What's Up With Alex (WUWA)? Animated Storytelling for Mental Health Literacy Among Young People
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: School of Health Sciences
Abstract
This collaborative study will examine whether animated stories produced by Aardman Animations can assist young people in building awareness of and responding to mental health challenges. Typically, young people face multiple and significant barriers regarding their mental health. They may be unaware that they need help in the first place or where to access support. While such an audience may be emotionally intelligent, they can lack both the mental health literacy and finances to access timely help - something highly valued when facing very stressful periods, for example, around examination times. It is at such points that young people struggle to allocate time to seek support.
Our central question is: Can co-created, animated stories and companion app increase young people's mental health literacy?
This study adds a new dimension to the portfolio of health humanities projects supported by the AHRC, aligning strongly with and bridging two streams in its new Strategic Development Plan: a) in supporting research on mental health as an interdisciplinary contemporary challenge; and b) addressing how arts and humanities research can support creativity and the creative economy. In so doing, it brings together expertise in world-beating animation, health and the arts and humanities alongside a scientific, social and behavioural evaluative layer that seeks to advance transformative impacts in policy, provision and practice relevant to statutory and third sector organisations supporting mental health literacy among young people.
Our chief partner, Aardman, have a stellar history in film animation, winning numerous major awards and nominations including Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards, Annie Awards and many others. Aardman has prided itself on creating short films on mental health to advance literacy, not least 'Share the Orange' (Alzheimers Research UK), 'Bristol Ageing Better' (Isolation and Loneliness) and, most recently, 'New Mindset', narrated by Stephen Fry. This proposed programme of work will strengthen a grand ambition at Aardman for advancing mental health literacy through animated storytelling.
Telling stories are as much part of us as breathing air. Indeed we are storytelling animals. Stories are key in helping us understand our environment, our experiences and relationships. They help us build and convey our identities, the building blocks of our selves. Furthermore, in a complex, uncertain, changing and seemingly contradictory world, stories are uniquely suited for helping us to navigate our way through it. There is growing interest in how stories and metaphor are core to life and can help people negotiate mental health. Importantly, stories can also interrogate, challenge and transform existing power relationships, including those that predominate within healthcare contexts.
Creative practices in the arts and humanities have the potential for transforming people's mental health. In fact, we can view creative resources from the arts and humanities as constituting a kind of additional or shadow health service. However, there is little in the way of research evidence for animated stories and mental health literacy. We need much clearer and robust evidence of potential impact on young people. With a growing burden of mental distress on young people combined with rising costs for the delivery of services, it is timely to investigate how animated stories could play their part in advancing mental health literacy among young people and helping them find ways to deal with life's challenges.
Our central question is: Can co-created, animated stories and companion app increase young people's mental health literacy?
This study adds a new dimension to the portfolio of health humanities projects supported by the AHRC, aligning strongly with and bridging two streams in its new Strategic Development Plan: a) in supporting research on mental health as an interdisciplinary contemporary challenge; and b) addressing how arts and humanities research can support creativity and the creative economy. In so doing, it brings together expertise in world-beating animation, health and the arts and humanities alongside a scientific, social and behavioural evaluative layer that seeks to advance transformative impacts in policy, provision and practice relevant to statutory and third sector organisations supporting mental health literacy among young people.
Our chief partner, Aardman, have a stellar history in film animation, winning numerous major awards and nominations including Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards, Annie Awards and many others. Aardman has prided itself on creating short films on mental health to advance literacy, not least 'Share the Orange' (Alzheimers Research UK), 'Bristol Ageing Better' (Isolation and Loneliness) and, most recently, 'New Mindset', narrated by Stephen Fry. This proposed programme of work will strengthen a grand ambition at Aardman for advancing mental health literacy through animated storytelling.
Telling stories are as much part of us as breathing air. Indeed we are storytelling animals. Stories are key in helping us understand our environment, our experiences and relationships. They help us build and convey our identities, the building blocks of our selves. Furthermore, in a complex, uncertain, changing and seemingly contradictory world, stories are uniquely suited for helping us to navigate our way through it. There is growing interest in how stories and metaphor are core to life and can help people negotiate mental health. Importantly, stories can also interrogate, challenge and transform existing power relationships, including those that predominate within healthcare contexts.
Creative practices in the arts and humanities have the potential for transforming people's mental health. In fact, we can view creative resources from the arts and humanities as constituting a kind of additional or shadow health service. However, there is little in the way of research evidence for animated stories and mental health literacy. We need much clearer and robust evidence of potential impact on young people. With a growing burden of mental distress on young people combined with rising costs for the delivery of services, it is timely to investigate how animated stories could play their part in advancing mental health literacy among young people and helping them find ways to deal with life's challenges.
