ARTS AND HEALTH
Links: National organisations/projects working
in or around arts and health
- London Arts in Health Forum
www.lahf.org.uk/
- ArtCare
ArtCare is the arts in health service for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
www.artcare.salisbury.nhs.uk
- Creative Remedies
Creative Remedies is the arts and health web site for the West Midlands
www.creativeremedies.org.uk
- Dance UK
The national voice for dance: advocates and lobbies to promote the importance and needs of dance. Campaigns include promoting dance within education and schools. Its web site contains useful links and information about dance and health
www.danceuk.org
- Youth Dance England
The national agency to connect young people and dance
www.yde.org.uk
- Inspire
An arts organisation working primarily within Cambridgeshire that is committed to the value of the arts within a holistic approach to health
www.inspire.org.uk
- MK Arts for Health
Milton Keynes based arts and health agency / work includes the delivery of initiatives within Milton Keynes General Hospital
www.mkartsforhealth.org.uk
- The NW Arts and Health Project Audit
Designed to map arts and health projects across the North West of England, and to provide a database of projects and contacts
www.nwph.net/arts/pages/user_index_new.aspx
- Arts & Health South West
Arts & Health South West is an organisation for everyone interested in the Arts and Health sector in the South West of England
www.artsandhealthsouthwest.org.uk
- Arts for Health Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Arts and Health organisation engaged in regional as well as national activity
www.artsforhealthcornwall.org.uk
- Invest to Save - Arts for Health
Manchester Metropolitan University HM Treasury funded project, developing programmes and research around arts and health
www.miriad.mmu.ac.uk/investtosave/
- Hi Arts
Scottish organisation developing arts and health activity, working in partnership with the Health Promotion Department of the Highland NHS Trust
www.hi-arts.co.uk/arts_health.htm
- Survivors’ Poetry
A national charity which promotes the writing of survivors of mental distress
www.survivorspoetry.com
- Voluntary Arts Network
The development agency for the voluntary arts, promotes participation in the arts and crafts across the UK and Republic of Ireland
www.voluntaryarts.org/
- CABE
Promoting design and architecture to raise the standard of the built environment
www.cabe.org.uk
- Social Inclusion
www.socialinclusion.org.uk/
- CSIP: Care Services Improvement Partnership
Commissioned by the Department of Health and other agencies, Csip supports the development of services to help improve people’s lives
www.csip.org.uk/
- Lime Art
Uses creative activity to impact on individual health, bringing culture and the arts into Greater Manchester’s healthcare system
www.limeart.org/
- Architects for Health
Promotes good hospital design by improving the understanding of appropriate financial and social resources
www.architectsforhealth.com
- Minds – Building Solutions
Environments for better mental health campaign
www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications.php?id=542
- Bronchial Boogies
Oldham based Bronchial Boogie project provides asthma education, breathing exercises and wind instrument tuition
www.zenadsl5135.zen.co.uk/bronchialboogie/html/Contact.htm
- Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine
Research centre based in Durham University's multidisciplinary School for Health, aiming to pursue interdisciplinary research and educational initiatives, exploring and extending the relationship between the humanities, the arts and medical and healthcare practice
www.dur.ac.uk/cahhm/
- Critical Connections
Developing confidence, thinking and practice around the health and arts in Yorkshire and the Humber region
www.criticalconnections.org.uk/