Off The Rails - Creative Writing Project

Fluid Motion is an award-winning organisation in Hampshire and a leader in the field of arts and health. We use theatre and creative activities in innovative ways to support and improve health and wellbeing. James Sanderson, Director of Personalised Care at NHS England said of us ‘Innovative work like yours provides a great opportunity for new relationships between theatre and health’. The organisation was set up in 2010 by Ali Gill, Executive Director, and Leigh Johnstone, Artistic Director, whose lived experiences of poor mental health issues underpin the focus of our work. In 2020 we became a charity registered with Charity Commission.

We deliver, weekly, free creative community and education programmes from our Creative Hub in Totton, New Forest. We use creative activities (theatre, visual art, music) as a tool to develop social, emotional and confidence skills to help participants become happier and healthier individuals and communities. Our work is predominantly aimed at young people and adults who have low levels of wellbeing and poor mental health. In addition we deliver a national outdoor touring programme, including walkabouts and public installations, focused on wellbeing, that brings theatre to some of the most deprived communities across the Country.