Culture at a Distance: Arts for Health in Isolation
Welcome One positive of the pandemic for me is seeing the increasing recognition of the far-reaching and vital roles ofContinue Reading
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Love Spreads: Three Minute Heroes Comes to Greater Manchester
Three Minutes Heroes is an innovative project which integrates music and mental health in schools. Today we welcome Three MinuteContinue Reading
Supporting the Arts Sector to Sing to Health, Commissioning and Policy Makers
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
Reporting following my keynote at the Austrian Federal Chancellery workshop, where 100 people met to develop arts and health policies.
Doing Things Differently: The First Six Months of Greater Manchester’s Arts, Culture & Mental Health Programme
In April 2019, the GM i-THRIVE team leading the transformation of children’s services in Greater Manchester established the Arts, CultureContinue 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
