Contributing arts and creativity to health and wellbeing
Keeping connected
Arts Well: Workspace
As we come out of lockdown Arts Well is looking to create affordable workspaces for people who want a change each week from their normal working environment - increasingly home for many of us - and would like to work alongside others interested in creativity, health and wellbeing.
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Creative, Health and Wellbeing Partnership Survey
The Creative, Health and Wellbeing Partnership is moving forward with a model of inclusivity, engagement and distributed leadership, enabling all members to play a role in how it develops. We designed a short survey and here you can see the analysis of the results so far.
Social Prescribing in Cornwall – growing the contribution of arts, culture and creativity
Jayne Howard and Rahul Mittal discuss the value of arts, culture and creativity in improving health and wellbeing and what might be needed in Cornwall to ensure that the sector can grow its contribution to the social prescribing model.
Read MoreResponding to covid: Culture and creativity for shielding or vulnerable communities
Responding to covid: Culture and creativity for shielding or vulnerable communities
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Social Prescribing
We are exploring opportunities for collaboration across the creative sector to improve the quality and provision of creative opportunities for participants referred to social prescribing and enhance skills and support for practitioners.
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New office and space for workshops
In September Arts Well will be working from a new office space. As well as being a new base for us, we will also have space to hire out for workshops.
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Creative Health and Wellbeing Partnership for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Cornwall Council's Public Health and Culture teams have jointly commissioned Arts Well to establish a Creative Health and Wellbeing Partnership to grow the contribution of the creative and cultural sector to improving health and wellbeing for individuals and communities in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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Chorus Connections
Chorus Connections is an intergenerational music project between Arts Well, Little Bird Music, Mountford House Care Home and Truro Nursery School
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Helping to end street homelessness in Cornwall
We have been working with St Petroc's Society on their campaign to end street homelessness in Cornwall. A number of arts and cultural events aim to raise awareness and encourage support for local initiatives.
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Creating Connections in Helston
Working with artists Melanie Young and Laura Menzies we ran a series of creative sessions in Helston and the surrounding area for people to learn new crafts in a friendly atmosphere. The aim of the programme, which was funded by the Big Lottery Awards for All, was to enable people to develop local connections and friendships.
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