The Life Rooms at the Playhouse
About The Life Rooms
The Life Rooms at the Playhouse is a partnership between the Playhouse and Mersey Care, the largest mental health trust in the North West.
In January 2020 a pilot initiative began enabling the Playhouse to be a dual-purpose building. In the daytime it operated a community/social model in response to mental health need, and in the evening it operated as a working theatre. The model is a national exemplar. Service-users are referred from mental health services or self-refer. They enjoy the café and participate in sessions/courses, 50% are creative wellbeing sessions and 50% are activities to support mental health.
The COVID-19 pandemic halted the delivery of The Pilot Life Rooms in a physical space, it did, however, create an opportunity to develop online provision.
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- The Pilot Life Rooms at the Playhouse - Jan to Mar 2020
- The pilot was effective as a first step in demonstrating the impact creative activities could have on mental health and wellbeing...
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- The Life Rooms Online
- An online provision for The Life Rooms was required as Covid-19 led to an escalation of poor mental health and increase in crisis support…
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Life Rooms at the Playhouse is supported through a £40,343 grant from Space to Connect (a partnership between Co-op Foundation and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) and £20,000 from Mersey Care.
Liverpool University have provided staff to lead Creative Writing both in the Playhouse and on-line and provided the evaluation. A range of community partners have been involved to engage service users experiencing homelessness, addiction and caring responsibilities including Crisis, Action on Addiction and My Time.
