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CHANGING HEALTH • CHANGING LIVES

ACTING FOR HEALTH

Acting for Health serves the needs of patients, communities and healthcare professionals worldwide affected by poor health, disability, stigma and mental illness. Our unique theatre-based methodology has empowered participants to improve their knowledge & the way they feel about disease, disability or health-related stigma. Our innovative teaching methods empowers patients, communities and healthcare professionals take charge of their own lives.

How can we transform your world?

PATIENTS

Diseases and health problems can have a deep and long lasting impact on patients. Acting for Health helps patients suffering from disability, stigma, mental health problems and blindness to restore confidence and develop the communication skills to overcome the disease burden.

COMMUNITIES

Acting for Health uses innovative theatre and communication techniques to develop film and acting projects with communities, to share complex health messages, improve the understanding of disease, and alleviate stigma. 

 

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Acting for Health uses its unique theatre-based methology to improve healthcare professionals' confidence and communication skills to better understand and share complex health messages and work more closely and harmoniously with communities and patients.

ABOUT US

Acting for Health uses the power of acting and creativity to tackle complex medical and global health challenges. We use a unique and powerful methodology, grounded in the Science of Acting and based on several years' work in the areas of disability and mental health, to help patients suffering from disease, their communities and also provide services to those working in the field: NGOs, Government Ministries, Pharmaceutical Companies...

Acting for Health engages and empowers patients to regain self confidence and their involvement and standing in society through participatory group projects using theatre and film, whatever their disability, disfigurement or mental health issue.

 

Acting for Health works with wider communities to find solutions and to convey and teach important and complex health messages to prevent stigma as well as foster an environment for the positive inclusion of NTD patients in communities.

 

Acting for Health works with healthcare professionals to teach the skills needed to support and communicate with patients and communities, and the skills needed to train healthcare colleagues.    

At Acting for Health, we currently focus on:

• blindness & deaf-blindness

• mental health

• disability

• Neglected Tropical Diseases & diseases of poverty

• behaviour change

These conditions carry an immense toll on patients and communities, with many experiencing long-term burden and disability leading to social & economic exclusion, stigma and poor mental health.

Find out more about our framework and methods on our What We Do page and examples of our work on our Projects page.

CONTACT US

Acting for Health

71-75, Shelton Street

Covent Garden

London WC2H 9JQ

United Kingdom

+44 (0)7392072010

info@actingforhealth.org

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Compliments & complaints 

Acting for Health is committed to providing a quality service and working in an open and accountable way that builds trust and respect. One of the ways in which we can continue to improve our service is by listening and responding to the views of our clients and stakeholders, and in particular by responding positively to complaints, and by putting mistakes right.

Therefore we aim to ensure that making a compliment or complaint is as easy as possible and we welcome all compliments, feedback and suggestions. Please click here for our Compliments & Complaints Procedure and to get in touch. 

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