Planned Impact
This project has a potentially wide impact on public engagement and academic research. The principal beneficiaries of these impacts may be divided into three key groups:
1. Policy-makers: The project is designed to bring together a major animation company (Aardman), arts and humanities scholars, young people, service user/ PPI representatives, health, social care and education personnel, to respond to contemporary anxieties about mental health literacy among young people in the UK. As such, it is anticipated that research findings generated by the project may stimulate and inform mental health debate, particularly as it relates to the development of policies advancing less-centralised resources for enhancing mental health literacy and the maintenance and recovery of mental health and well-being. The inquiry will contribute to debates about broader questions concerning the role of creative approaches to public mental health.
2. Health, social care and education personnel: The project will also be of interest to health, social care, education, community arts personnel involved in mental health work with young people and the promotion of mental health literacy. The interdisciplinary subject matter and methodology of the project aligns it with the emergent field of health humanities, in this case through a combination of film animation, storytelling/narrative, psychology, language and public health. In particular, it will afford knowledge dissemination benefits with regard to the ways in which these fields inter-animate one another. It is hoped that the research findings may ultimately inform mental health literacy practices for young people relevant to Public Health England, NHS, private health, social care, education and community-based initiatives and, potentially, suggest increased effectiveness of public health approaches to reducing mental health difficulties and advancing peer education and support for young people adjusting to life's challenges.
3. The public: We envisage potential social benefits for young people with mental health difficulties most of whom will not be receiving statutory help or support during the period of funding, these emanating primarily from its impacts on public awareness and understanding of issues pertaining to mental health literacy. In particular, it is envisaged that the project will stimulate and inform wider societal discussions of topics including the respective responsibilities of different communities for the preservation of health and treatment of mental health; the benefits of shared creative activity among young people working on the project; generate public contribution to debate about ways to tackle the challenges faced by young people; informing attitudes to and/or beliefs about the feasibility of creative public health as a possible solution to the failure of biomedical and psychiatric approaches to date to address the mental health of young people; and empowering young people individually and collectively to deploy greater agency in their own mental health and well-being.
In addition, by engaging arts and humanities scholars and the creative personnel of Aardman with issues of contemporary mental health literacy among young people the project will stimulate discussion and debate about new kinds of creative public health enterprise in the future. In so doing it is hoped that the project will produce important social benefits in enhancing public understanding of new approaches to young people and their mental health and well-being needs, effecting positive changes in policy, organisational, practitioner, public behaviour.
1. Policy-makers: The project is designed to bring together a major animation company (Aardman), arts and humanities scholars, young people, service user/ PPI representatives, health, social care and education personnel, to respond to contemporary anxieties about mental health literacy among young people in the UK. As such, it is anticipated that research findings generated by the project may stimulate and inform mental health debate, particularly as it relates to the development of policies advancing less-centralised resources for enhancing mental health literacy and the maintenance and recovery of mental health and well-being. The inquiry will contribute to debates about broader questions concerning the role of creative approaches to public mental health.
2. Health, social care and education personnel: The project will also be of interest to health, social care, education, community arts personnel involved in mental health work with young people and the promotion of mental health literacy. The interdisciplinary subject matter and methodology of the project aligns it with the emergent field of health humanities, in this case through a combination of film animation, storytelling/narrative, psychology, language and public health. In particular, it will afford knowledge dissemination benefits with regard to the ways in which these fields inter-animate one another. It is hoped that the research findings may ultimately inform mental health literacy practices for young people relevant to Public Health England, NHS, private health, social care, education and community-based initiatives and, potentially, suggest increased effectiveness of public health approaches to reducing mental health difficulties and advancing peer education and support for young people adjusting to life's challenges.
3. The public: We envisage potential social benefits for young people with mental health difficulties most of whom will not be receiving statutory help or support during the period of funding, these emanating primarily from its impacts on public awareness and understanding of issues pertaining to mental health literacy. In particular, it is envisaged that the project will stimulate and inform wider societal discussions of topics including the respective responsibilities of different communities for the preservation of health and treatment of mental health; the benefits of shared creative activity among young people working on the project; generate public contribution to debate about ways to tackle the challenges faced by young people; informing attitudes to and/or beliefs about the feasibility of creative public health as a possible solution to the failure of biomedical and psychiatric approaches to date to address the mental health of young people; and empowering young people individually and collectively to deploy greater agency in their own mental health and well-being.
