This website uses cookies to help us understand the way visitors use our website. We can't identify you with them and we don't share the data with anyone else. Find out more in our privacy policy.
All resources
30 July 2020

Creatively Minded and Young

Harriet Lowe
A selection of arts and mental health projects with, by and for children and young people.
Arts

Details

This report is based on a collection of case studies aims to showcase the work of mainly arts organisations using arts and creativity to support children and young people experiencing mental health problems, featuring:

42nd Street, 64 Million Artists, Avant Cymru, City of London Sinfonia, Conwy Arts Trust at Venue Cymru, Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Society, East London Dance, Fluid Motion Theatre Company, Fresh Minds Education, Hampshire Cultural Trust, Kazzum Arts, Kids in Control, Noise Solution, Place2Be, Quench Arts, Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival and Soft Touch Arts

This is the 2nd edition of this report: the updated version (2024) includes a Directory of organisations working with children & young people.

Downloads

Download publication (pdf, 4 MB)

Related resources

Creatively Minded

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.

Creatively Minded & Young: a conversation about arts & mental health and children & young people

Webinar discussion we held to celebrate the launch of our report Creatively Minded & Young on 18 September 2020.

Creatively Minded and Heritage

How can heritage and creativity support mental health? Showcasing work from 18 heritage and arts organisations using a wealth of heritage assets, and the creativity of artists, to improve mental health.

Creatively Minded and Ethnically Diverse

Improving creative opportunities for people with mental health problems from ethnically diverse backgrounds.

Creatively Minded and Refugees

Arts, refugees and mental health

Creatively Minded and the NHS

An overview of participatory arts offered by the NHS to people with mental health problems - featuring NHS Trusts across the UK offering creative programmes in both primary and secondary care.

Creatively Minded at the Museum

How can museums engage creatively with people with mental health problems? Our new report with the Museums Association features 16 museums who are taking the lead in this area.

Creatively Minded at the Museum: the podcasts

Five podcasts taking you behind the scenes with the Learning and Engagement staff who run the museums and mental health projects featured in our Creatively Minded at the Museum report.

Creatively Minded: The Directory

The second edition of this Directory, listing around 320 UK organisations working in arts and mental health.