Marina has received a small scale research fund from the department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies towards a collaborative research project in partnership with Trinity Laban and Sydenham Garden entitled: ‘Exploring the impact of creative movement in adult mental health through a community engagement project’.

We have come together as a team of co-investigators to explore the impact of a short-term creative movement/dance intervention on the mental health and wellbeing of the garden’s co-workers (the name given to the primary beneficiaries). Outcomes of the project will include (i) qualitative evaluation of the intervention through participant feedback and focus groups, (ii) developing a framework for scaling-up the research with more community groups and (iii) dissemination of findings through research publication.