Have you got a great idea for using the arts or arts activities to enhance mental health or tackle mental health issues? This could be visual arts like painting, drawing or photography, or other arts activities such as writing, dance, poetry, theatre, music, pottery, sculpture or architecture. Would a small amount of cash help you develop your idea? Want to pitch your idea at special #nottssoup event with Arts and Mental Health Fund, Hard Heads and Hang-Ups on Tuesday 15th October 2019?
Anybody can apply to pitch as long as your idea will benefit people in Nottinghamshire.
How does it work?
Everybody who comes to the Hard Heads and Hang Ups #NottsSoup event pays a minimum donation of £5 for a bowl of soup. They listen to 4 pitches from people with ideas that use the arts to aid mental health. If you are selected to pitch
you will have 4 minutes to tell us about your idea without technology. Our panel and the audience then have the opportunity to ask you a few questions. Following the pitches, the audience get to eat their soup and to vote for which idea they would like to fund. The winner is the one that gets the most votes and they receive all the fivers plus additional donations from Lubrizol staff, Institute of Mental Health and other generous supporters. There is normally about £500 in the pot. Everybody is there to support the pitchers and even if you don't win, you might benefit from telling people about your idea.
Previous winning projects have included workshops for dementia sufferers; confidence building for girls; a garden space for those who have a stillborn child, an exhibition on bereavement from Meet-up Group, Lets Talk About Loss and circus skills workshops.
Applications to pitch need to be submitted midnight Sunday 6th October 2019 and we will contact you by 5pm Tuesday 8th October to let you know if your application has been successful. If you apply to pitch please make certain you will be able to come 6-9pm Tuesday October 15th and book your ticket using the link below.
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Book tickets for the event
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nottssoup-arts-and-mental-health-special-tickets-67738502685