Practitioner Support and Wellbeing

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.

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?"

Recommendations address creative health participant safety and wellbeing; facilitator wellbeing and work conditions; creative health practice guidance; and professional development.

Work in collaboration with individuals and ethnically diverse artists, many with lived experience of mental health issues.

The Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) of PEN America has developed A Safety Guide for Artists, a first-of-its-kind manual that offers practical strategies for artists to understand, navigate, and ultimately overcome risk.

A mixed-programmed yearly festival in Scotland that looks to explore the impact of arts on mental health

Mixed Blog about facilitator wellbeing and how to improve self-practice/impact of work.

Mental Health First Aid training delivered by practicing community artists; plus consultancy to help positive change within your organisation by creating a wellbeing-centred culture.

Self-reflective toolkit designed to support self-care among those working in arts and health. Practical toolkit and booklet to fill in from self-direction.

The Arts & Health Hub began in 2015 in response to the isolation Daniel Regan felt as a disabled artist making work on mental health. The network’s ethos focuses on peer support, not competition.