london arts and health
London
We are London Arts and Health! We support artists, creative practitioners and
health professionals across the whole of London and beyond. Promoting excellence
and engagement in the field of arts and wellbeing, and extending the reach of
the arts to communities and individuals who would otherwise be excluded. Through
our activities, we work to promote, develop and support the understanding of
what the arts can do to contribute to a healthy society, in London and
nationally, and by so doing to encourage the use of the arts in settings beyond
the mainstream. We are the leading support sector organisation, advocate and
expert for arts and health in London. Our vision is that the power of arts and
culture transforms and enriches Londoners’ lives and health. WHAT WE DO We hold
industry events, share information and opportunities through our newsletter to
5.5k subscribers, and publicise arts and health activity by sharing on our
social media channels that reach around 20k users. We deliver arts and health
training and creative wellbeing sessions to health care staff to bridge between
the arts and the health sector. We are a member led organisation and have spent
a lot of the past year talking and listening to our members. We have focused on
digital solutions during the lockdown and explored ways of supporting a sector
in crisis. We undertook in-depth research of our beneficiaries and developed a
tool for practitioners, the Digital Sandpit. We created and launched a new
digital tool, pARTner up to support the Thriving Communities Funding bid, which
encourages cross-sector partnerships and supports cultural organisations of any
size to be on an equal footing. We have recently released a new website
commissioned by the GLA, containing the Arts and Culture Social Prescribing
Mythbuster Guide. The resources include information, resources, case studies,
podcasts and an animation for anyone interested in cultural social prescribing
in London. We deliver a yearly Creativity and Wellbeing Festival that went from
a small London festival to national in 2019 and saw over 50,000 attendees taking
part in around 600 events. The week is held in partnership with the Culture,
Health and Wellbeing Alliance. For ten years much of our work has been supported
by Arts Council England and we are proud to hold the status of National
Portfolio Organisation. London Arts and Health is a registered charity and a
company limited by guarantee. It is governed by a Board of Trustees and is run
by a small staff team as well as a number of fantastic volunteers
