Blog

Collaborate, deliver, fund and celebrate - four principles that are enabling Finland to embed creative ageing in national cultural life.

The Art Cure by Professor Daisy Fancourt is fantastic, and joins a wealth of great books, both fiction and non-fiction, to read at the intersection of mental health and the arts, says David Cutler.

Nick's research informed our new focus for the Strengthening Civil Society programme. Here's why he thinks tackling corporate harm is an important area for UK civil society and for funders.

It's Let's Dance National Day of Dance on Sunday: David Cutler celebrates some of the projects the Foundation has supported offering creative dance opportunities for people with mental health problems.

Reflections on older emerging artists by Arti Prashar.

Our Chair of Trustees, Vicki Amedume, reflects on the Baring Foundation's 2025.

A visit to the UK 25 years ago inspired Yoko Hayashi to establish Arts Alive, which specialises in creative ageing programmes, in Tokyo. Here she explains how the story continued and where it's going next.

Our Director celebrates the rich landscape of creative mental health activity in Scotland just in time for Hogmanay.

Sanchita Hosali looks ahead at the outlook for the Human Rights Act, and says that BIHR's work reveals that human rights are not as unpopular as many commentators seem to believe.

The Foundation's Communications and Research Manager visits a therapeutic art studio and a mental health arts festival in Germany.