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Mission statement
The LENs is a network of people who believe in the benefits of creative and cultural engagement to individual and collective wellbeing.
By working in partnership and acting as a critical friend, The LENs will champion access to creative and cultural opportunities for all.
The LENs will work to ensure that the voices of those with lived experience remain at the heart of the arts, health and wellbeing movement.
Vision statement
Every member of society will understand that access to creative and cultural opportunities is important for individual and collective wellbeing.
Objectives
- To advocate for the value that creative and cultural engagement brings to health and wellbeing through all of life’s stages, for everyone
- To ensure that the voice of The LENs is central to the development of policy and legislation and the models of creative health and wellbeing within health and social care, criminal justice and wider community contexts
- To empower people to share their stories about creative and cultural engagement for health and wellbeing to build a compelling evidence base
Read former LENs Director Mah Rana's piece, "Healing Hands", in the June 2021 issue of Crafts - the Crafts Council's magazine
