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CHWA conference 2023 (c) Michael Aiden photography

Connecting creativity, culture and health

Building a more equitable alliance

Creativity & Wellbeing Week

It's nearly Creativity & Wellbeing Week! We're co-curating a special edition of the Big Issue with London Arts and Health and Arts and Homelessness International to celebrate the week...

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CHWA conference 2026! 7-9 October

Our theme for 2026 is Common Ground and we will be learning from people in our own and related fields about how we can come together to affect deep and much-needed systemic change. Our main hub with be Barnsley Civic, with satellite workshop/meeting spaces around Barnsley town centre. Tickets are available at a range of costs depending on your circumstances.

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Training hub

Explore training courses relevant to creative health. If you are running training that you'd like to share, you can submit your training to us to upload. 

Training hub

Practitioner Support & Wellbeing resource

This new collection of resources brings together over 70 initiatives supporting creative health practitioners' health and wellbeing, from blogs and toolkits to training and videos.

Practitioner Support and Wellbeing resource

Creative Health Quality Framework

The Creative Health Quality Framework is a ground-breaking tool that clearly articulates what “good” looks like for creative and cultural initiatives that aim to support people’s health and wellbeing.

The Creative Health Quality Framework

The LENs

The LENs is a critical friend to CHWA, a network devoted to ensuring the voice of lived experience is central to policy and practice.

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The Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance is a national membership organisation representing everyone who believes that creativity and cultural engagement can transform our health and wellbeing. Join us here.