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With no mention of creative health or social prescribing in the 170 page new NHS 10 Year Plan, England urgently needs Government engagement and a more strategic approach to creative health, says David Cutler.

An inspiring evening of singing in Stockton-on-Tees prompts David Cutler, Director of the Baring Foundation, to explore the singing and choir projects we are funding through our Arts and Mental Health programme.

Boys' mental health has been in the headlines, but are boys engaging equally in the creative mental health sector?

The Art House Sheffield is striving to become self-sustaining and independent from grant income. Its Strategic Director, Ben Clowes, describes their journey so far.

The Foundation's Communications and Research Manager discovers arts and mental health in Melbourne, visiting the Dax Centre and the Australian National Veterans Art Museum.

Portugal Prints, hosted by Mind in Brent, Wandsworth and Westminster, sadly closed this week after nearly half a century as an arts studio for people living with complex mental health in London. The staff team explains what made it special.

Portraits of Recovery in Manchester is a visual arts charity supporting people affected by and in recovery from substance use – find out more in this blog by its founder and director, Mark Prest.

Understanding the effects of trauma helps our cultural spaces to be welcoming to all audiences, writes museums and wellbeing consultant, Louise Thompson.

Find out more about Workman Arts, a Toronto-based arts and mental health organisation, which runs the Rendezvous with Madness festival every year.

David Cutler, Foundation Director and Arts programme lead, shares his concerns about funding for arts and health. We'd love to hear your thoughts too.