Astudiaethau Achos WAHWN
In this section you will be able to find robust and credible case studies which have been peer reviewed by the WAHWN Steering Group. Other evaluation, reports and case studies will appear in the Evaluations/Reports section.
Chwiliad Cyflym
The Queen's Green Canopy, a nature-themed abstract painting and creative writing project
Artist Marion Cheung's workshops enable MHM staff to learn new skills, deliver art techniques independently and enhance patient and staff well-being at St. David's Hospital by co-creating artwork
Author: Marion Cheung, Visual Artist, Arting Wales
Engagement, Participation, Inclusion, Citizenship is EPIC!
EPIC offers young people, including those at risk of offending, or victims of crime, opportunities to participate in creative activities that focus on shaping identity, community and citizenship.
Author: Wendy Keay-Bright
Making Movement Irresistible (MMI)
MMI is a collaborative arts and health project that aims to create a playful, adaptable, wearable technology for encouraging people in residential homes to experience the joy of moving together.
Author: Wendy Keay-Bright, Professor of Technology and Inclusion, Cardiff Metropolitan U
Cai Tomos Creative Practice Case Study
Wales Wide Training Programme
Creative Practice Support Sessions evaluation case study from Rubicon Dance Wales Wide Training Programme
Author: Dr Susanne Burns
The Body Hotel Moving Respite
Therapeutic dance/movement self-care programme & video series improved employee wellbeing in HEIW & Health Boards. Co-funded by ACW and evaluated by Wales School for Social Prescribing Research.
Author: Thania Acarón, director & leader facilitator, The Body Hotel
Cardiff Royal Infirmary
People Place Future
We demonstrated how the creative arts can enable better engagement with marginalised, vulnerable and multi-cultural communities in Cardiff and the Vale, reframing our NHS services for the future
Author: Simone Joslyn, Head of Arts & Health Charity, Cardiff & Vale Uni Health Board
Moving Beyond Compliance
Moving Beyond Compliance is a pilot project designed to explore how movement can benefit the wellbeing of staff working in care settings.
Author: National Dance Company Wales
Dance for Parkinsons North Wales
A National Dance Company Wales and English National Ballet collaboration in North Wales tackling the physical and social restraints of people living with Parkinson's Disease.
Author: National Dance Company Wales
Swimming with the T1ED
Breathe Creative collaborates with Cardiff & Vale UHB Paediatric Diabetic Unit to make a film to help health professionals understand Type 1 disordered eating
Author: Katja Stiller and Jane Hubbard
Wellbeing from Within
Creative movement workshops delivered in Monmouth helping participants improve mental and physical wellbeing through mark-making and somatic movement.
Author: Vicky Evans
Age Cymru cARTrefu Films
Creating Artists in Residence
Short films from cARTrefu 2015-2022 showcasing projects across Wales and including reflections from project artists, residents and carers
Author: Age Cymru
Prosiect Tsuru Project
An experiment: using origami to improve the wellbeing and resilience of healthcare staff in Ysbyty'r Seren and beyond.
Author: Jessica Ruth Morris (Programme Manager for Arts in Health & Special Projects)
Recovery Tree mural projects in Elysium Healthcare secure hospitals
Elysium Healthcare commissions Dr Maria Hayes to co-create Recovery Tree Murals in their UK secure hospitals. The projects enhance environments and improve wellbeing for both patients and staff
Author: Dr Maria Hayes
Shared Worlds
Online artist-led workshops in dance, poetry, puppetry, singing and mindful photography in during the pandemic to improve social connectedness and well-being for all ages in Pembrokeshire.
Author: SPAN (via external evaluator - Abi Marriott, CWBR Coordinator at PLANED and Kath
cARTrefu-Creating-artists-in-residents
A national arts-in-care-homes participatory and mentoring programme, cARTrefu provides high-quality creative activities for older people living in care homes across Wales.
Author: Kelly Barr, Sarah Lord, Katherine Algar-Skaife, Gill Windle, Angela Rogers
IN-BETWEEN-NESS
Using art to capture a sense of self during antidepressant treatment
This was a collaboration between professional artists, clinical researchers and people suffering from depression; to extend the exploration of experiential effects of antidepressant treatment.
Author: Dr Susan Liggett, Dr Karen Heald
A Brief History of Healing
Arcade Campfa and Llandough Hospital
Arts and mental well-being collaboration between Arcade Campfa and Cardiff & Vale University Health Board working with six artists
Author: Gail Howard
Touch A Flower, Talk to Me
An interactive textile arts project for University Hospital Llandough
This project was commissioned to capture the essence of Rookwood Hospital via memories to support the transition of services from Rookwood Hospital to University Hospital Llandough.
