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Finland has a national strategy which has helped it develop a much more proactive, consistent and strategic approach to creative ageing - could it work for the countries of the UK?

Sian Stevenson, creative director of Moving Memory Dance Company, explains why we need more creative programmes to be led and facilitated by older people.

The many stresses experienced by people working in the arts are frequently - and rightly - in the news. It's time for policymakers to step up to address this challenge.

Both CAMHS and the arts sector are under huge pressure but there are some inspiring examples of CAMHS/arts partnerships working together for the benefit of children and young people's mental health. Could there be more?

"What do you plan to do with ‘your one wild and precious life’"?? Highly recommended blog on the value of a creative (later) life by the CEO of Scottish Care, Donald Macaskill.

Tim Sayers, Arts in Mental Health Coordinator at Leicester Partnership NHS Trust, shares how they support service users and previous participants to develop skills as paid participatory artists.

Do men participate less in arts and mental health? Results of our investigations so far have been mixed, so we're doing some more research including a new report. If this is an area of interest for you, read on...

Write to Life is a creative writing group for survivors of torture, running for an amazing 25 years. In this blog, its leader Sheila Hayman introduces the group and describes how writing can help survivors process trauma in particular.

Finnish Culture Houses are creative spaces for young people with mental health challenges - based on principles of peer support, strengths not diagnoses, and voluntary action. There are now 20 across Finland.

Luminate, Scotland's creative ageing development agency, has been offering bursaries to older early-career artists since 2017. Director Anne Gallacher explains why this is vital.