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Round the world with creative ageing

Let's celebrate the wonderful exchange of ideas and practice between different countries we see in the creative ageing field today - International Older People's Day.

24 September 2018

Older people in Wolverhampton are staying lively with the Art Gallery’s Celebrating Age project

Kate Gant, Creative Health CIC

'Still Lively' visual art hubs are run by Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Choices Housing Association, Staffordshire Art Services and Creative Health CIC.

18 September 2018

Words, words, words and creative ageing

There is some wonderful work happening in the creative ageing field with spoken word, creative writing and literature - and there should be more!

4 September 2018

Rural Arts is finding creative ways to engage isolated older people in the arts in rural North Yorks

Angela Hall, Rural Arts

Art on your Doorstep is delivering a wide range of participatory arts in innovative ways – in the community, at home and even on buses! – to help combat rural isolation among older people in the villages around Thirsk.

Time & Tide provide artistic inspiration for a group of older residents on the Isle of Wight

Hannah Griffiths

Older residents from the Isle of Wight have produced wonderful works of art - from sculpture to tapestry - with Independent Arts, supported by our joint 'Celebrating Age' fund with the Arts Council England

At Spare Tyre, the artistic journey continues well beyond 60

Arti Prashar, Spare Tyre

Spare Tyre is 40 this year. Its Artistic Director/CEO, Arti Prashar, explains how its work with older people has developed.

How can training support high-quality arts in care homes? A reflection on our new report

Penny Allen's insightful research reveals wide provision, serving both the arts and care sectors, and poses some important questions about what more needs to be done to support the delivery of high-quality arts in this setting.

Monday afternoon at the flicks

More and more projects and arts venues are engaging older people in cinema, whether dementia-friendly screenings or participatory art workshops drawing on the love of film that many of us have. David Cutler reviews some recent projects.

Arts and culture are vital threads in the fabric of living

Sir Nick Serota

In Dementia Awareness Week, Nick Serota says we must make sure that these threads are sustained through later life.

‘We want to be remembered’

François Matarasso

‘Bed’, devised and performed by Entelechy Arts Elders’ Company, went on tour to Southbank Centre's (B)old festival last week. Baring Foundation trustee, François Matarasso, writes about the piece.