Introducing Art Thou Well
Hello and welcome to Art Thou Well. This site is about the roles of culture and the arts in healthContinue Reading
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First Breath: Arts engagement from birth, lifetime membership at Europe’s largest cultural institution
In this guest blog, clinical psychologist Kat Taylor takes a closer look at how the arts can aid emotional, social, cognitive and linguistic growth, as well as strengthening parent-child bonds and building self-confidence.
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Implementing Creative Health for Children, Young People & Families: free registration
Ahead of a series of creative health offers and the launch of GM as a creative health city region, we will be learning about and workshopping ways to get all our systems more engaged with the practice of using creative health options for children’s mental health. Image by David Shrigley.
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A collection of infographics on arts and health
At GM i-THRIVE we are preparing the children and young people’s workforce to deliver creative, arts-led provision across the systemContinue Reading
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All Party Parliamentary Group for Culture, Health and Wellbeing
The UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group for Culture, Health and Wellbeing recently led a round table on how co-production andContinue Reading
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Creativity and Wellbeing Week and beyond
Because ‘awareness weeks’ are meant to change the way we see an issue – not simply raise awareness and move on, this post highlights Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2022 and a number of related events and resources on the theme. Welcome!
Arts for the Blues builds creative interventions for depression
News on the development of a new, evidence-based creative psychological therapy for depression, and wider research findings.
Unity Radio: prescribing a trusted voice
The scope of Unity Radio, how their collaboration with existing services works, and its role in supporting CYP mental health.
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11 ways to engage with the GM i-THRIVE Arts, Culture and Mental Health Programme
Children’s services are being transformed by the THRIVE Framework for system change. As interest in arts and health continues to grow,Continue Reading
Be kind to me: Creative Care Kits
During the first lockdown in 2020, Greater Manchester Combined Authority led the Creative Care Kit initative and distributed over 22,000Continue Reading
Arts and humanities in healthcare: The Future is Ours
The voices of young people, ‘creative health’ content in clinical training, and links to resources.
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