Start Here: Art Thou Well?
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Supporting the Arts Sector to Sing to Health, Commissioning and Policy Makers: Developing a Cross-Sector Evaluation Framework
We know that in children’s services, conventional interventions result in modest outcomes: around half of those who access Child andContinue Reading
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International Culture Policy: Workshop on New Health Policies in Austria
Last week, the Arts and Culture Division of the Austrian Federal Chancellery welcomed the participation of 100 people from theContinue Reading
Doing Things Differently: The First Six Months of Greater Manchester’s Arts and Mental Innovation Programme
In April 2019, the GM iTHRIVE team leading the transformation of children’s services in Greater Manchester established the Arts andContinue Reading
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Greater Manchester’s Arts and Mental Health Innovation Programme and Your Local Child and Family Services
iTHRIVE is Greater Manchester’s transformation of children’s services, based on the solution-focussed national framework for CAMHS (Child and AdolescentContinue Reading
Well Wishes for the arts in healthcare: Voices from Finland
Have a look at this lot! All of these people took the time to come up with a wish forContinue Reading
Art Thou Well? Towards Creative Devolution of Mental Health in Greater Manchester
This report explores the myriad roles the arts could, and do, play in the service of mental health in GreaterContinue Reading
Rikers Island Prison Complex: Literacy For Incarcerated Youth
Gigi Blanchard came to New York from St, Louis, and identifies with incarcerated youth having done time as a juvenileContinue Reading
TeleVisiting: Taking Parties into Prisons at the New York Society for Ethical Culture
One Sunday I accidentally found, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the New York Society for Ethical Culture (NYSEC).Continue Reading
Reflecting On 300 Encounters as a Travelling Fellow
How (and Why) I Visited 40 Organisations Across 7 Cities in 8 Weeks When I returned home last month, IContinue Reading
GOSO? Getting Out and Staying Out: Speaks for Itself
After being introduced to the Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO) team, I visited GOSONYC headquarters in East Harlem toContinue Reading