In addition, by engaging arts and humanities scholars and the creative personnel of Aardman with issues of contemporary mental health literacy among young people the project will stimulate discussion and debate about new kinds of creative public health enterprise in the future. In so doing it is hoped that the project will produce important social benefits in enhancing public understanding of new approaches to young people and their mental health and well-being needs, effecting positive changes in policy, organisational, practitioner, public behaviour.
Publications
Curran T
(2023)
What's up with everyone?': The effectiveness of a digital media mental health literacy campaign for young people.
in Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
Curran Thomas
(2023)
The Perfection Trap: The Power Of Good Enough In A World That Always Wants More
Ito-Jaeger S
(2023)
TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders' Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety
in International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Ito-Jaeger S
(2023)
Young People's Trust in Cocreated Web-Based Resources to Promote Mental Health Literacy: Focus Group Study
in JMIR Mental Health
Liguori, A
(2023)
Empirical Studies in Museum Education 3, E.S.I.
Ito-Jaeger S
(2022)
Digital video interventions and mental health literacy among young people: a scoping review.
in Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
Crawford
(2022)
Mental Health Literacy and Young People
Crawford P
(2022)
Arts Based Health Care Research: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Wilson
(2022)
Storytelling
Ito-Jaeger S
(2022)
What's Up With Everyone? A qualitative study on young people's perceptions of cocreated online animations to promote mental health literacy.
in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy
Title | 5 short animations by Aardman What's Up With Everyone? |
Description | 5 short original animations to support mental health literacy among young people, targeted at 17-24 year olds, addressing five co-created themes of loneliness, perfectionism, competitiveness, independence and social media, available and embedded in the platform whatsupwitheveryone.com and on Youtube, TikTok and Instagram. The videos will also be available on Aardman's YouTube Kids Channel, MeeToo and through Universities UK. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | As of 26/02/2021 • We have a following of 2900+ across the channels, and should hit over 3k by Monday. • We have a reach of 3.1 million people across the accounts as it stands today, with over 264k engagements - made up of video plays, likes, comments, shares, saves, RT's etc. • We have had some lovely free social media support from Tom Read Wilson (332k followers) this week and we are still awaiting Michael from Bake Off to post too. • Site traffic now has reached 17k, with videos reaching 280k views across YouTube and Social activity. • As before, the most visited site page is the loneliness and isolation one, followed by perfectionism In the first week of launch 8-12 February the films and their creatively designed platform reached more than 3.1m people. Full data on these metrics will be updated in due course. |
URL | https://whatsupwitheveryone.com/ |
Title | WUWE - Collection of Digital Stories |
Description | A collection of 21 digital stories, co-created with young people in online workshops, due to COVID restrictions, concerning their thoughts, feelings and awareness of mental health issues. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The stories provided additional input for the production of the five animations by Aardman and will form part of the Digital Showcase for the project. |
Title | whatsupwitheveryone.com |
Description | This platform was developed to advance upstream conversation among young people viewing the 5 animated short films for What's Up With Everyone. It includes substantial additional advice and guidelines authored as follows: Paul Crawford (Loneliness and Isolation), Tom Curran (Perfectionism), Elvira Perez Vallejos (Social Media), David Crepaz-Keay (Independence) and Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger (Competitiveness). The website platform also includes a help seeking page. The platform has been design wrapped by Aardman using the original characters. The platform is jointly copyrighted 2021 as follows: University of Nottingham, Loughborough University, London School of Economics and Politics, Aardman Animations Ltd, Mental Health Foundation. All Rights Reserved. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | As of 26/02/2021 • We have a following of 2900+ across the channels, and should hit over 3k by Monday. • We have a reach of 3.1 million people across the accounts as it stands today, with over 264k engagements - made up of video plays, likes, comments, shares, saves, RT's etc. • We have had some lovely free social media support from Tom Read Wilson (332k followers) this week and we are still awaiting Michael from Bake Off to post too. • Site traffic now has reached 17k, with videos reaching 280k views across YouTube and Social activity. • As before, the most visited site page is the loneliness and isolation one, followed by perfectionism |
URL | http://whatsupwitheveryone.com |
Description | The research phase to the campaign is still active and further findings and final publication outputs will be updated on the forthcoming digital showcase hosted on the Mental Health Foundation website (June 2022 onwards). There are five sets of discoveries or findings from this project as well as additional books and a peer-reviewed high profile commentary respectively on the value of storytelling to mental health and wellbeing and mental health literacy and young people. Findings 1: A scoping review on digital video interventions We conducted a scoping review to map existing research in the area of digital video interventions for mental health literacy among young people. Digital video interventions represent effective tools for enhancing mental health literacy. However, there is a need for active involvement of end-users in co-creation and to attend to the production quality so that the digital video intervention is as relevant, informed, and effective as possible. Published Article: Ito-Jaeger, S., Perez Vallejos, E., Curran, T., Spors, V., Long, Y., Liguori, A., Warwick, M., Wilson, M., Crawford, P. (2021) Digital video interventions and mental health literacy among young people: a scoping review. Journal of Mental Health. