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
Category: Finnish approaches to wellbeing
Nimble Finland: Slot Machine Fund Supports Mental Health
At the beginning of 2017, the Finnish gambling system was reformed and merged into a single gaming company owned byContinue Reading
You Don’t Have Hospital Clowns? You Can’t Be Serious!
On my research Fellowship to Finland, during an interview at TAIKE, I asked what is the public perception of the arts inContinue Reading
Functional Finland! See My Arts & Health Programme + Be Part of the Well Wishes Collection
My Travelling Fellowship is turning out to be a tornado tour of Finland’s best examples of arts, culture and wellbeing initiatives, includingContinue Reading
Modelling Social Change: Arts Promotion Centre, Finland
At TAIKE in Jvaskyla, Arts Development Manager Pauliina Lapio and I held a 3 hour open meeting for people working in theContinue Reading
‘Culture Club’ “Diagnosis Free Zone” in Jyvaskyla
On May 23rd, Following Baby Dance Hour in a residential home, I visited the innovative ‘Trombi’, (Culture Club), located under trees aroundContinue Reading
Dementia and Dancing Babies
Following a rich exchange with the Ministry of Education and Culture in Helsinki on Monday, I travelled three hours northContinue Reading
Why Finland Features in the Fellowship: Day 1 from Helsinki
Over the next few weeks I will visit colleagues in the field of arts and health across Finland, in Helsinki, Turku,Continue Reading
