Brian
Brian trained as a mental health nurse and spent 39 years working at Leverndale, a psychiatric hospital in Glasgow.
Name: Brian Reid
Years: 1980 – 2019
Brian trained as a mental health nurse and spent 39 years working at Leverndale, a psychiatric hospital in Glasgow.
As part of the recreational therapy team, Brian oversaw education, art, and physical activity activities for patients. He shares what art can do for people in hospitals and communities.
Excerpts:
“Our mantra for the last 20 odd years is, anyone can do art. And that’s a big focus in the department, and the team I work with.”
“We’d get a minibus and take 14 seats out the minibus, and put all the backdrops, and our lighting gear, and our lighting rig, and everything to do with the play, head off to the venue.”