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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.

We are proud to support an increasingly strong and vibrant movement for LGBTI rights across Sub-Saharan Africa - but in a context of worsening discrimination and violence in a number of countries in the region.

Is ageism in creative ageing something we should be considering more? David Cutler reflects.

Arts for health or art for art's sake? Both! David Cutler explains why.

Key Changes work in London, Manchester & other UK cities to offer people with mental health problems, in hospitals and in the community, creative music-making opportunities and employment in the cultural sector.

Dulwich Picture Gallery is one of the museums and galleries leading the way in health and wellbeing. Jane, Kelly and Alex introduce Together Through Art which trains young people to work on the Gallery's schools' programmes.

In this blog, the Foundation’s Programmes Officer shares an update on our programme supporting UK civil society to use the law in their pursuit of social change, including our priorities for 2023.