Denmark
Name: Millie Kealy-Jensen
Profession: Public health professional
Areas of expertise: Mental health, Project management, Interdisciplinary collaboration, Grant writing, Project development and implementation
Languages spoken: English and Danish
Organisation: Odense Municipality
Country: Denmark
Profile:
Millie has a wealth of experience working in the area of health, focusing on prevention, promotion, and innovation. She’s successfully secured funding for numerous health projects, both nationally and internationally. Millie is skilled in taking projects from the initial idea stage all the way through to execution. She has experience in establishing transnational consortiums, ensuring a multidisciplinary approach to health programmes. As a public health professional, Millie advocates for a system-thinking approach to improve health and wellbeing for everyone. Millie has worked in the area of mental health for a number of years and began working with Arts on Prescription in 2021 in the Funen Arts on Prescription project before joining AoP in the Baltic Sea Region project in 2023. Millie knowledge in project management, her personnel skills in working with a diverse range of stakeholders and her analytical and coordination skills ensure the planning and implementation of AoP programmes run smoothly.
Germany
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Name: Abier Saad
Profession: Recovery Guide
Areas of expertise: Link worker, Interdisciplinary collaboration, Mental health promotion
Languages spoken: German and English
Organisation: Bremer Volkshochschule (Adult Education Centre)
Country: Germany
Profile:
With a social educatory background, Abier has worked with various age-groups. Abier is also a qualified recovery guide, meaning that she herself has recovered from mental illness. In her own mental health journey Abier experienced engaging in arts and being creative, helped her to improve her mental and emotional well-being. Abier joined the Arts on Prescription in the Baltic Sea Region project in 2024. In her role as a link worker, Abier incorporates her recovery guide training, working with people with mental health issues based on her own experience. This has given Abier unique skills to support participants in AoP programmes. As the main contact for the AoP participants, Abier has planned and led AoP group meetings, encouraging participants to self-reflect. Abier has helped participants in their mental health recovery, through a combination of self-reflection and engaging in the arts and culture.
Contact: tel. +49 421 361 14505 / email: kunst.auf.rezept@vhs-bremen.de
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Name: Leonie Koch
Profession: Arts therapist
Areas of expertise: Link Worker, Art therapy, Mental health promotion, Interdisciplinary collaboration
Languages spoken: German and English
Organisation: Bremer Volkshochschule/Bremen Adult education center
Country: Germany
Profile:
Leonie is an art therapist and in her Master’s thesis, she focused on the topic of creativity and health promotion and well-being. She has over 2 years’ experience working with vulnerable citizens in a psychiatric clinic and working in interdisciplinary teams. Leonie as a link worker in the Arts on Prescription in the Baltic Sea Region project in Bremen was responsible for the planning and organising of arts courses for the participants, as well as advising culture and arts facilitators of the target audience’s needs and closely collaborating with the facilitators to promote mental wellbeing among the participants. Moreover, Leonie as a link worker was also the participants contact person. Her knowledge on the effects of connecting creativity, culture and health promotion, and her skills in planning meeting agendas and leading group meetings ensured all AoP participants felt secure during their regular meetings.
Contact: tel. +49 421 361 14505 /email: kunst.auf.rezept@vhs-bremen.de
Latvia
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Name: Baiba Roze
Profession: Cultural professional, Social worker
Areas of expertise: Project management, Interdisciplinary collaboration, community engagement, mental health, cultural education
Languages spoken: Latvian and English
Organisation: Cēsis Municipality
Country: Latvia
Profile:
Baiba has over 15 years of extensive experience in the field of youth work, particularly with young people from vulnerable backgrounds. As a museum educator at the Eduards Veidenbaums Museum since 2019, Baiba works mainly with schoolchildren and youth groups, introducing them to literature, mental health literacy, values, and social skills. Since 2023, Baiba has developed diverse cultural programs to support the mental health of older people experiencing involuntary loneliness. Baiba’s skills include establishing Cēsis Municipality’s Museums on Prescription program and developing a collaborative framework for the municipality’s health, social, and cultural institutions. As a link worker, Baiba has close working relationships with social and healthcare professionals, cultural workers, and artists, and provides AoP training for cultural professionals in close partnership with freelance artists and institutions. Baiba’s coordination and interrelation skills as participants contact person ensures participants feel safe and supported throughout their AoP journey.
Contact: email: baiba.roze@cesunovads.lv or rozu.baiba@gmail.com
Poland
Name: Aleksandra Filipczak
Profession: Project Manager
Areas of expertise: Communication, Evaluation, Project management, International cooperation, Cross-sectoral collaboration
Languages spoken: Polish, English
Organisation: Department of Territorial Cooperation and Tourism at the Marshal Office of the West Pomeranian Region
Country: Poland
Profile:
Since 2019, Aleksandra has worked in the implementation of externally funded international projects across various sectors from entrepreneurship, green solutions, to education, culture, and health. Her professional background from both the maritime and technology sectors has given her skills in international cooperation, cross-sectoral collaboration and international project management. Her roles in Arts on Prescription in the Baltic Sea Region project involved communications manager, link worker, and evaluator of the AoP pilot programmes and activities. Aleksandra has involved young people in co-organising AoP workshop in several smaller towns in the region of West Pomeranian. She has a broad perspective in the planning, implementing and evaluation of AoP programmes. She is experienced in navigating imposed procedures and legal regulations. Furthermore, Aleksandra is skilled in working with the educational (referral channel) and culture sector to promote mental health and wellbeing among the younger population.
Contact: +48 91 454 25 25/email: afilipczak@wzp.pl
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Name: Marta Cielsielska
Profession:
Areas of expertise: Project managment, Planning and coordination, Interdisciplinary collaboration Project development and implementation.
Languages spoken: Polish, English
Organisation: Department of Territorial Cooperation and Tourism at the Marshal Office of the West Pomeranian Region
Country: Poland
Profile:
Marta is a Senior Advisor and has been implementing externally funded international projects for over 19 years. Her work focuses on international projects in various fields: culture and creative industries, innovation, entrepreneurship, green solutions, transport, education and cooperation with a range of partners from the Baltic to the Adriatic Sea Regions. Martha has navigated between her several roles in Arts on Prescription project, as project manager, link worker and evaluator for the AoP pilot programme and activities. Her tasks included the organisation of workshops for young people participating in the AoP programme, across various towns in the West Pomeranian Region. Marta experience gives a unique perspective on preparing and organising AoP programmes from start to finish. She possesses valuable knowledge in working with arts facilitators and referral channels, dealing with imposed procedures and legal regulations. Furthermore, Marta personnel skills have been invaluable to supporting and working with young participants.
Contact: tel. +48 91 454 25 24/ email: mciesielska@wzp.pl