Author: Marion Cheung
Creative Care Homes
Denbighshire
Music, dance and arts and crafts workshops were delivered in Denbighshire care homes, upskilling frontline care staff and improving well-being of residents through creative activities
Author: Sian Fitzgerald, Jo McGregor
Live Music Now case study on the impact of live music in social care and care homes
Health & wellbeing benefits for residents, staff and setting at Woffington House
A study on the impact of live music activities delivered by LMN Wales musicians on the health and wellbeing of the residents, staff and setting, at Woffington House, Tredegar, between 2016 - 2019.
Author: Douglas Noble & Claire Cressey
Coming Home to the Arts
Life Stories with Veteran communities
Coming Home to the Arts is a programme of arts participation and Life Story performances with veterans, veteran families and community members.
Author: Karin Diamond
Memoria
Dementia Life Stories
Memoria: People living with dementia and their families share their experiences via Life Story Theatre and creative group work throughout Wales.
Author: Karin Diamond
Belonging/Perthyn
Play About Dementia
Belonging/Perthyn is an award-winning bilingual theatre play that explores issues facing people living with dementia, their families, and health and social care professionals in Wales.
Author: Karin Diamond
Pathway to Hope
Site specific art project in Traumatic Brain Injury Unit, Morriston Hospital.
Many traumatic brain injury patients experience feelings of isolation and hopelessness. This project involved patients co-creating artwork, contributing to a sense of belonging and a positive outlook.
Author: Heather Parnell, Capital Arts Manager
Forget Me Not Chorus
Penylan House Care Home
Forget-me-not Chorus aims to bring joy and meaning back into the lives of those living with and those affected by dementia through the power of song.
Author: Sarah Teagle
Caban Sgriblio
Creative Writing to Develop Health and Well Being in Young People
Caban Sgriblio was a creative writing for wellbeing project, run by Peak, for young people facing disadvantage, poor mental health and rural isolation.
Author: Emma Beynon & Uschi Turoczy
Dance to Health
Falls Prevention programme
A pioneering falls prevention dance programme for older people developed by Aesop and delivered in partnership with Swansea Bay University Health Board
Author: Tim Joss, Aesop and Prue Thimbleby Swansea Bay UHB
Flow
Creatvity, Dance and Movement in Recovery
Case study summary of a pilot dance and movement sessions with patients recovering from the effects of a stroke at Llandough Hospital, South Wales
Author: Melanie Wotton
Gravida
Pregnancy and Maternal Mental Health
Gravida Project is the very first project in Wales that looks at creativity through pregnancy, and maternal mental health.
Author: Carrie Westwater
Flow Creativity Dance and Movement in Recovery
Rubicon Dance and CVUHB Stroke Rehabilitation Centre
Pilot project using Creative Movement sessions to improve confidence and social experience for patients in the UHL Stroke Rehabilitation Centre
Author: Sharon Teear, Rubicon Dance
English National Ballet/National Dance Company Wales Dance for Parkinson’s Class
Dance for Parkinsons Class, Dance House, Cardiff and Blackwood Miners Institute
Dance for Parkinson's classes are a fun, informal way to discover the themes of our dance pieces. Class has been proven to support people with Parkinson’s in everyday life.
Author: Guy O'Donnell
Dementia and Imagination
Dementia and Imagination was a large arts and science collaboration of universities, artists, charities and providers of cultural services working together through five inter-linked projects.
Author: Gill Windle
Reading Friends Wales
Reading Friends is the UK-wide programme from the Reading Agency. It has been co-created with older people with local project partners and is aimed at reducing social isolation and loneliness.
Author: Bob Gelsthorpe, Literature Wales
Story Care and Share
Stori Gofal a Rhannu
Fortnightly storytelling gatherings for people affected by cancer and life limiting illnesses at The Ffwrnes Fach, Ffwrnes Theatre, Llanelli.
Author: Eleanor Shaw
Remote Choir / Côr Pellenig
Singing, technology and connection in Pembrokeshire
Participatory singing project piloted by Span Arts, for isolated, housebound people in rural West Wales. Singing and digital technology were used to increase wellbeing and reduce loneliness.
Author: Rowan Matthiessen (Span Arts)
Dance to Health
Dance to Health, smuggles evidence-based exercise programmes into creative, social and engaging dance activity
Author: Aesop