Practitioner Support and Wellbeing

An organisation established to offer a free 24/7 wellbeing & support programme for any individual of the creative sector based in Ireland and Irish creatives while travelling.

Britten Pears Arts delivers a programme of short residential courses for musicians. Called MOTs, these provide rejuvenation, inspiration and support for musicians working in a variety of settings.

Resources to help individuals and provide guidance so that leaders, line managers and supervisors can create a wellbeing culture.

Resources and further reading from the a 2021 panel focused on creating a healthy and fair working environment for practitioners.

A space for global majority creative practitioners to come together to explore their practice with the support and guidance of qualified psychotherapist

MYRIAD: Time to Reflect was a space for global majority creative practitioners to come together to explore their practice with the support and guidance of qualified psychotherapist Rafaela Nunes, who specialises in working with the cultural sector. 

Thought leadership, research, reports, and consultancy on support for socially engaged artists

Bespoke workshops and Reflective Practice Sessions for a range of organisations and groups who deliver arts based approaches to Health and Wellbeing.

Co-produced by The Uncultured and Producer Gathering, with support from Artsadmin and Marlborough Productions, this resource offers a supportive lens on experiencing burnout through eight commissioned writings from producers, facilitators, and wellbeing specialists. It encompasses personal insights, practical reflections and useful signposting to offer a tool that specifically considers the role and intricacies of working as a producer right now.

Kent-based organisation focused on creating the conditions for creativity to flourish in an environment where we care for ourselves, each other, and the world around us, using a Radical Care model.

Staff wellbeing and compassionate care training for teams of health and non health professionals (uncluding artists). Bespoke programmes that include training, one-to-one coaching, forums and drop-in staff wellbeing sessions.

Circle of Care re-envisions compassionate healthcare by describing a multi-directional flow of care between healthcare professionals and their colleagues, patients and carers.

A series of 3 YouTube conversations as well as a reading of the Good Support Found Poem - a collaboration with Arji Manuelpillai to complement Nicola Naismith's Practising Well: Conversations & Support Menu research.

The central research question for the research report is "What are the key challenges to mainstreaming the ‘affective support’ conversation within participatory arts?"