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Using clay for addiction recovery and mental ill-health is a fascinating area of the arts and health field. Jo Mills from British Ceramics Biennial, a pioneer in this area, shares who is doing what and her tips for successful practice.

Our Director reports on some of the jewels of the Dutch creative ageing and creative mental health scenes.

The Chair of the Foundation introduces ten new grants to support racial equity in the creative mental health field.

There are only a handful of representations of care home life across any art form - our Director, David Cutler, asks why, given their importance.

Mark introduces his new resource - Creatively Minded and Resourceful - designed to help creative mental health organisations think about maximising existing resources and generating new income.

What does the arts and mental health field look like in Finland? The Foundation's Director shares some highlights.

Well-City Salisbury is a brilliant social prescribing project run in partnership by cultural and heritage organisations across the city. Its Project Coordinator, Zoe Prichard, explains how it works.

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.

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.