Two FREE creative and discussion led workshops (PAID opportunity) for gay, bi, trans and queer men with South Asian Heritage
You are invited to join two FREE creative and discussion workshops.
Eligibility criteria:
- You need to live in Birmingham (we will consider areas near by such as Solihull, Coventry and Wolverhampton and other nearby locations).
- Be a gay, bi, trans or queer man with South Asian Heritage.
- Be able to attend both workshop dates Monday August 19th and Saturday August 31st from 11am – 4pm.
- Have lived experiences of being diagnosed with depression at any time in your life.
https://forms.office.com/r/fHnwb2sspm
We are inviting adult participants (18 ) to two workshops. These are for gay, bi, trans and queer South Asian men who have either lived experience with diagnosed depression or potential treatment for living with depression.
The aim of the workshops is to provide a creative outlet for individuals and to help them explore and express their emotions in a safe and supportive environment. In the first workshop, we will invite you to express your creativity through drawing approaches. In the second workshop we will reflect on daily experiences and social interactions through discussions.
Please note that we anticipate that the two workshops may have some therapeutic benefits. However, these workshops are not a therapy setting.
These two workshops are linked to a university research project. The key motivation is to improve personalised treatment for mental health conditions, such as depression, given the unmet clinical need.
Facilitators are:
Dan Auluk. Dan has 25 years of work within LGBTQ South Asian communities and over 15 years of experience in Visual Arts.
Dr Maria Dauvermann. Maria is a psychologist and cognitive brain scientist. Her research focuses on the identification of risk and resilience markers in young people who are at high risk of developing mental health conditions, such as major depressive disorder.
What will I get out of these workshops?
Learn new art self-care approaches.
A chance to reduce isolation and stigma by connecting to other people through creativity and discussion.
Be able to contribute to research for University of Birmingham.
Be paid for your time (£120 for two creative workshops – both sessions need to be attended to be paid)
Up to £10 in travel expenses for each workshop.
Receive a digital booklet in pdf format from artist Dan Auluk.
An exhibition/gallery tour with artist Dan Auluk.
A 3 month catch-up on Zoom to do a creative check-in and feedback.
No previous experience or skill is necessary is needed to attend the workshops.
This opportunity is supported by University Of Birmingham through seedcorn funding provided by SMQB. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/systems-modelling-and-quantitative-biomedicine.
The deadline for completion of this survey is Friday 26th July, 2024. https://forms.office.com/r/fHnwb2sspm
Everything you share during the workshop is strictly confidential and will only be shared with another professional if you or someone else is at immediate risk during the process.
All personal information is stored and destroyed in adherence with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 2018 and will not be used for any purpose beyond the creative or research process.
