
Practitioner Support and Wellbeing
Initiatives supporting creative health practitioners' health and wellbeing

To use the resources you can search by keyword (e.g. name, or area of interest), or filter by type, cost and location (including online). Both search options are below, on the right-hand side of the page.
This new collection of resources was gathered alongside the Keeping Safe report: a review of psychosocial and wellbeing support options for creative practitioners working with challenging conditions and circumstances (Dr Julia Puebla Fortier and Dr Kate Massey-Chase, with support from Dr James Woodhams). We are now adding new resources to the page. If you want to send us new resources, please submit them using the ‘Submit a resource’ button on the right, and we will endeavour to upload relevant resources within a month.
This project was supported with funding from Arts Council England.
AMPHORA toolkits
Guidelines and toolkits for providers, social prescribers and participants in heritage and archeology projects that aim to support individuals who live with complex mental health challenges.
Groundbreaking research from 2019, recognising that the practitioner, commissioner, organisational leader, funder and policy-maker all have roles to play in the health and wellbeing of creative practitioners, supporting them in their making of quality work.
From 2023-2026 Arts & Health Hub will be running a project called the Support Hub which is a range of support programmes for artists exploring health and wellbeing in their practice. This includes: Peer-to-peer support for artists with lived experience of mental health difficulties; Professional development groups; Clinical supervision for artists working in challenging environments; One-to-one mentoring opportunities for early-career artists.
This blog by Julia Fortier focuses on arts, health and wellbeing practice, especially from the perspective of those who facilitate the activities – exploring the experiences of facilitators working with people in challenging conditions or situations, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.