Energy crisis likely to affect arts workers’ mental health
Arts workers are the professionals most likely to anticipate negative mental health consequences due to the energy crisis. Project…
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Sector must ‘do less’ to protect freelancers
The danger of burnout is growing as arts and culture become increasingly central to regeneration agendas.
Music has ‘critical role’ to play in reimaging healthcare
Recommendations in a new study include a Power of Music Commissioner, a cross-governmental taskforce and music education modules f…
Helpline to stamp out harassment in music industry
The service aims to address a gap in support for freelance workers who lack recourse to HR departments.
Older people: culture, community, connection
What’s the impact of cultural participation in later life, and how do we capture its value? Helen Manchester explores what t…
NI care home project reached 900 people
900 older people benefitted from an Arts Council of Northern Ireland programme in care homes last year. The funder reports the fif…
Bluecoat recognised for dementia arts project
Liverpool arts centre Bluecoat has been recognised for a partnership that delivered arts sessions via video call during the lockdo…
How to remain inclusive while living with Covid
Andrew Miller says arts organisations must work with disabled artists to keep them safe amid the very real risks the Governme…
Scottish Ballet extends health and wellbeing classes
Scottish Ballet has committed to a five-year extension of its health and wellbeing programme. The dance company offers classes acr…
Learning to breathe
The winner of the Women in Social Enterprise Award, Yvonne Farquharson, reflects on setting up her own company creating arts progr…
World voices sing up
There’s widespread acknowledgement of the positive impact of singing on health and wellbeing. Celi Barberia outlines how a g…
New music industry helpline to launch
A helpline for music industry workers facing bullying and harassment will go live in March. Service providers Help Musicians devel…
Emotional resilience is the key skill for 2022
While many arts and culture organisations are concerned about their financial viability, emotional resilience will also be essenti…
January challenge
Last year, more than 50,000 people took part in a creative challenge. Now the invitation to rise to the January challenge is open…
Missing voices in culture, health and wellbeing research
In recent years, cultural practitioners have been working in ever more challenging health and social care spaces. Robyn Dowlen loo…
Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan leans into wellbeing
Children’s mental health will be a “very high priority” under a new blueprint for cross-curriculum creativity.
From cultural participation to cultural ownership
Many organisations seek to put community at the heart of their work. But Maddy Mills asks why is it important and what does it act…
‘A contemporary horror story’
How do artists engage with people living with dementia? Stephen Higgins, Electra Perivolaris and Nina Swann share their diffe…
Theatre bodies update anti-discrimination principles
UK Theatre and Society of London Theatre (SOLT) have updated their ten principles for creating safe and inclusive working spaces i…
Data are cultural: what does that mean for understanding well-being?
For thousands of years philosophers have asked: ‘What makes for the good society?’, or ‘the good life?’ Su…
Great Place Greater Manchester
Julie McCarthy reflects on three years of action research into the role of culture in shaping the lives of the people of Greater M…
Changing lives with creativity
The arts have a huge role to play in health and wellbeing. Jane Rich shares how creative practitioners can support mental hea…
Care homes celebrate culture
The importance of access to arts and creativity in care settings has become ever more apparent during the pandemic, writes Alison…
Firstsite wins Art Fund Museum of the Year
Firstsite Colchester has won £100,000 and the title of Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021. The art gallery, which celebra…
