10 August 2022
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In 2021, the Baring Foundation published a report (called Love in a cold climate) which profiled inspiring examples of arts and creativity with older people in Finland.
We are delighted that four Finnish creative ageing experts & contributors to that report will be touring the UK and Ireland in the first week of September 2022 (5-9 September) to share their work, stopping in Dublin, Edinburgh, Cardiff and London.
The focus of the events will be culture, arts and creativity in care homes, including how the social care and arts sectors can work together. Representatives from care homes and care home bodies, arts organisations, artists, arts and social policy-makers, and all others interested in supporting creative lives in older age are welcome to attend!
The London event will take place on 10am-12 noon on Friday 9 September at the:
Finnish Institute in London
3 York Way
#Unit 1
London
N1C 4AE
Speakers include:
Raisa Kartunnen
Raisa works as a producer in the biggest cultural centre in Finland, The Cable Factory in Helsinki (Kaapeli), and founder and director of the Finnish creative ageing festival, Armas. Raisa is interested in developing both national and international networks for the art sector and health care professionals working with older people. She is also one of the editors of Love in the Cold Climate.
Sara Kuusi
Sara is a Special Planner at Helsinki’s Culture and Leisure Department where she is responsible for developing cultural participation and accessibility. Sara is currently managing a new programme promoting cultural activities for older people, which is a joint initiative between the Helsinki social affairs and health departments.
Matti Selin
Matti is a Cultural Manager in the city of Rovaniemi, which is a local government role shared between cultural services and health and social services. Matti has a background in performing arts as an artist, teacher and producer, and has for a number of years been developing cultural services for older people in Rovaniemi. Currently, he is working on a project to develop a model of outreach arts-based work with older people.
Silva Siponkoski
Silva has worked in the field of arts, culture and care in many roles since the 1990s. She is particularly interested in how you can utilise information from social and health registration systems to ensure older people can live their lives to the fullest. Silva works as an Independent Consultant and helps organisations and municipalities to develop their processes.
