Organisation: Mental Health Lancashire NHS Trust
Funding: £5,000
A designer working in the NHS has devised a way of engaging mentally ill people, within inpatient units, in the re-design of their own environment. Her work began as part of the national drive to increase privacy, dignity and security.
The designer has developed a simple board game, based on monopoly, which gives those in the units a platform to talk about what they want from their environment. It also helps them to overcome the difficulties they have in voicing their opinions.
NESTA's funding will support the designer to turn her prototype into an actual board game and, potentially, to secure a manufacturer.
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