Wellbeing Case Study AMPHORA Guidelines
'AMPHORA'- or 'Authentic and Meaningful Participation in Heritage or Related Activities'- guidelines are for involving people with mental health challenges in heritage projects.
About the project
A UKRI MARCH Network Plus funded project, carried out between November 2020 and May 2021, in partnership with Historic England, saw an expert panel develop best practice guidelines for organisations offering heritage projects as interventions for people who live with mental health issues. This was achieved through a Delphi process, utilising the skills of those with lived experience of mental health issues, as well as mental health and heritage professionals, bringing together their expertise to create a practical and beneficial tool based on real-life experience.
The research study was conducted by Dr Karen Burnell (Solent University), Dr Paul Everill (University of Winchester), Dr Louise Baxter (Bournemouth University), Eva Makri (Solent University) and Dr Kathryn Watson (Co-Researcher).
The guidelines are called AMPHORA - Authentic and Meaningful Participation in Heritage or Related Activities – and they focus on projects that offer active participation to help improve the mental health of individuals who live with complex mental health challenges.
There are three sets of guidelines or ‘toolkits’, which have been written for project providers, social prescribers, and potential participants.
Further information
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AMPHORA Project Summary
Summary, with links to more detailed reports.
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Amphora Technical Report
Reporting on the project, its findings and a summary of the guidelines
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