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.
Creative Freedom - Blog
Blog posts about workplace mental health and working remotely as an artist
Creative Health Professional Care Charter
Outlines support commitments by University College London Hospital Arts and Heritage to care for its workforce.
Creative Health Quality Framework
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 CHQF has a strong focus on practitioner wellbeing and support.
Creative Health Toolkit - Supporting Delivery and Ongoing Monitoring Checklists
Suggestions for supporting processes for reflective practice and supervision
Creative Health Toolkit - Workforce Development
Guidance, case studies and examples on training and support for creative practice in a healthcare context
Creative Reflective Practice, 2024
6-week reflective practice training and peer support group for creative health practitioners working with mental health and other challenging conditions or situations. Contact for future opportunities.
Creative Well
This short report presents learning and reflections from Creative Well, a pilot self-care programme for practitioners, delivered remotely during Autumn 2020 to support a small cohort of creative health practitioners from across the Yorkshire and Humber region.
Creatively Minded and Practising Well, November 2021
A blog from the Director of the Baring Foundation at the issue of artists' mental health and what the Foundation has done to support the artists they fund.
Dare To Care
Workshops & events to address mental health for artists
Flourishing Lives - reflective practice sessions
Group and one-to-one reflective practice sessions for arts and wellbeing practitioners, led by trained counsellors.
Flourishing Lives: Reflective Practice Groups Report with Nicola Naismith, 2022
The report outlines the benefits of Reflective Practice support for artists and arts organisations working in mental health and wellbeing settings.
From Surviving to Thriving: Building a model for sustainable practice in creativity and mental health
This report and podcast series funded by the Baring Foundation, to understand how we might help more people and organisations using creativity to support mental health to survive and thrive.
GEM: One to One Mentoring Programme
One to one support for people working in learning and engagement within museums, galleries or other cultural organisations.
GLAM Cares
A care and support network for people who work with communities in galleries, libraries, museums and heritage.
Groundwork: Designing & Implementing Support for Creative Practitioners
Training for organisations commissioning and working with creative practitioners in the field of arts and health.
How ya doing? Sut Ma'en Mynd? Wales Arts, Health & Wellbeing Network Artists Wellbeing Programme
How Ya Doing was a creative wellbeing programme for artists and arts organisations who work in the Arts and Health sector. It ran from 2021-5 and won the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance Practising Well Award in 2025.