NHS Information Packs and Health Check Invitations
- Client: South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust & Calderdale Cares Partnership
- Areas: Diversity & Inclusivity
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Credits:
Kane Rattray (Graphic Design)
Commissioned by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, this project focuses on making information packs and health check invitations more approachable for people with severe mental illness. On average people living with SMI die 15-20 years younger, and these packs are one of the tools to counter that.
The team and I worked together to create twenty illustrations inspired by the local area and the theme ‘guiding a friend through the process’. By rewriting the invitations and including my illustrations on envelopes and information packs, we hope to make the support available more accessible and personable.
Consultation sessions with a team from diverse backgrounds and experiences helped steer the design journey, ensuring the illustrations were appropriate for the context and aim set out by the project.
I loved hearing the advice the team had and enjoyed incorporating their feedback on colour palettes, how the imagery made them feel and where we could improve.
The team wanted showcase areas of Halifax that were important to them and the local community. These were locations that brought people peace and space to take time for themselves. I explored these areas, sketching and taking photographs that would later inspire the final artworks.
