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.

Programmes

Upcoming Cynefin Events

Cynefin 1 - How can the arts contribute to the best start in life?

Wednesday 24 June, 10am – 11.45am | Online Webinar

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’.

Cynefin 2 - How can the arts contribute to healthy and sustainable communities and places?

Wednesday 09 September, 10am - 11.45am | Online Webinar

Join us for the second event in the Cynefin series as we explore how the arts can help create healthier, more sustainable communities and places across Wales.

The Cynefin programme brings together cross sector leaders to hear the evidence, share learning and listen to lived experience. In this event we will examine the role of creativity in strengthening community wellbeing, connectedness, resilience and place-based approaches to health.

Contributors include Heledd Fychan, Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport, Welsh Government.

Cynefin 3 - How can the arts contribute to Ill Health Prevention?

Thursday 24 September, 10am - 3pm | YMCA New Plaza, Port Talbot

This in-person Cynefin event will focus on the contribution of arts and creativity to the prevention of ill health. Bringing together practitioners, policymakers, researchers and community organisations, we will explore evidence, practice and opportunities for embedding arts approaches within prevention and public health agendas in Wales.