepreneur. The Bedmaker is her most recent performance and travels bedside-to-bedside, empowering children to transform their hospital beds into an imaginative, storytelling landscapes.

She is also artistic director and founder of Helium, children's arts and health company based in Ireland.

Helium produces creative art interventions for, with, and by young people in health care settings.

Helium aims to uphold the Arts and Health field as a creatively charged environment with which artists can engage, where art-forms can be challenged, enriched, and extended to produce ground-breaking, inventive new work which engages with the development of children’s arts in Ireland.

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Please give what you can and support the power of the arts to bring joy to sick children.

Help Helium's story come true for children in hospital - Support our project, receive a personalised gift and be in with the chance to win tickets for Mary Black in Concert, Big Maggie at The Gaiety, a voucher from award-winning Zeba Hairdressers, recipe books and Mothercare vouchers plus other prizes.

The Storytellers' New Gambit is a storytelling and technology performance project for children in hospital in which the artists will design storytellers' costumes with embedded…

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Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:24pm

Would you have 1 minute to vote for Helium as Mykidstime.ie Charity of the Year?

Would you have 1 minute?

Helium (the Irish children's arts charity working to improve the lives of children in hospital) has been shortlisted for 2012 Charity of the Year with Mykidstime.ie and we need your vote.

The winning charity with the most votes by midnight 29th January will become Mykidstime.ie Charity of the Year and receive support and advertising throughout the year.

This is a great opportunity to help build awareness around the positive difference…

Continue

Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:12am

Learning and discoveries from the Puppet Portal Project, Phase 1: Puppet Making Kit

As the Puppet Portal Project Phase 2 gets under-way, we are working to collectively build on our learning and discoveries from the first phase. These were highlighted…

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Posted on October 7, 2010 at 7:56pm

The Puppet Portal Project - Call for Artists

Posted on July 15, 2010 at 9:25pm

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At 8:58am on November 4, 2010, Stuart Bennett said…: This is a very important area I've worked in developing.

Contacts :

London
- Spanner In The Works Company run a programme at Guy's Hospital with short / long term and psychiatric child patients / (spannerintheworks.org.uk).
- Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital have a school attached for their child patients and would be keen to receive a theatre programme.

Northern Ireland
- Cahoots Theatre in Belfast has a touring programme touring children's wards (Bedside Theatre). They have a CD showing the programme in operation.

Stuart Bennett / London Drama (www.londondrama.org)

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