Hello and thank you for visiting the Arts for Health at Manchester Metropolitan University web pages. I hope that they give you some idea of our vision, aspirations and current activity.

Following our, Invest to Save: Arts in Health project we have continued our strategic partnership with the Department of Health, Public Health Group, North West and Arts Council England, North West.

We are currently delivering an ongoing programme of networking events across the North West Region. On a bi-monthly basis we hold evening events at MMU and have been responding to the needs of the arts and health communities facilitating sessions across the region.

Between January 1st 2010 and June 30th 2010 we will be delivering networking events in Cheshire and Merseyside; Greater Manchester; Cumbria and Lancashire. Following this work, we will facilitate another conference similar to the North West Frontier event we held in October 2009. All this work ties into better understanding the needs of the sector and informing the North West Arts and Health Manifesto; this will inform future regional direction.

As the regional lead on the National Forum for Arts and Health, we continue to support national developments in the field, working towards a national framework for arts and health.

Following our Pathways into Arts and Health Training Programme, we plan to role out this professional development training to the wider community.

We're continuing to support Derbyshire Community Health Services develop strategic approaches and practical responses to the arts/health agenda.

Like any website, these pages are only useful if we get input from people who visit it, so please let us have your ideas and get in touch about anything. We're particularly keen for people and organisations to be part of the North West Arts and Health Network and encourage you to sign up to our mailing list and submit your project details on the database, so you can share your practice with a wider community.