We're excited to announce that CHWA's biennial conference will run in June 2026 in Barnsley. 

The conference is an opportunity for the creative health sector to come together for nourishment, knowledge and support. 

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 effect deep and much-needed systemic change. 

This year we will with international partners to share knowledge with practitioners and strategists around the world. 

As ever we will be guided by the Creative Health Quality Principles, to build a gathering that is person-centred, equitable, safe, creative, collaborative, realistic, reflective and sustainable. 

Our main hub with be Barnsley Civic, with satellite workshop/meeting spaces around Barnsley city centre. 

You can read about our previous conference in Barnsley here.