Events and current activity
How can the arts and creativity support people who are shielding and vulnerable during Covid-19?
This first round table event for the newly inaugurated APPG was held on 16 July 2020, 2-2:45pm. Speakers discussed how the arts and creativity can support people who are shielding and vulnerable in our communities.
- Chair: Tracy Brabin MP, Shadow Minister for Cultural Industries
Speakers:
- Dr Ben Spencer, Member of Parliament for Runnymede and Weybridge
- Baroness Young of Hornsey, member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Covid-19 and Co-Chair of the Foundation for Future London.
- Dr Daisy Fancourt, Associate Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology, UCL, lead on the UCL Covid study
- Dr Neil Churchill OBE, NHSE Director, Experience, Participation and Equalities Group, Covid-19 Workstream Lead for Non-NHS Support for Vulnerable Individuals and Groups
- Ellen Rule, Director of Transformation and Service Redesign, Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
- Cllr Julian German, Leader of Cornwall County Council and Vice-Chair of Culture, Tourism and Sport Board, LGA
- Natasha Duggan, Expert Patient and Community Artist
- Victoria Hume, Director, Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance
- Vikas Kumar MBE, Director, GemArts, Gateshead
- Patrick Fox, Chief Executive, Heart of Glass, St Helens
The webinar is available on the APPG Vimeo page. A report circulated to attendees by the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance can be found here.
Parliamentary Action and Influencing Policy
Briefing for Integrated Care System planning
In 2019, the APPG and Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance partnered with the Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network on a briefing for those responsible for Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP) /Integrated Care Systems (ICS) planning. The purpose of the briefing is to support and inspire planners to include the arts and culture in their vision for the transformation of care. You can download the briefing here
Debates and recommendations
The APPG provides a springboard for parliamentary action, such as debates and questions for oral and written answer and for making policy recommendations:
Round tables, events, and annual reports
Creative Health Recommendation meetings