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638237.2021.1922642 Findings 2: A collection of Digital Stories created by young people As part of the creative research process, we conducted sets of Digital Storytelling workshops both before and after the release of the short animations. Reflections on workshop participation suggest that the storytelling/creative process enabled young people to engage fully in mental health issues, reflect more deeply on their own levels of mental health literacy and to learn from each other's mental health stories to improve their own literacy. Furthermore, the Digital Storytelling approach had currency with the young people as a tool for engagement and could be deployed in other contexts to promote mental health and other health literacies more widely. Outputs: A collection of Digital Stories available online. Findings 3: A quantitative study of the effectiveness of the campaign animations This study examines the impact of the campaign animations on mental health literacy. Seventy-one (19 males, 51 females, M age = 19.20 years, SD = 1.66, range = 17-22) young people completed a one-sample, pre-post experiment to measure changes in knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and stigma of mental health struggles, as well as help-seeking for mental ill-health before and following exposure to animations. Results revealed that knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and willingness to seek support improved at post-test. There were also significant reductions in mental health stigma following the animations. Continued long-term investment in campaigns such as 'What's up With Everyone?' seems warranted given the impact on mental health awareness, help-seeking, and stigma. Article under submission: Curran, T., Ito-Jaeger, S., Perez Vallejos, E., & Crawford, P. What's Up With Everyone?: The Effectiveness of a Digital Media Mental Health Literacy Campaign for Young People. Journal of Mental Health. Findings 4: A qualitative study on young people's perceptions of a series of co-created youth mental health animations We conducted seven Youth Juries to explore young people's perceptions of co-created youth mental health animations. In general, the films were favourably received by participants who provided constructive comments (both positive and negative) about them. The data suggests that the animations contributed to their understanding of mental health issues and reducing the stigma. Article under submission: Ito-Jaeger, S., Perez Vallejos, E., Curran, T., & Crawford, P. (2021) What's Up with Everyone?: Co-created online animations to promote mental health literacy among young people. Health Expectations. Findings 5: A qualitative study of trust in the campaign's online resources We conducted six TrustScapes focus groups to explore young people's trust-related concerns about and recommendations for co-created youth online resources to promote mental health literacy. The website contains elements perceived to be both trustworthy (e.g., relatable, high-quality design) and untrustworthy (e.g., privacy policy, cookies setting). Article in preparation: Perez Vallejos, E., Ito-Jaeger, S., Curran, T., & Crawford, P. (2021). What's Up With Everyone? Young people's concerns about and recommendations for trust in co-produced online resources to promote mental health literacy. Other Project-Related Publications: Crawford, P. (2022) Mental Health Literacy and Young People. Emerald: Bingley. Crawford, P. (2021) Editorial Perspective: Cabin fever - the impact of lockdown on children and young people. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/camh.12458 [In top 10 downloaded CAMH Journal papers of 2021! https://www.acamh.org/blog/2021-most-downloaded-papers/.] Wilson, M. (2002) Storytelling. Emerald: Bingley. |
Exploitation Route | This will be reported on towards the close of the project. |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Creative Economy Education Healthcare |
URL | http://www.whatsupwitheveryone.com |
Description | Briefing to Universities Minister, Michelle Donelan |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Impact | Briefing on WUWE to universities minister resulting in Universities Minister Minister Donelan tweeted support for 'whatsupwitheveryone'. Michelle Donelan MP #handsfacespace on Twitter: "Speaking out and asking for help can be really hard. Today on #UniMentalHealthDay I urge all students struggling to reach out and start a conversation. Take a look at these resources for some top tips on how to do this: https://t.co/4a75xhKggf" / Twitter Also received a letter on this from Gareth Lavan, Private Secretary to Michelle Donelan MP, Minister of State for Universities Department for Education, 7th Floor, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BT, stating 'Great animations by the way! ' |
Description | Named contributor to Mind/Andthen's Supporting young people report |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
Description | Named contributor to report to DCMS Gov.uk. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/boundless-creativity-report/boundless-creativity-report |
Description | Policy Briefing |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Influencer Stories of Mental Health and Young People |
Amount | £768,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2024 |
End | 02/2026 |
Description | Made Smarter Network+ |
Amount | £4,885,886 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/W007231/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2021 |
End | 12/2024 |
Description | Happy Space |
Organisation | Happy Space |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Professor Paul Crawford, Trustee for this upstream educational charity supporting young people's mental health in schools. Due to workload, Professor Crawford has transferred at Advisory Board Member. |
Collaborator Contribution | Happy Space joined the WUWE project close to launch to assist with social media disseminations and to provide congruent educational content and messaging as part of the Instagram campaign. |
