Every May and October, usually during Mental Health Awareness Weeks, we run #danSOUP events to raise money and give cash to people with great ideas for arts and mental health projects in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. It's a very exciting evening online making great ideas happen! Participants get to:

watch pitches for 4 different ideas using arts/creative activities to enhance mental health
network and discuss
vote on which should be funded
find out what has happened with previous winning projects

Everybody pays a fiver*. All the fivers go into the pot for funding the winning projects selected by the audience. The first prize is over £500. A second prize depends upon ticket sales - so buy one now and help make good things happen!

Who is competing for cash on May 13th?

Activity Boxes creates activity boxes for young people which they will distribute through food banks.
Anxiety Reset offers a free course to young women to help them learn coping strategies and build resilience
Mindful Stitching helps people cope with mental ill health through the mindful practice of embroidery
Supertroupers offers an immersive theatrical experience club for adults with physical and learning disabilities

Our expert panel and the audience have an opportunity to ask questions, network and discuss the ideas with other attendees and then you vote for the one you want to support.

#danSOUP is an exciting opportunity to discover and support great people with interesting ideas for tackling mental health in our local communities. It is run twice a year and is supported by Derby-based company Lubrizol, the Institute of Mental Health at the University of Nottingham and several anonymous individual donors.