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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
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
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
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
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
4 February 2021

New Baring Foundation funding for racial justice

Lucy de Groot, Baring Foundation Chair
The Baring Foundation will be committing a minimum of £3million of new funding over the next five years to support a focus on racial justice in its grant-making.
Blog post: Other
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
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
15 October 2020

Key workers: creative ageing in lockdown and after

David Cutler
The creative ageing sector's response to supporting the wellbeing of older people during COVID-19 has been immensely impressive. However these organisations, like the rest of the arts sector, are worried about the future.
Resource: Arts
8 April 2020

Creative ageing – the COVID-19 crisis and after

The magnificent response from the arts to support older people in isolation is not an accident - but down to the growth of a powerful creative ageing movement. Support must continue even in incredibly tough times for the arts.
Blog post: Arts