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8 February 2016

The state and voluntary sector independence – who Rremembers the Commission for the Compact?

David Cutler
Restrictions announced by Theresa May on the lobbying of Parliament by the voluntary sector are a world away from the promise of the Compact.
Strengthening Civil Society
1 February 2016

Arts and the loneliness of the long lived

David Cutler
The recent findings by Arts Council England on positive effects of the arts on the happiness and wellbeing of older people are compelling.
Arts
22 December 2015

New guidance makes NICE end to the year

David Cutler
The inclusion in NICE Guidance Number 32 of the importance of the arts to older people's wellbeing is a welcome Christmas present
Arts
22 December 2015

“Getting On” – an automaton by Robert Race – a Baring Foundation Late Style Commission

Kate Organ
In 2014 the Baring Foundation invited applications from arts organisations to commission artists who were over 70 years of age to make an original new work of art on the theme of age.
Arts