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1. Strands

   Artivism's research is divided into two strands, find out more about this work.

2. Where to seek help

   If you are struggling with your mental health or thoughts of suicide, some useful details are below. If you are in immediate danger (or concerned someone else is) or may harm yourself, please dial 111 for urgent medical advice, or call 999 for an emergency response.

3. Healthy Muscle Ageing Conference (HMAC) report

   Healthy Muscle Ageing Conference (HMAC) report

4. Understanding the effectiveness of the James’ Place therapeutic model

   The aim of this study is to examine how effective the James’ Place therapeutic model is helping men overcome their suicidal crisis in both the short- and long-term.

5. Configuration and utilisation of clinical pathways by patients who attend A&E in suicidal crisis

   This study will enable two mental health trusts across Cheshire and Merseyside to review eight A&E departments’ hospital data for patients who attend in suicidal crisis.

6. The effectiveness and acceptability of Suicide Postvention Liaison Services for Individuals Bereaved by Suicide

   This study aims to interview people supported by these services, the employees delivering this support, commissioners and key wider services who may have links to the services, including coroners, police, GPs and public health officials.

7. Ask, Listen, Act – Working Together to Inform the Provision of SEND Support for Children after the COVID-19 Pandemic

   This study, funded by the NIHR, intends to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns on children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

8. Terriers Project

   The Terriers Project within the Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion is a collaboration with Edge Hill University. Find out more about this project.

9. Reimagining the Veteran: Pedagogy, Policy and Arts

   Reimagining the Veteran is one of the strands within the Artivism Research Group. It aims to bring together academics, the arts, policymakers and advocates with veteran communities. Find out more about this project and watch the interviews.

10. Serious Games

    Serious Games is one of the strands of the Artivism Research Group. A major project of the Group is the board game - Probationary: The Game of Live on Licence. This art piece explores the lived experience of being on probation.