Funded projects

For a project to engage isolated older people in community radio and the arts.

To commission Royston Maldoom to create a new dance theatre production involving veteran performers Namron, Tamara McLorg and Sally Owen with up to five performers from WYP's Heydays' drama/dance group and Alan Lyddiard as Director.

To fund a publication to explore the difficulties of engaging older men in arts participation, drawing on examples of practical activity.

To commission sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard to create a new work as a centrepiece for an exhibition at Turner Contemporary in Margate, exploring femininity, creative making, and ageing - working title - "Tapestry Unravelled".

To commission Eric Geddes (environmental artist), supported by Robin Ford (poet), Colin Riches (environmental artist) and Dick Davis (photographer and graphic designer) to create a dementia-accessible digital installation at a care home on the Isle of Wight.

To commission poets, Douglas Dunn, Vicki Feaver and Diana Hendry to write new poetry about the subject of ageing for publication by Polygon publishers, Luminate and the Saltire Society. To be widely distributed throughout Scotland.

Towards the Sadler's Wells Theatre Elixir Festival in London.

To commission Robert Race to design and make an automaton for exhibition in Orders of St John's Care homes and other public galleries and conferences. OSJCT have homes in Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

For National Care Forum to run a specific arts award as part of their new national awards ceremony.

To hold a symposium on arts in care in Perth, Scotland in October 2014.