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The Equal, Safe and Free fund is a new multi-donor fund, including the UK FCDO and leading private foundations, and will support LGBTI communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands.

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.

We are looking for a Learning Partner to support a five-year programme to increase the use of human rights based approaches to achieve change for communities in London

New grants by our Strengthening Civil Society programme include collaborations with the Community Foundation NI, the Access to Justice Foundation, City Bridge Trust and with Scottish grant-makers for a new Scottish human rights fund.

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.

"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.

Our 2022 Report on Activities reports on our grantmaking for the year, which totalled over £3.3million.

Targeted engagement by museums with people with mental health problems is relatively rare, despite a strong commitment to inclusivity and wellbeing. This new report makes the case - through a series of case studies - for more work in this area.

Access to arts and culture for England's 419,000 older people living in care homes is currently a lottery. Our new report shows how a systems approach - involving both arts and social care - could help change this.

A new report by Flourishing Lives evaluates free reflective practice sessions for artists from 12 organisations working in mental health.