Impact | Collaborative dissemination of materials supporting young people's mental health via the WUWE instagram campaign. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | ' What's Up with Everyone' Panel Presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Panel presentation with the research team (Professor M Wilson, Professor P Crawford and Dr A Liguori) and Dan Binns from Aardman, discussing What's Up With Alex? and showcasing the animations made as part of the work and the digital stories. The event was part of the Interface Festival hosted by LU Arts and aimed at a general public audience, as well as the university community. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | 'Storytelling with a Social Purpose, or how we are trying to change the world, one story at a time', Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | An invited lecture/talk to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, delivered online, due to COVID restrictions. It led to a lively discussion and set of questions with positive feedback from the Society's Committee. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | A Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium (LIDo), 20 February. Paper: 'The impact of creative outputs on mental health |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | A Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Poetry and Mental Health Conference, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 22 May. Paper: 'Health Humanities, Poetry and Recovery' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | A Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Public Health Humanities Workshop, Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health, 22 May. Paper: 'What's Up With Everyone?' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | A Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Advanced Seminar on Arts, Culture and Public Mental Health, Manchester Metropolitan University, 11 January. Paper: 'What's Up With Everyone: Creative Public Mental Health'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | A Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Is Nottingham In Safe Hands? - Nottingham College Speaker Event, Nottingham College City Hub, 12th June, 17:30. Paper: 'What's Up With Everyone?' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | A talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Framing and Re-Framing 'Pandemic Documentary', University of Nottingham, 26 June. Paper: 'Cabin Fever and the Pandemic.' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Aardman launches campaign to tackle growing mental health concerns among young people. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Aardman press release |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.aardman.com/aardman-campaign-mental-health-young-people/ |
Description | BBC East MIdlands News Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | • BBC East Midlands. Breakfast Show. Interview every half hour half an hour between 6.25 - 9.05am. 9 February. Interview with Paul Crawford and animation play |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | BBC News (2021) Bristol Aardman youth campaign tackles mental health fears |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | BBC News article |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-55999558 |
Description | BBC Radio Nottingham Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | • BBC Radio Nottingham. Andy Whittaker Show. 10 February. 16:20ff. On What's Up With Everyone? campaign. Interview with Paul Crawford |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | BBC Wiltshire interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | • BBC Wiltshire. Interviewed by James Thomas on WUWE and Festival of Tomorrow 2022. Broadcast 24/02/22. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | BEHIND THE CRAFT: WHAT'S UP WITH EVERYONE? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Binns, D. (2021) BEHIND THE CRAFT: WHAT'S UP WITH EVERYONE? A behind-the-scenes insight into the development of the WUWE animations. 11th February, 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.aardman.com/blog/behind-craft-whats-up-with-everyone/ |
Description | Baynes, M. (2021) Wallace and Gromit makers and university academics launch mental health campaign. The Independent. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Online newspaper article |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/wallace-and-gromit-makers-and-university-academics... |
Description | Blog to mental health practitioners, Institute of Mental Health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | University of Nottingham (2021) Nottingham experts join forces with Aardman to tackle mental health crisis. 8 February. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/whats-up-with-everyone |
Description | Building a Better Future One Story at a Time |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Neil Pymer (Aardman Animation Studio) and Antonia Liguori (Loughborough University) presented the project outputs (animations and digital stories) as part of a panel discussion, included in the Techne Congress in July, with speakers from the Smithsonian Institution (US) and Patient Voices (UK). Early career researchers and PhD student were the primary audience. More information on the event here: https://www.lborolondon.ac.uk/news-events/news/2021/techne-congress-2021/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.lborolondon.ac.uk/news-events/news/2021/techne-congress-2021/ |
Description | Children and Screens webinar on Algorithms 'Youth and AI driven tech' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was an online webinar 'Ask the Experts' that brought panelists with expertise in computer science, human-computer learning, communications, and mental health health. The aims was to survey the current state of data driven media online, how algorithms work to increase and solidify bias, and what families need to know to develop essential skills to cope with the growing influence of algorithmically-delivered content on youth's development, preferences and minds. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.childrenandscreens.org |
Description | Crawford, P. (2021) What's up with everyone? New Aardman films to support young people's mental health. February 9. AHRC, Arts and Minds. Research Spotlight. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Blog for acdemics/ researchers UKRI Crawford, P. (2021) What's up with everyone? New Aardman films to support young people's mental health. February 9. AHRC, Arts and Minds. Research Spotlight. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://ahrc-blog.com/2021/02/09/whats-up-with-everyone-new-aardman-films-to-support-young-peoples-m... |
