Clockwise (L-R): the waiting area at Park Health Care Centre on Holderness Road, portraits of local people at the Calvert Centre, Calvert Lane, and the waiting area at Longhill Primary Care Centre on Shannon Road.

Not having an art attack

Visiting certain doctors' surgeries in Hull is becoming more and more like a trip to a modern art gallery.
That's because the new Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) health centres which are being built across the city are housing some eye-catching works of art.
"It's a proven fact that your environment has a positive effect on how you feel about yourself and your general health – and in particular your mental health," says Hull City Council arts officer Paul Holloway.
"Good quality and pleasant interiors in hospitals and health centres help to calm people down and put them in a better frame of mind, and that assists in the work of the health care professionals."
The LIFT centres bring many community services together under one roof; not only GP practices, but other healthcare professionals, such as pharmacists, dentists, health visitors and district nurses.
They are on Calvert Lane, Preston Road, Anlaby Road, Alexandra Road, Holderness Road and Shannon Road.
More centres are to be built over the next few years, including at Orchard Park, Bilton Grange and Kingswood.
They are being built by Hull Citycare, a partnership between the local NHS and private development company The Sewell Group.
To see more of the works of art in the centres visit www.hullcitycare.co.uk/artsandhealth

Musical youth Freedom Road, a group of talented young singers and musicians from Hull, has launched a new CD. All My Life features three songs written and produced by the group, plus a track provided by the Vision for the Blind project in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The CD has already sold 200 copies and can be bought at Chinese Laundry in Savile Street and Blue Banana in Whitefriargate. All sales will raise funds for Vision for the Blind. The release follows last year's Song for Wilberforce CD which raised £2,500 for the Milton Margai Choir for the Blind, also in Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the Freedom Road Creative Arts charity has been launched to provide drama, music and dance opportunities to children and young people at risk or who are in care. Freedom Road is supported by the Rights and Participation Project (RAPP) which is a rights and advocacy service for nine to 21-year-olds in Hull. For more information visit www.freedomroadcreativearts.com

Becky Turton (left) and Jess Hunter are both members of Freedom Road. Also pictured (below) is the front cover to the group's new CD