By
Emma Palmer-Cooper
Southampton
We're raising £5,000 to fund research about how crafting can benefit wellbeing! We want to know how and why craft can help people maintain or improve their wellbeing, and develop resources to help people get started.
Emma is a Psychologist in the Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, University of Southampton, and spends some of her time researching wellbeing and creativity, as well as lecturing in Mental Health.
Anne is a Psychologist in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, and she spends some of her time researching wellbeing and yarn crafts, as well as lecturing in Translational Health Sciences.
Emma and Anne started researching crafting and wellbeing together in 2018 as part of the Yarnfulness Project .
Recently, there have been multiple media reports suggesting positive benefits of yarn-based activities. Crafts such as knitting and crochet have been said to promote good mental health and wellbeing, leading to comparisons with mindfulness and meditation, which have shown similar benefits. Some people think these creative activities could even be used to improve well-being and mental health – and could be recommended by medical professionals as part of the “social prescribing” of creative activities. We need more research and evidence to support these suggestions.
To achieve our goals, we would like to crowdfund financial support for:
If we hit our target we would also spend money on
Select this reward if you just want to donate to the project without receiving a reward.
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£1 buys us some online advertising and you a mention on our website!
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£5 buys us one participant at one timepoint, and your name on our website, along with a simple crochet pattern!
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£10 buys us a participant at two time points, and your name on our website, along with a collection of crochet patterns.
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£20 buys us a participant at 4 timepoints, and your name on our website, along with a collection crafting patterns.
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