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23 September 2022

Every care home a creative home

David Cutler
How a systems approach involving both arts and social care sectors could make arts, culture and creativity an everyday experience in many more of England's care homes.
Resource: Arts
15 February 2024

Creatively Minded Men

David Cutler & Harriet Lowe
Exploring men’s participation in arts and mental health activities.
Resource: Arts
12 April 2024

Brighton’s Creatively Minded Men: projects by Fabrica

With a higher than average male suicide rate, Brighton & Hove Public Health first invested in a Men's Shed run by arts organisation, Fabrica, now vastly oversubscribed. Fabrica's Clare Hankinson shares their model.
Blog post: Arts
11 September 2020

Our first round of grants for arts and mental health

David Cutler
We are delighted to be awarding 87 new grants this week to organisations working in arts and mental health. Here the Director of the Foundation and of our Arts Programme explains the thinking behind the awards we have made.
Blog post: Arts
18 May 2020

Creatively Minded – a lockdown update

David Cutler reflects on the ingenuity of the particpatory arts sector as it adapts to going online and looks forward to our first funding round for Arts & Mental Health in July.
Blog post: Arts
24 May 2016

Inspiring change – the arts and older people in Ireland

François Matarasso
François Matarasso describes the magic of the Bealtaine festival for older people in the Republic of Ireland.
Blog post: Arts
22 February 2017

Wellbeing in Later Life – what matters and who is thriving and who is just surviving?

David Cutler
Age UK's new Index of Wellbeing in Later Life shows the importance of cultural participation to older people's wellbeing.
Blog post: Arts
10 April 2017

Is it time to stop talking about independence?

Caroline Slocock, Civil Exchange
Caroline sums up the findings of the 6th annual health check on the independence of the voluntary sector - A Shared Society?
Blog post: Strengthening Civil Society
29 August 2019

On my creative ageing bookshelf

The books on ageing and on ageing and creativity that have most inspired the Director of the Foundation and our Arts & Older People programme
Blog post: Arts
18 January 2021

Introducing Creatively Minded: The Directory

This new Directory includes around 250 - mainly arts - organisations working in arts and mental health. David Cutler explains how it started and what it includes.
Blog post: Arts