CHWA's conference will run from 7-9 October 2026 at Barnsley Civic 

• Book your in-person or digital tickets here by 12noon on Friday 25 September 
• Apply for one of 13 bursary spaces (deadline 10am, Monday 7 September) 
• Apply to volunteer at the conference (deadline 5pm, Monday 7 September)
• Read the programme here or listen to an audio version here
• Read about how you can support as a sponsor here

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. 

For a full list of creative and inspiring panelists, artists, performers and workshops facilitators, see the programme here. 

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. 

You can read about our previous conference in Barnsley here.

Thank you

Thank you to our principal funders Arts Council England, and to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Helix Arts, Leeds Institute For Societal Futures (University of Leeds), London Arts and Health, Suffolk County Council, Norfolk County Council, and the West Yorkshire Creative Health Consortium for their generous support of bursaries for people to attend this conference.