The boss of a Gateshead charity highlighted how £10,000 in NHS funding had been a godsend for a project helping the borough's diverse communities with health and wellbeing.
Vikas Kumar MBE, who runs Gem Arts, told ChronicleLive how the cash, from an NHS pot dedicated to helping voluntary sector organsiations in Gateshead to improve local people's mental health, had helped the charity to run a programme with South Asian / British artist Mani Kambo.
The charity's Cultural Threads and Feel Good Women's Group involve people from across the community - but especially older women who may be more isolated - in creative projects. This then has a social and health wellbeing impact on their lives, Vikas said.
