WELCOME TO COOLTAN ARTS E-BULLETIN JANUARY 2011

Events take place at CoolTan Arts Unit B 237 Walworth Rd SE171RL

unless otherwise stated.
www.cooltanarts.org.uk www.afunnyfarm.org.uk info@cooltanarts.org.uk
Tel: 020 7701 2696. Open Mon-Thu 10am-6pm, Fri 10am-5pm.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS FROM ALL AT COOLTAN ARTS!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY – DON’T MISS THESE EVENTS

Food for mood - New series of workshops starting on Tue 11th January, 3pm-5pm, for 10 weeks
Thu 13 Jan, 11am-2pm: Introduction to the Recovery Star
Sat 15 Jan, 12noon: CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle: Keep fit and keep well
Wed 19th Jan, 3pm-4.30 pm: Community Advocacy Meeting
20 Jan – end of Feb: Art Exhibition ‘CoolTan Creations’ at Oxford House
Tue 25 Jan, 2.30pm-5pm: Open Day with Food for Mood workshop and talk on personalisation

UPCOMING EVENTS
Food For Mood – New series of workshops: January – March 2011 *Free and open to all*
On Tuesday afternoons, starting January 11th, CoolTan Arts will be running
workshops around the production of the Food For Mood cookbook.
Everyone is welcome, and there will be a variety of artistic and practical
activities relating to books and food:
- contributing recipes and discussing food
- creative writing, local research, interviews
- writing, editing, design and layout
- learning about the world of book publishing
- food heritage of Southwark

For anyone who's interested, this is a chance to be on the steering committee for creating the cookbook.
If you'd rather just attend for enjoyment, that's fine too - you can do as much or as little as you like!
Come along on the 11th Jan and take part in this exciting project. We look forward to seeing you there.
For more information, please contact Elizabeth, Rosie or Clara on 020 77012696 or email
rosie@cooltanarts.org.uk.

CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle: Keep fit and keep well!

15 Jan 2011, 12noon; Meet at Maudsley Hospital
Come and join CoolTan Arts’ Largactyl Shuffle in January, have a brisk walk through Southwark and beat the
winter blues. Walk and talk, join our guided cultural walk and enjoy an afternoon out, with creative, fun and
easy ways to keep fit in the park!
Come along, learn new things about Southwark and its history of mental
health, meet like-minded people and make friends. The Largactyl Shuffle is
the perfect opportunity!
Walkers meet at 12noon at the main entrance of Maudsley Hospital, Denmark
Hill, London SE5 8AZ and walk to Burgess Park. Call CoolTan Arts on
07985658443 if you cannot find the group of walkers on the day.
5 Mile walk through the back streets of Southwark- allow 4 hours. Feel free to
bring sandwiches and a bottle of water. The walk is free but a voluntary
contribution will be appreciated, all money goes towards CoolTan Arts.

CoolTan Arts Open Day: Tuesday 25th January from 2.30pm- 5pm
Come and join us for our open day on Tuesday 25th January, from 2.30-5pm, find out more about CoolTan Arts
and how you can get involved.
There’ll be a short presentation about CoolTan’s workshops and activities, the referral process and a short
introduction to Personalisation at 2.30pm. Then you have the opportunity to try one of our taster workshops
from 3pm onwards, including our new ‘Food for Mood’ Workshop.
Visit our fabulous gallery, find out about our upcoming events and our latest exhibitions, meet tutors,
volunteers and participants. To RSVP or to find out more contact Rosie on 0207 701 2696 or email
rosie@cooltanarts.org.uk. We look forward to seeing you then!
RECENT NEWS
Welcome to Jenny Irish
We have a new member of staff at CoolTan Arts – welcome to our new Operations Director Jenny Irish.
Please say hello to her in the office, call her on 020 77012696 or email jenny@cooltanarts.org.uk.

CoolTan Poetry Book

With the great success of our Thursday morning poetry group came an amazing poetry book. An Anthropology
of CoolTan artists’ words, thoughts and feelings. Get a copy now for friends and family. The books are now
available on Amazon http://amzn.to/bFZcxZ or contact CoolTan on clara@cooltanarts.org.uk or 02077012696.

Art exhibition ‘CoolTan Creations’ at Oxford House

20th Jan – end of February
CoolTan Arts has a new art exhibition at Oxford House Gallery, with works from participants and tutors. This
multifarious array will boast something to suit everyone’s fancy, from abstract to realist and oils to
watercolours. Examining the extraordinary, the ordinary and the imaginary through art and mind!
We organise a visit for CoolTan participants, volunteers, staff and tutors in February.

Venue: Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 6HG

Phone: 020 7739 9001 E: info@oxfordhouse.org.uk , http://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/index.php

New workshops!! *open to everyone*

We have a new set of workshops, open to all! Email Rosie on rosie@cooltanarts.org.uk or call us on
020 77012696 for more details.

