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We are awarding 32 new grants - out of a very strong field - this week to organisations who want engage more men in creative mental health. The Director of the Foundation explains the decision-making.

At 22 years old, Pallant House's community programme must be one of the - if not THE - longest running in any Gallery. Membership is long term and supports 200 adults with a range of needs, including mental health.

The Elixir Festival at Sadlers Wells in London has helped transport the idea that dance is for everyone, no matter your age, into the mainstream. David Cutler reflects on another great programme this year.

With their strong belief that art can help destigmatise mental illness, Brussels based arts organisation KAOS run artists' residencies in psychiatric hospitals, bringing together artists with and without mental health problems.

With a higher than average male suicide rate, Brighton & Hove Public Health first invested in a Men's Shed run by arts organisation, Fabrica, now vastly oversubscribed. Fabrica's Clare Hankinson shares their model.

Why don't we see more comedy in creative ageing?

How do arts and mental health organisations respond to the personal and artistic development needs and aspirations of participants? Here's a look at some examples, with the help of five brilliant organisations from the field.

Anne is a textile artist & tutor who started out her journey at North Tyneside Art Studio in the 1990s, and has since had a vibrant artistic career, by way of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the New Orleans Mardi Gras, and more.

There are relatively few examples of (good) film-making about mental health or participatory film-making for mental health: an area ripe for development?

Few artists from Global Majority communities work in mental health, despite being disproportionately represented among patients. ARRN is a group training & placement opportunity for artists who want to work in this field.