Funded projects

To support "Life Still" - a programme of artists in residence at John Taylor Hospice in Birmingham.

To support a two year programme of work in care settings in Oldham, including an element of training for students in care professions, in gallery management and in visual arts; led by the artists of Arthur+Martha - specialists in arts in health.

To support Electric Blanket - a creative arts and digital media project involving residents in 10 of Arena Housing Association's sheltered housing settings across the Greater Merseyside area.

To support a project in Wymondham Norfolk called "Memories and Moving Pictures" - a collaboration between two schools, a care home, community volunteers and Creative Arts East, to create short animated films.

To support "The Moment When..." - a project connecting two care homes and two primary schools in Cheshire through dance.

To support Elders - a photographic and storytelling project taking place in Peckham and Southwark, involving older people of Caribbean descent sharing stories of their journeys to and lives in Britain.

To support a project involving the local community, staff and residents of a new nursing home being built in Tumble in Carmarthenshire in the creation of new works of art in collaboration with artists from Arts Care Gofal Celf.

Towards a project supporting the lifelong creativity of older people in eight residential settings in Somerset, Devon, Dorset and producing a pioneering film as a resource contributing to excellence in national dance leadership programmes.

Towards creative media activities in the West Midlands steered by and involving older people in sheltered housing and younger people with housing problems, culminating in community screenings.

The grant is requested for core support towards core staff costs to underpin the projects that benefit a wide range of London based elders and many existing and emerging practitioners across the country.