Description | DST Conference 2021: "Storytelling for a Just Future": Exploring mental health through animation, design, art, and role-playing |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Panel discussion included in the programme of the Online digital storytelling "marathon". Chair: Dr Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger, University of Nottingham (UK) Sarah Gordon: Exploring mental health and Black student experiences through design Lucy Mclaughlin: Mental Health: Frame by Frame Exploring the potential benefits of stop-motion animation in improving the mental wellbeing and mental health literacy of both the animator and audience Ngozi Oparah: Arts-based companion manuals to DSM: reapproaching the content of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders with the Humanities Joe Stevens: Can co-created storytelling through role-playing within a gamified system increase mental health literacy? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.wevideo.com/view/2240179174 |
Description | Feature with Ann Craft Trust |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | Featured on Ann Craft Trust which supports young people with disabilities/ safeguarding. New posting on WUWE |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.anncrafttrust.org/whats-up-with-everyone-fighting-loneliness-and-poor-mental-health/ |
Description | Five original animations on Aardman Animations YouTube Kids Channel |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The five original animations with Aardman, What's Up With Everyone? included on Aardman's YouTube Kids Channel. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNtOgTAORZDgXE2U6XJAFYQ |
Description | Flamenco-Yoga workshop: Creative Practices for Wellbeing (Derby University) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | During this workshop undergraduate students from Social Work at Derby University experienced a dynamic workshop designed to improve wellbeing |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Futurumcareers.com for engagement with teachers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | A further dissemination of our project and resources to teachers and young people in schools |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://futurumcareers.com/can-animated-stories-help-you-to-better-understand-your-mental-health-nee... |
Description | Getting out of our cabins. Guest blog. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview on the impact of lockdown and value of What's Up With Everyone campaign. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/getting-out-of-our-cabins |
Description | Getting the Green Light: What's Up With Everyone? Guest blog, The Student Room. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | This guest blog presented on the value of What's Up With Everyone and creativity as an antidote to the pandemic impacts from lockdown. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://tsrmatters.com/blog/getting-the-green-light-whats-up-with-everyone/ |
Description | Green Light for the Mind. Guest blog, Mental Health Awareness Week, Royal Society for Public Health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This guest blog flagged up What's Up With Everyone in the context of the pandemic and nature's contribution to psychosocial survival during lockdown. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/green-light-for-the-mind.html |
Description | Humanities and Health. Interview with Prof Ian Sabroe and and Dr Dieter Declercq: Conversations about Arts, Humanities and Health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This interview focused in on the contribution of What's Up With Everyone in the context of health humanities research and its clinical importance. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://anchor.fm/convoartshealth/episodes/Episode-9---In-Conversation-with-Prof-Paul-Crawford-e19lc... |
Description | Institute of Mental Health (2021) Award-winning Aardman to partner in a new mental health project for young people. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Press release from Institute of Mental Health |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.institutemh.org.uk/news/576-award-winning-aardman-to-partner-in-a-new-mental-health-proj... |
Description | Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | • The Guardian. Interview on youth loneliness with Amelia Hill (2023) UK government launches campaign to tackle loneliness at universities. Interview. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/18/uk-government-launches-campaign-to-tackle-loneline... |
Description | Interview BBC Radio Berkshire |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview of Paul Crawford on mental health and impact on young people. BBC Radio Berkshire, Sarah Walker, 30 March, 2021. 1145-1152 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_berkshire |
Description | Interview BBC Radio Berkshire |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview of Paul Crawford on the project and mental health • BBC Radio Wiltshire. James Thomas Show. 17 February, 2021. 16:10-16:14 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_wiltshire |
Description | Interview BBC Radio Nottingham |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview of Paul Crawford • BBC Radio Nottingham. Andy Whittaker Show. 10 February, 2021. 16:20-1627. On What's Up With Everyone? campaign. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Interview BBC Radio Ulster |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview on BBC Radio Ulster. Interview by Chris Buckler on Northern Ireland Assembly mental health report and cabin fever, with mention of supporting the mental health of young people/ project 15/04/2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000v35m |
Description | Interview in The Daily Mirror |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview on project with Stoppard, Miriam (2021) Aardman short films encouraging lonely children to reach out for mental health help. Daily Mirror. 23 August. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/aardman-short-films-encouraging-lonely-24818719 |
Description | Interview in the Guardian |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview about Florence Nightingale at Home featured in the Guardian: Dalya Alberge, Florence Nightingale: how the lady with the lamp was guided by father's advice. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/06/florence-nightingale-how-the-lady-with-the-lamp-was-... |
Description | Interview on BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview of Paul Crawford on mental health and young people on BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester, Andrew Easton Show, 24 March, 2021. 15.21: |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_hereford_worcester |
