Stepping In
'Stepping In' is WAHWN’s flagship training, mentoring and experiential learning programme supporting underrepresented practitioners to ‘step in’ to the arts, health and wellbeing field.
The programme, now in its second phase, is specifically aimed at practitioners with lived experience of mental health; Welsh language practitioners and those from global majority; LGBTQ; D/deaf/disabled backgrounds. It has been designed to respond to a lack of diversity within the arts and health creative workforce.
Stepping In aims to nurture a cohort of practitioners to deliver projects in healthcare settings who share the lived experience of people from minoritised communities. Mentee practitioners with lived experience of mental health, global majority backgrounds, social exclusion or low socio-economic backgrounds were encouraged to apply to the last two phases of the programme, which supports successful applicants to take part in a full week’s intensive training residential, shadow an experienced artist on a live project in a health or community setting for up to 10 days (supported by project partners), receive mentoring sessions, a bursary and full wrap-around support including supervision and peer support. 