Cynefin
Cynefin champions and partners meet collectively for the first time at Hay Festival to launch the programme.
Cynefin is a multi-partner research programme that explores how placing the arts and culture as a frontline public service could effect a step-change for public health in Wales.
Over nine months, a series of webinars and discussions will bring together leaders from health and the arts to hear the evidence, share learning and listen to lived experience. You can find links to the upcoming webinars below.
Creating a space for fresh thinking and the exchange of ideas on arts and health, Cynefin will shape practical policy recommendations for improving health and wellbeing through the arts. Cynefin will shape practical policy recommendations for improving health and wellbeing through the arts
Cynefin is jointly delivered by WAHWN, Public Health Wales, Arts Council of Wales and the Wellbeing of Future Generations Office and is funded through an AHRC Creative Communities Co-Lab Policy Network Award.
The AHRC Creative Communities Co-Lab Policy Network Awards are new cross-sector cultural policy networks in devolved nations and regions of the UK. They create a new capacity for a cross-sector collaborative exchange of policy ideas related to culture and devolution (regional and national) in the context of the UK Government Missions.
UPCOMING CYNEFIN EVENTS
Cynefin 1 - How can the arts contribute to the best start in life?
- Online webinar
- Wednesday 24 June, 10am – 11.45am
Giving every child the best start in life means addressing the social determinants of health early.
On 24 June, a panel of champions, leaders and practitioners across health, policy and the arts will come together to unpack how arts and creativity can build connection, confidence and development in the early years, helping to prevent future inequality and improve lifelong health outcomes.
Join the conversation. Register free here to join this upcoming webinar exploring how arts and creativity can support the Marmot Principle: ‘Every Child Deserves the Best Start in Life’.
More to follow....
CYNEFIN CHAMPIONS
- Dafydd Rhys, Chief Executive, Arts Council Wales
- Hannan Issa, National Poet of Wales
- Dr Kathrin Thomas, Deep End Network
- Professor Isabel Oliver, Chief Medical Officer
- Cathy Weatherup, Chief Medical Officers Office
- Kathryn Lambert, Arts Lead, HDUHB
- Philip Daniels, Public Health Lead, CTM UHB
- Professor Diane Crone, Cardiff Met University