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Image: James Mulkeen for darts in Doncaster
Age UK Barnsley and darts are looking for 2 Barnsley-based dance practitioners to be part of an exciting programme of work to improve physical activity, wellbeing and social connection among older adults in our community.
Following the launch of the 10 Year Plan for the NHS and changes to NHS England (NHSE) and Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), NHS England is producing an update to the 2022 Statutory Guidance that sets out how Integrated Care Boards, Foundation Trusts and NHS Trusts should meet their legal duties according to the 2022 Health and Care Act.
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Image reproduced courtesy of Historic England
I have been truly inspired by some of the work my small team have managed over recent years but so that this isn’t all about my own work I think I would choose an archaeology project called Rendlesham Revealed that has worked with people with personality disorders. Archaeology is a magical process of discovery with huge opportunities for team working, creative practice and largely outdoor physical activity and has been shown to support wellbeing in a myriad of ways.
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We know we live in an unjust society. Systemic racism, ableism, sexism, ageism, class discrimination, transphobia, discrimination on the basis of religion… it’s all (arguably) more visible than it’s ever been.
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Lung
As we said back in January with our colleagues at London Arts and Health, we are organisations devoted to health, wellbeing and equity; and we’re watching these concepts devastated e
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Funded by Youth Music and BBC Children in Need, the Sonic Minds programme supports young people at elevated risk of experiencing a mental health issue.
Stories of lived experience
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‘Untitled’ By Casey Francis (Mad Truth)
...through creativity we can transform adversity to beauty and in the process transform ourselves. We can create our own lives as if we are creating a work of art. Instilled within all of our experience are layers of meaning, understanding and connection. Art is empathy, it is communication. Art allows us to step outside of ourselves, and see something inside that we could not recognise because of our external circumstances, our pain, our fear, our doubt.
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Illustrations by MJ Barker
What would it mean to ‘queer’ creative health? Why might we need to, and, if so, how? I was given the opportunity to first delve into these questions through a PhD scholarship I completed in 2019. My literature review explored longer histories of the field of Arts in Health as part of exploring its relationship to people and place.
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Tina Blaber
Our existence is embedded in culture – it’s all around us – and I think the need for this, as social creatures, is an inherent part of our make-up, as human beings.
A Day in the Life
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Image reproduced courtesy of Historic England
I have been truly inspired by some of the work my small team have managed over recent years but so that this isn’t all about my own work I think I would choose an archaeology project called Rendlesham Revealed that has worked with people with personality disorders. Archaeology is a magical process of discovery with huge opportunities for team working, creative practice and largely outdoor physical activity and has been shown to support wellbeing in a myriad of ways.
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There is so much inspiring work out there at the moment which is a great antidote to the current state of the world – and simultaneously a frustration because most of it is under the radar of the traditional media.
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Claire is the new Creative Health & Equity Lead for Suffolk and Norfolk, working with Suffolk Artlink in partnership with the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA) and Suffolk County Council. Read more to find out what a typical day looks like for Claire.
International
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Hear and Now 2019 in Bedford, co-produced by Orchestras Live and the Philharmonia Orchestra © Beth Walsh
An invitation on behalf of the international Music for Social Impact research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to participate in a survey of musicians in all pa
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Crocker Museum, Sacramento, California
Seeking participants for new online study to find out.
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Creative Aging International (CAI) was started with the ideas of “making with” and “making for” at its core.