Resources

This section contains information for anyone who wants to understand more about or develop creative or cultural practice that relates to health and wellbeing. It includes inspirational manifestos, helpful toolkits, and guides to what evidence is already out there, and how to evidence your own work.

Participants from The Bridge Project, bait

Participants from The Bridge Project, image by Jason Thompson

Funding

A list of funders for arts, culture and health projects

Jamila Walker

Research and evaluation

This area is to help you find the research that's already out there, and understand how you can add to the evidence.

Wilfred the Post Box, Georgina Davy, GOSH Family Arts Week

GOSH Arts

Case studies

These are case studies of a huge variety of different projects and programmes including those undertaken during lockdown.

A young girl photographed from over her shoulder, painting a colourful picture

Mental Health The Arts

Creative Health Quality Framework

The Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA), funded by Arts Council England, is working with arts, health and wellbeing consultant Jane Willis to develop a Quality Framework with the Creative Health sector.

Photo of two people shaking hands, with their hands covered in paint after an art workshop

Arts and Minds workshops in schools (Image courtesy of Sheila Ceccarelli)

Toolkits

This section contains toolkits, guidance and factsheets that will help you develop cultural and creative programmes in relation to health and wellbeing, including our Thriving Practice model.

Podcasts

A collection of podcasts focusing on various aspects of culture, health and wellbeing.

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