Weaving wellbeing * Meg Simpson – Area Coordinator for Health Promotion, Prevention and
Early Intervention (Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services, Western NSW Local Health Network)
I spent many years as an actor and then in arts administration and now here I am working in mental health. I could tell you about a lot of projects, wonderful projects we’ve been doing recently: for example, a choir called The Symptomatics that we developed with the Orange Regional Conservatorium of Music. Or a photography project called Through My Eyes where we gave out disposable cameras to all the staff and asked them to invite people to take photos to tell us about their world… but really, if we can only tell one story, I just have to tell you about Bloomfield. When we thought about developing this strategy we were looking as well for the flow-on benefits that come with increasing pride and confidence amongst the staff and the broader community. * 38
