{"id":372,"date":"2025-06-23T12:40:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T12:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/rpdc\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2025-07-06T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:58:06","slug":"professor-vicky-karkou-robyn-dowlen-ken-fletcher-beckie-clark-pui-sze-cheung-anna-smirnova-miriam-sakwa-nicola-brophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/rpdc\/professor-vicky-karkou-robyn-dowlen-ken-fletcher-beckie-clark-pui-sze-cheung-anna-smirnova-miriam-sakwa-nicola-brophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Vicky Karkou, Robyn Dowlen, Ken Fletcher, Beckie Clark, Pui Sze Cheung, Anna Smirnova, Miriam Sakwa &amp; Nicola Brophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Edge Hill University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arts4Us: Working together to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support the mental health of children and young people (CYP) (9-13).&nbsp; <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arts4Us project is a \u00a32.5 million Arts and Humanities Research Council &#8211; funded project that aims to improve access to the arts and arts therapies that support the mental health of children and young people. It focuses on the age group of 9 to 13, a group at significant risk of developing mental health problems while transitioning from childhood to adolescence. Children and young people act as co-researchers maximising the benefits of arts activities that support their mental health. 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