The award recognises the dedication and efforts of Nancy Fellows, founder of the Creatful Community Interest Company in recognition of her work going that extra mile to help those needing mental health support.
Nancy founded Creatful aiming to provide safe spaces for anyone experiencing mental health challenges, and to discover the well-being benefits of creative pursuits
The idea was born out of Nancy’s personal experience of falling between mental health services. Neither qualifying for support nor receiving treatment, Nancy was forced to fund and manage her own treatment and was frustrated by the lack of creative outlets and opportunities for shared experience.
A busy mum of two, Nancy says the award would not have been possible without the support and hard work of her amazing team at Creatful volunteers.
Nancy said: “We meet amazing individuals every week, people in recovery from numerous challenges, those battling serious illness and those who, like our incredible volunteers, give so much to their community every day. This made it hard for me to feel worthy of this award at first but I realise how valuable it is to help connect people so together we can all help improve communities while managing personal wellbeing. I am incredibly grateful for this award.”
Creatful is constantly striving to secure its services and while fundraising support from local organisations has been invaluable in the challenging economic climate, additional support would enable it to grow its partnering with other non-profit organisations and to go on helping as many people as possible.
If you would like to find out more about Creatful’s groups and events, go to: www.creatful.co.uk