moments of joy report

Moments of Joy is an initiative led by South Yorkshire Housing Association (SYHA) and aims to inject ‘joy’ into the day to day organisational offer of a large and successful Housing Association. Following some initial pilot projects, SYHA was successful in securing funding from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation for a larger project across South Yorkshire with partners Yorkshire Artspace in Sheffield and darts in Doncaster.

A range of creative programmes was delivered with SYHA residents in different locations in 2016 and 2017.

The initial aims of the Moments of Joy programme were to:

• increase access to art forms in deprived communities
• increase participants’ wellbeing
• train artists in co-production
• overcome access and participation barriers
• support innovation and shared learning between arts and housing
• increase employability skills via volunteering

This final report written by Dr Paula McCloskey gives detailed insight into the project as a whole and the difference made to the lives of those involved.

Download the Moments of Joy report here.