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14 January 2020

Getting the law habit: Transforming Lives

Chloe Hardy, Sheila McKechnie Foundation
Chloe offers reflections from a campaigning perspective on our new publication: Transforming Lives through Law - a collection of civil society organisations using legal tactics to make change.
Blog post: Strengthening Civil Society
15 December 2020

Strengthening Civil Society: a year in review

Jannat Hossain
As we bid farewell to 2020 with the hope that next year will be better for all of us, we take a look back at our work over the past year to support civil society to use the law to achieve change.
Blog post: Strengthening Civil Society
25 February 2021

Racism, the arts world & me

Featured in our new report, this article by artist Dolly Sen is a powerful testimony to the toll of racism on mental health and a call to action to the arts world to address racism and lack of representation.
Blog post: Arts
26 October 2022

The Response to our Global Majority Led Arts Organisations Open Round for Engaging People with Mental Health Problems

Vicki Amedume
We are awarding 13 new grants - out of a very strong field - this week to Global Majority led arts organisations who want to develop their work with people with mental health problems. The Chair of our Arts Committee explains the decision-making.
Blog post: Arts
13 April 2021

Colonially-imprinted spaces and the creative wellbeing of artists of colour

How artists, activists and creative organisations like Words of Colour are challenging racism in the arts sector and developing alternative structures that nurture the creative wellbeing and careers of artists of colour.
Blog post: Arts
10 March 2022

Our funding to specialist arts and mental health organisations in 2020 – what did we learn?

Our first grants in our Arts and Mental Health programme were small, unrestricted and for specialists in arts and mental health. David Cutler reflects on feedback from our first grant partners.
Blog post: Arts
18 March 2020

Funding for LGBTI communities in Africa is growing – but there’s more to do particularly for women

Five years into our programme supporting LGBTI activism in Africa, the Programme's Director discusses why our support for LBQT women is particularly important and the progress made towards increasing funding for a hard-pressed but courageous civil society.
Blog post: International Development
9 November 2021

Creatively Minded and Practising Well

Over the last 18 months, we have been looking at the issue of artists' mental health and what we can do to support the artists we fund through our work. David Cutler sets out where we have got to.
Blog post: Arts
25 August 2016

The art of being outstanding

Andrea Sutcliffe, Care Quality Commission
Andrea Sutcliffe summarises the CQC's new strategic priorities and highlights how high quality arts can help make care homes outstanding.
Blog post: Arts
8 February 2018

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

A joint programme using creativity as a tool to improve the health and wellbeing of older people in Northern Ireland.
Case study: Arts