Description | Interview on BBC Wiltshire |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Speaking about the project for Festival of Tomorrow 2022: • BBC Wiltshire. Interviewed by James Thomas on WUWE and Festival of Tomorrow 2022. Broadcast 24/02/22. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0blb2yy |
Description | Interview on Gem Radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview with Paul Crawford on Gem Radio, multiple play excerpts. Interview by Maddy Bull on mental health impacts of Christmas isolation due to Omicron with mention of project. 23/12/2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Interview with The Breakdown |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview with The Breakdown (2021) Loneliness And Perfectionism Two Most Prominent Issues Affecting Young People. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://the-breakdown.co.uk/loneliness-and-perfectionism-wo-most-prominent-issues-affecting-young-pe... |
Description | Interview with The Daily Mail |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview and project details: Wallace and Gromit makers and university academics launch mental health campaign. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-9249701/Wallace-And-Gromit-makers-university-academics-launch-mental-health-campaign.html |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-9249701/Wallace-And-Gromit-makers-university-academics-... |
Description | Interview with The Psychologist |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Interview and project description in Rhodes, E. (2021) What's up with everyone? The Psychologist. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-34/april-2021/whats-everyone |
Description | Invited blog for Universities UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited blog about What's Up With Everyone? to support university student mental health nationally, through Universities UK |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/blog/Pages/starting-a-conversation-about-students-mental-health.asp... |
Description | London School of Economics and Politics (2021) Aardman Animations collaborate with LSE on mental health campaign for young people. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | London School of Economics and Politics Press relase |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2021/b-Feb-21/Aardman-Animations-collaborates-with-L... |
Description | Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Network + Advisory Board |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | The Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Network + is funded by UKRI and led by UCL. As a result of my involvement in arts and mental health projects, I was invited to chair the project advisory board, which has met bi-annually since 2018. The primary audience for these discussions is the project team and other advisory board members (at which other organisations and patient groups are represented), but it also impacts on the wider Network+ academic and non-academic membership and its activities. The advisory board influences decisions made by the project team and, therefore, the wider activities of the network. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021,2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/research/epidemiology-and-applied-clinical-research-department/lone... |
Description | Media piece for creative industry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | This piece appeared in Skwigly on 09 February. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.skwigly.co.uk/aardman-whats-up-with-everyone/ |
Description | Mental health campaign with Aardman reaches over 5m young people |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | A report on the progress of What's Up With Everyone project and reach to young people |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.institutemh.org.uk/news/950-mental-health-campaign-with-aardman-reaches-over-5m-young-pe... |
Description | Mitchell, B. (2021) Aardman launches mental health campaign "What's Up With Everyone?" 09 February. Skwigly. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Animations magazine entry/ feature |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.skwigly.co.uk/aardman-whats-up-with-everyone/ |
Description | Murray, R. (2021) Aardman launches new mental health campaign aimed at young people. The Bristol Post. 13:24, 9 FEB 2021. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Featured in The Bristol Post |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/aardman-launches-new-mental-health-4982971 |
Description | PA Media (2021) Wallace and Gromit makers and university academics launch mental health campaign. Daily Mail. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Daily Mail feature |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-9249701/Wallace-And-Gromit-makers-university-academics-... |
Description | Platform for What's UP With Everyone? campaign |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Our high profile set of 5 short Aardman animations, co-created with young people for young people was launched within this supporting information platform on key mental health literacy themes and with major, partnered support for seeking help page. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://whatsupwitheveryone.com/ |
Description | RSPH (2021) University of Nottingham and Aardman launch campaign ti tackle the mental health crisis. General blog. 9 February. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Feature by Royal Society for Public Health |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/university-of-nottingham-and-aardman-launch-campaign-to-the-ta... |
Description | Radio interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | • ARD, German Radio. Interview with Imke Koehler on loneliness and mental health, 14 December 2023. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Second interview with Gem Radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview relevant to project on Gem Radio, hourly news. Interview by Alex Meakin. On mental report in The Lancet/ cabin fever. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://planetradio.co.uk/gem-106/player/ |