Theatre creation: Mondays 6pm-8pm – only £6 (concessions) or £8 for a 2-hour session

Food for Mood: Tuesday 3pm-5pm
Movement therapy: 2.15pm-3.15pm - donation of £1
Card-making: Thursdays: 11am-1pm – free, cards will be sold to raise money for CoolTan

WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES – OPEN TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL DISTRESS

Introduction to the Recovery Star
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Thursday, 13 January, 11am-2pm
CoolTan Arts is pleased to introduce Sahara Hassan as the Recovery Star Worker, whose role is delivering
the Recovery Star on a one-to-one training and peer-support basis.
Join the Recovery Star Introduction on 13th January with trainers from Mental Health Provider Forum
(MHPF): Kerry Duffy and Helen Blacker. Learn what the Recovery Star is and how it was developed, how the
Ladder of Change can be used to measure and support change.
Access to Recovery Star hosted by CoolTan Arts, via the Mental Health Provider Forum (MHPF), is for existing
CoolTan workshop participants, tutors, staff, volunteers - please contact CoolTan for more details.
The training is primarily for people involved already with CoolTan Arts - colleagues in other organisations
please get in touch!
We have 16 places maximum available for this training - please let us know if you intend to come!
More details and updates available at CoolTan Arts, email Sahara Hassan: saharacooltanarts@gmail.com or
Phil Ruthen, Advocacy Training Co-ordinator: phil@cooltanarts.org.uk or phone us Telephone:
020 7701 2696 or Mobile: 0798 565 8443.

Community Advocacy meeting Wednesday 19th January 3pm-4.30 pm:

We look in more details at the effects of the cuts, and any actions that the community advocacy group would
like to take. We can also look a bit more at personal health budgets, and at the roll-out of personalisation
generally. Any ideas for topics/ areas for discussion are very welcome.

The Personalisation Event planned for the 14th January has been postponed, while further information about
the Personalisation process is being developed. Southwark LINK and members of the SUC’s focus group on
Personalisation will be involved with this event, and if you are interested in helping to plan and develop this
event please let me know. It has been suggested that the event is to take place in early February, but is yet to
be confirmed.
More updates are available from Rosie Agnew on rosie@cooltanarts.org.uk or call 020 77012696.
Self-Advocacy Training Skills Programme
Self-advocacy skills training can assist in knowing and accessing your rights and getting your
voice heard in many situations.
Workshops continue: Wednesday mornings from 11am, Thursday afternoons from 2pm at
CoolTan Arts unless otherwise advertised.
There will be an opening of Programme 2 Self-advocacy Skills Training with "An Introduction
to Advocacy". Programme 1 will run concurrently to completion in early 2011.
More details and updates available at CoolTan Arts, or phone, email or write to us and ask for Phil Ruthen,
Advocacy Training Coordinator.
Telephone: 020 7701 2696 or
Mobile: 0798 565 8443
 phil@cooltanarts.org.uk

Join a regular workshop at CoolTan

Do you need to get out of the house? Come along to one of CoolTan’s workshops to meet people, learn
new skills, have fun, and break out of isolation with like-minded people. Our workshops are open to any
adults experiencing mental distress with access to direct payments or other funding. Please contact
CoolTan Arts on 020 77012696 or email referrals@cooltanarts.org.uk for more details.

Workshop Timetable
Day Morning Afternoon Evening
Visual Arts 1-3pm Theatre Creation –
Mondays Closed for staff meeting Batik 2-4pm 6pm -8pm (£6 per
Sculpture 3.30-5.30pm session, concessions)
Basic / Intermediate IT 12-4pm (please book)
Movement Therapy: 2pm-3pm
Drawing 11am-1pm
Tuesdays Food for Mood workshop 3-5pm Volunteering
Volunteering
Photoshop 2pm-4pm
Video & filming 4-6pm
Self advocacy 11am-1.30pm Visual arts women only 2-4pm Web design 6-8pm
Wednesdays
Volunteering Knitting 4pm-6pm Volunteering
Poetry 11am-1pm Largactyl Shuffle workshop 2-4 pm
Thursday Volunteering
Card making 11am-1pm Self advocacy 2-5pm
Friday Volunteering Visual Arts 1-3pm N/A
rd
Saturday’s N/A Largactyl Shuffle Walk 12noon, every 3 Saturday N/A

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
Why volunteer? – Need help getting back into work, want to give back to the community
Opportunity of the month: Office assistant
Volunteers do a wonderful job and CoolTan couldn’t exist without the work they do. Volunteering at CoolTan
Arts can help you gain confidence and new skills, get work experience, make new friends.
Volunteer opportunities are available every day. If you would like to help us, please speak to Asia at CoolTan,
contact her on 020 7701 2696, email volunteers@cooltanarts.org.uk or check the website
http://cooltanarts.org.uk/category/voluntary-position/ for more details.

Services for Health and Social Care Organisations, mental health practitioners, GPs, social
workers, key workers…
CoolTan Arts can work with GPs and other health professionals to meet the social care needs of their clients.
We are very keen to meet you and your teams and tell you more about the services CoolTan Arts offers.
If you are a community mental health practitioner and you would like to refer clients, please contact us on 020
77012696 or email referrals@cooltanarts.org.uk.
If you are interested in finding out more about us and how we can work with your organisation, or want a
CoolTan representative at your team meetings to give an introduction to CoolTan, please contact us on 020
77012696 or email rosie@cooltanarts.org.uk.

Last, but not least, a big thanks to our donors, funders, supports, and to all the people who give their time and
energy to CoolTan Arts and make what we do possible.
CoolTan Arts believes mental wellbeing is enhanced by the power of creativity.
We are proud to have as Patrons: Maggi Hambling, Sokari Douglas Camp, Ali Smith, Clare
Allan and Rosemary Shrager
Unit B 237 Walworth Rd London SE17 1RL T: 0207 701 2696 M: 0798 565 8443
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