Arts for Health
Arts for Health is the longest established organisation of its sort, with specialism in research, advocacy and development across the UK and internationally. It works with a broad coalition of partners to better understand the impact of creativity, culture and the arts on health and well-being. As this agenda gains wider political and public attention, Arts for Health continues to lead by example, delivering work that is driven by strong core values and a focus on social change.
Find out more about us, our staff and our projects.
Arts for Heath co-hosted the World Healthcare Congress Europe in March 2019. Watch this British Council funded film to find out more.
Latest News
Details of current activities, forthcoming events and opportunities are posted on the Arts for Health blog artsforhealthmmu.blogspot.com
You can also follow us on Twitter and watch our videos on Vimeo.
Publications
- A Gentle Haunting. This short film was made by Clive Parkinson for the New South Wales arts festival and conference, ArtState, for Vic McEwan’s exploration around suicide - One for Sorrow, Two for Joy on Friday 6th November 2020. Download the full transcript and references.
- Greater Manchester: Doing Things Differently.
A short film made funded by the British Council to share a little of our aspiration to achieve positive social change through culture, heritage and the arts across Greater Manchester and wider society.
- The Manchester Declaration. Published as part of the launch of Manchester Institute for Arts, Health & Social Change
- Dementia & Imagination
Arts for Health publish a handbook of Research Informed Approaches to Visual Arts Interventions - A Recoverist Manifesto
People in recovery from substance misuse in the UK, Italy and Turkey have collaboratively developed a manifesto that attempts to humanise the face of addiction. - Exploring the links between the phenomenology of creativity and bipolar disorder
By Dr Katherine Taylor - Exploring the Longitudinal Relationship Between Arts Engagement and Health
By Dr Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt - Part 2 of MANIFESTO, further thoughts on arts, health and society. Published by Arts for Health.
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