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Search results for care home

18 September 2018

Words, words, words and creative ageing

There is some wonderful work happening in the creative ageing field with spoken word, creative writing and literature - and there should be more!
Blog post: Arts
11 October 2017

Postcard from Finland: the old couple

David Cutler
On the wonderful creative and cultural opportunities for older people in Finland at the start of its first creative ageing festival, Armas.
Blog post: Arts
5 February 2018

Armchair Gallery, City Arts Nottingham

Virtual tours of world class art collections and participatory arts for care home residents
Case study: Arts
18 June 2019

Mencap

To support people with a learning disability by using data and strategic legal tactics to hold public bodies to account.
Case study: Strengthening Civil Society
8 August 2019

Luminate: becoming the creative ageing agency for Scotland

Luminate changed its approach in 2018 from a festival focus to offer a year-round programme of activities and support for the sector. Its Director, Anne Gallacher, talks about that transition.
Blog post: Arts
30 March 2020

Being creative and being together: Creative Alternatives Online

Creative Alternatives - an arts-on-prescription service in Merseyside - developed an online version of their arts programme in 2017. Its Director explains how they are now building on this work during the COVID-19 crisis.
Blog post: Arts
22 December 2015

“Getting On” – an automaton by Robert Race – a Baring Foundation Late Style Commission

Kate Organ
In 2014 the Baring Foundation invited applications from arts organisations to commission artists who were over 70 years of age to make an original new work of art on the theme of age.
Blog post: Arts
24 April 2017

Welsh magic: what’s behind the magnificent work taking place in arts with older people in Wales?

David Cutler
David Cutler asks what makes Wales so rich in terms of creative ageing opportunities for its older people.
Blog post: Arts
3 July 2017

Play and potential: not too old to join the circus

Vicki Amedume, Upswing
Upswing uses the playfulness and wonder of circus to bring people together and enable people to discover new potential in themselves and in others. Its Director talks about Upswing's work with older people.
Blog post: Arts
8 November 2017

A feast of creative ageing

David Cutler
David Cutler reflects on the growth and popularity of creative ageing festivals, from the national to the local and across art forms.
Blog post: Arts