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20 May 2021

Creatively minded – looking beyond the pandemic and the need for more funding

The benefits of the arts for mental health are increasingly recognised, but they need to be much better funded.
Blog post: Arts
22 December 2015

New guidance makes NICE end to the year

David Cutler
The inclusion in NICE Guidance Number 32 of the importance of the arts to older people's wellbeing is a welcome Christmas present
Blog post: Arts
8 February 2023

Past, present, and future: the Strengthening Civil Society programme

Jannat Hossain
In this blog, the Foundation’s Programmes Officer shares an update on our programme supporting UK civil society to use the law in their pursuit of social change, including our priorities for 2023.
Blog post: Strengthening Civil Society
15 May 2019

Exploring social isolation through art in the older Chinese community

Older Chinese communities in the UK often experience high levels of social and cultural isolation. The Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art in Manchester is exploring how it can re-engage with its older people through art.
Blog post: Arts
24 March 2021

Art is one of the ways in which people come to see people with lived experience differently

Sandra Griffiths
Sandra Griffiths, founder of The Red Earth Collective, shares her journey in arts and mental health and the work of Red Earth which uses the arts to start conversations about mental health with racialised and marginalised communities.
Blog post: Arts
2 April 2020

Give those feelings ceilings – my reflections on art and mental health

George Harding is the cover artist for Creatively Minded. In this blog he explains how he came to painting and the importance of organisations like Bethlem Gallery and the Studio Upstairs in helping people to be creative.
Blog post: Arts
3 March 2021

Creatively minded and green

Many arts and mental health organisations combine the healing powers of creativity and nature. David Cutler rounds up a few here - from the quiet places in Manchester to some of the UK's most beautiful countryside.
Blog post: Arts
27 February 2023

Museums supporting mental health: Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery is one of the museums and galleries leading the way in health and wellbeing. Jane, Kelly and Alex introduce Together Through Art which trains young people to work on the Gallery's schools' programmes.
Blog post: Arts
18 February 2020

Creatively Minded

David Cutler
An initial mapping study of participatory arts and mental health activity in the UK - the first report of our new Arts & Mental Health funding theme.
Resource: Arts
8 December 2021

Arts, creativity and trauma

Harriet Lowe
Many of the organisations we know work creatively with people with post-traumatic stress, with mental health problems and trauma often deeply entwined. This blog explores arts and creativity particularly with veterans but more widely too.
Blog post: Arts