Description | Supporting your child with their mental health: starting positive conversations. Parentkind. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was a featured guest blog on the relevance of What's Up With Everyone to parents and what they could do to assist with the mental health needs of young people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.parentkind.org.uk/blog/12030/Supporting-your-child-with-their-mental-health-starting-pos... |
Description | TES.com Teaching engagement and resources for mental health and young people |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | This was a repository of resources relating to What's Up With Everyone for teachers and young people sited on tes.com |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12554400 |
Description | TV interview on BBC East Midlands |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview of Paul Crawford• BBC East Midlands. Breakfast Show. Interview every half hour half an hour between 6.25 - 9.05am. 9 February, 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited talk, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design + Technology (IADT), 26 May. Animation + Mental Health Psychology Seminar. Paper 'What's Up With Everyone?' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Talks at Festival of Tomorrow 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Festival of Tomorrow 2022 - talks as part of UKRI showcasing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.facebook.com/FestivalOfTomorrow/ |
Description | Teacherspayteachers.com Explore the use of animation for mental health and well-being |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Resources and information in engagement with teachers and young people through teacherspayteachers.com |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Explore-the-use-of-animation-for-mental-health-and-well-... |
Description | UKRI (2021) Academics join forces with Aardman to tackle mental health crisis. 8 February. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | UKRI feature press release |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ukri.org/news/academics-join-forces-with-aardman-to-tackle-mental-health-crisis/ |
Description | University of Loughborough (2021) Loughborough academics join forces with Aardman to tackle mental health crisis. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Press release |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2021/february/whats-up-with-everyone-aardman-campaign-launc... |
Description | University of Nottingham (2021) Nottingham experts join forces with Aardman to tackle mental health crisis. 8 February. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Press release |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/whats-up-with-everyone |
Description | University of Nottingham and Aardman launch campaign to tackle the mental health crisis. General blog Royal Society of Public Health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A General blog on the project with the Royal Society for Public Health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/university-of-nottingham-and-aardman-launch-campaign-to-the-ta... |
Description | University of Nottingham's Mental Health Expert Paul Crawford Gives Advice to New Students. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | A short piece on the mental health of students, introducing What's Up With Everyone |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.leftlion.co.uk/read/2021/september/mental-health-expert/ |
Description | What's Up With Everyone Animated Stories included in the Smithsonian Learning Lab Collection |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The project website, animations and stories were showcased at the International Digital Storytelling Conference 2021 and included in the Smithsonian Learning Lab as resource for educators. The Smithsonian Learning Lab was recently awarded a prize as the best Education website in the world. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/tLGZOyx3b4vsUP9i#r/53605 |
Description | What's Up With Everyone. Furturum. For teachers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | This was a piece created with Futurum to reach school teachers and young people: Can animated stories help you to better understand your mental health needs? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://futurumcareers.com/can-animated-stories-help-you-to-better-understand-your-mental-health-nee... |
Description | What's Up With Everyone? A Youth Mental Health Campaign With Academy-Award Winning Aardman. Guest blog. Clay Center, US |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This engagement was with the prestigious Clay Center at Massachusetts General/ Harvard University in the US and disseminated to a large distribution of US mental health practitioners and carer/patient networks/ groups concerned with young people's mental health. This led to a keynote invitation at the American College of Psychiatrists forthcoming in 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.mghclaycenter.org/multimedia/whats-up-with-everyone-a-youth-mental-health-campaign-with-... |
Description | What's Up With Everyone? Starting a conversation about students' mental health. 4 March 2021. Universities UK. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Guest blog with Universities UK about the project for students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/latest/insights-and-analysis/whats-everyone-starting-conversation |
Description | What's Up With Everyone? Talks at Festival of Tomorrow 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | A talk at Festival of Tomorrow 2020 (Crawford, P., Binns, D. & Wilson, M) on What's Up With Everyone |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-LQABoNNdE |
Description | What's up with everyone? Aardman talks about mental health Long read. Case Study. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | What's up with everyone? Aardman talks about mental health Long read. Case Study. Feb 23. Animation studio Aardman have just launched a campaign that aims to open up the conversation around mental health issues with young people called 'What's up with everyone?'. Bekki Stovell chats to director Dan Binns. Design With Soul. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.designwithsoul.co/all-stories/whats-up-with-everyone-aardman-talks-mental-health |
Description | What's up with everyone? New Aardman films to support young people's mental health. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | This featured in February 9. AHRC, Arts and Minds. Research Spotlight. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210802101653/https://ahrc-blog.com/2021/02/09/wha... |