From the City to the Sea: An immersive journey to support care home staff wellbeing
A Southampton sociologist, pianist and artist has combined her skills to co-create 鈥 with care home staff 鈥 a nature-themed art and music video to support wellbeing.
Cindy Brooks , Research Fellow at the 黑料社, has co-produced the 鈥榯ime-out鈥 video in recognition of the contribution that busy care home staff give to society.
She worked with , and the university鈥檚 Health and Wellbeing Community Hub.
takes the viewer on a journey 鈥楩rom the City to the Sea鈥, shown through Cindy鈥檚 colourful and eye-catching paintings, and accompanied by music she composed and played on the piano.
Cindy said: 鈥淚 wanted to co-create something specifically with and for care home staff to recognise their contribution and support wellbeing, as well as provide a resource for residents and family members.鈥
She co-created the video through an online workshop with a group of care home staff from four UK-based care homes, who informed the choice of imagery and music and provided quotes of their experiences of engaging with nature, music and art.
Cindy added: 鈥淚 hope this resource will help to recognise the value of art and music to wellbeing. Art and music aren鈥檛 specific to certain individuals 鈥 they are important to everyone鈥檚 wellbeing, and they are important to inclusivity and bringing us together.鈥
She is keen to hear people鈥檚 views on the video and is running a to collect feedback.
It is the third wellbeing video resource that Cindy has co-created. The second, , was released in December 2022.