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32 new grants awarded to support more men to engage in creative mental health

These grants worth £1.4 million will support arts organisations across the UK to engage more men with mental health problems in their activities.

Our Arts programme is looking for an evaluator

Help us evaluate the success of our Arts and Mental Health programme over the last 5 years.

How do you make and commission work about mental health, including your own?

A new resource from the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival is designed to aid performing artists, producers, programmers and participatory artists.

Be in the new UK creative ageing directory

Are you a UK arts organisation offering a regular creative activity to the over-60s?

Arts Council NI and the Baring Foundation launch new £600,000 Mental Health and Arts Progamme

Our new joint programme will fund support and training for artists and provide funding for new collaborations between artists and mental health providers.

New Arts & Mental Health partnerships with national Arts Councils

The Baring Foundation collaborated with all four national arts councils around arts and mental health in 2023.

1 December 2023

Designing programmes in mental health and addiction recovery – a new guide

This new series of podcasts by Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums (TWAM) is designed to support museums and heritage professionals to set up creative programmes in mental health and addiction settings.

21 November 2023

Arts and creativity: New resource for care home managers

Practical ideas for getting a creative programme in a care home off the ground, and how an arts offer can support homes in CQC assessments.

10 October 2023

What does the future hold for creative ageing?

On the day of a major conference on creative ageing in Newcastle, we are publishing two new reports to celebrate the movement's achievements and to look forward to its future.

Art, refugees and mental health: a new report

"Hostile environments aren’t conducive to good mental health. Supportive, caring artists and creativity are." This new report by Counterpoints Arts highlights the importance of the arts for refugees experiencing trauma and poor mental health.