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Fourth Monkey and Wellbeing in the Arts: Behind the curtain

With mental health increasingly recognised as a major issue for students, acting school Fourth Monkey has formed a groundbreaking partnership with Wellbeing in the Arts to ensure students get the support they need. Nicola Lisle finds out more.
  A wellbeing session at Fourth Monkey
A wellbeing session at Fourth Monkey - Saquer Serdula

Founded in 2010 to provide performance training at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, Fourth Monkey has become the first drama school to collaborate with Wellbeing in the Arts (WITA) to complement its holistic training approach with specialist mental health support.

Charleen Quaye, Fourth Monkey's director of training and deputy CEO, is delighted with the new partnership.

‘From the beginning of Fourth Monkey, we've always had a focus on wellbeing in general and as artists and creatives,’ she says. ‘There's a plethora of practitioners and specialists within Wellbeing in the Arts, and that's perfect for us because we never wanted to have one counsellor, or one specialist, in that welfare field. We knew if we could make something work it would be completely in alignment with our ethos and with the integrity of the school.’

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