South London Press  Our Heroes Awards 2010

South London Press, 27 July 2010

CoolTan Arts has been nominated for a Community Project award for South London Press local heroes awards. Read this article that describes CoolTan Arts’ work and how we help people.

Largactyl Shuffle in Community Action Southwark Magazine

Cascade Summer 2010

This article is from Cascade, a magazine published by Community Action Southwark, It discusses the work of CoolTan Arts and how it is helping people discover London, through their midnight walk and monthly walks. This is great news for those who work at CoolTan Arts and those who participate in the daily workshops within CoolTan. Please feel free to read and download this article and hopefully we will see you at a workshop or a sponsored walk. You can find more information about all walks and workshops at CoolTan’s website.

COMMA BUT NOT A CLOSED ONE Amita Patel obituary

CoolTan Arts joins with many others to extended its condolences to Amita’s family, and to highlight Amita’s inspiring work.

Debjanee Chatterjee MBE, has gifted CoolTan Arts as well as other organisations her kind permissions to re-print the obituary in the link highlighted.

CoolTan Arts – enhancing well-being through the power of creativity
Mental Health and Social Inclusion May 2010

‘This article is a profile of CoolTan Arts, a pioneering arts and mental health charity based in South London that believes mental well-being is enhanced by the power of creativity.’

‘Twisted’ Fashion
Southwark News
‘A Walworth charity has promised to give fashion designer Vivienne Westwood a run for her money as they take part in Alternative Fashion week.’

The Largactyl Shuffle
Mental Health Today
‘CoolTan Arts, a London based organisation promoting mental wellbeing, is making a name for itself.’

CoolTan Arts premiers three films at the British Film Institute
Disability Arts Online
‘CoolTan Arts, the London-based arts project working with mental health service users, launched three new film projects at the British Film Institute on 8 February, 2010.’

Largactyl Shuffle, BFI Southbank, Feb 8
South London Press
‘CoolTan Arts the Walworth based charity that seeks to alleviate mental distress by encouraging sufferers to alleviate their creativity, is releasing a film about one of its flagship projects.’

The Asylum Seeker
Time Out
‘The Largactyl Shuffle is a stroll through Southwark with a difference – tracing the area’s colourful history and ongoing relationship with mental illness.’

Walk Tall
Living South Magazine
‘Living South discovers the local community while soaking up some quirky history with wellbeing walks by Walworth charity CoolTan Arts’

Walk the walk of Southwark pride
Disability Now
‘Mental health and the past walk hand in hand as Kelly Mullan takes a toddle through the history of histrionics in south London’

What a difference a World Mental Health day makes
Clare Allen
The Guardian

Doing it for themselves
Disability Now
‘The women of CoolTan Arts, a mental health arts project based in Southwark South London unveiled their collection of batik kimono designs on the catwalk during Alternative Arts Fashion Week’

The Summer Solstice Largactyl Shuffle: From Madhouse to Modern Psychiatric Hospital
Mental Health Practice
‘A guided walk from Tate Modern at Bankside to the Maudsley Hospital in Camberwell, June 20′

Women with mental distress get creative
Women in Prison
‘We present our favourite images from Women Make Art, an exhibition held at CoolTan gallery in London earlier this year.’

On the record
Mental Health Today
‘Looking at ordinary people’s tales of living with their mental illness.’

Do the Largactyl Shuffle
Communitycare
‘Mark Drinkwater joins CoolTan Arts on a mental health themed amble through south London.  Join the walk this Saturday on World Mental Health Day.’

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