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Prosiect Tecstiliau er lles wedi’i ariannu gan Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru Arts Council Wales Textiles for wellbeing funded project
Author: Ffion Evans
Twilight Barking - Evaluation Report
Evaluation report of Twilight Barking - a collaborative project between Hafan y Coed Mental Health Unit and artist led organisation ArcadeCampfa, with artist Gail Howard,
Author: Professor Wendy Keay-Bright
Stepping In - Evaluation Report
A pilot training and mentoring programme aimed at diversifying the creative health practitioner workforce in partnership with People Speak Up, SBUHB, HDUHB, Cardiff Met University and Caerphilly Arts
Author: Professor Wendy Keay-Bright
What does an arts and health organisation do?
This report gathers insights from people working in some of the world’s best and most innovative arts and health organisations.
Author: Flinders University
Creatively Minded and in Recovery
Exploring participatory arts for people with addictions.
Author: Dr Cathy Sloan
Performing Anxiety: A resource for audience-facing arts projects about mental health
Performing Anxiety is a resource for people who want to make audience-facing or participatory arts projects about mental health.
Author: Mental Health Foundation
Creatively Minded at the Theatre
Exploring theatre and drama opportunities for people with mental health problems.
This new report looks at targeted participatory opportunities for people experiencing mental health problems to be involved in theatre/drama.
Author: David Cutler, Baring Foundation
Space to Grow
Part One Evaluation
Photo credit: Magda Lackowska
Author: Kate Denner, Down to Earth
CVUHB Space to Grow Evaluation
Part Two evaluation
Space to Grow - Part Two Evaluation
Author: Kate Denner, Down to Earth
HDUHB Arts Boost Arts & Mental Health Programme
Evaluation Report Year 2
Evaluation report from HDUHB Year 2 Art Boost arts and mental health programme funded by The Baring Foundation and Arts Council Wales.
Author: Dr Gareth Davies
HDUHB Creative Prescribing Discovery Programme
Evaluation Report
HDUHB ACW funded Creative Prescribing Discovery Programme evaluation report prepared by Billy Woods, Tritech Institute and Innovation. Evaluation Lead is Professor Chris Hopkins.
Author: Billy Woods Tritech Institute
Social Value of Movement and Dance
Movement, dance and exercise are understood to have significant benefits for physical and mental wellbeing.
Author: Sport and Recreation Alliance
The Body Hotel Moving Self Compassion
SROI Evaluation
Social Return on Investment Evaluation of the Body Hotel's Moving Self Compassion Programme. More info about the programme and evaluation here.
Author: The Body Hotel
Creatively Minded Men
Exploring men’s participation in arts and mental health activities
Baring Foundation's latest report is a compilation of research, data and case studies in this field of men's participation in creative health.
Author: David Cutler and Harriet Lowe
Craft of Wellbeing Crefft Lles
Ruthin Craft Centre
Exploring the relationship between craft and mindfulness
Author: Ruthin Craft Centre
DanceWell Evaluation Report
An evaluation of Hywel Dda University Health Board’s Dance on Prescription pilot
DanceWell was a one year project delivered by Arts Care/Gofal Celf in partnership with HDUHB for patients with chronic illness and/or mobility issues via the 2T's GP Cluster Community MDT.
Author: Sarah Rees, HDUHB
Creative Health Review Report 2023
How Policy Can Embrace Creative Health
The National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (APPG AHW) launched the report of the Creative Health Review on 6th December 2023.
Author: Centre for Creatve Health and APPG Arts Health & Wellbeing
Care Creatively
Care Creatively was an artist led project targeting the health and wellbeing of people living with dementia.
Author: Making Sense CIC
Writing Tree Project
Evaluation and Handbook
Writing Tree Evaluation and Handbook
Author: GWYN LEWIS & DR SARAH DOUGLASS
Creatively Minded and Refugees
Arts, mental health and refugees
New report from the Baring Foundation - Creatively Minded and Refugees, showcasing organisations who offer creative opportunities to refugees and people seeking asylum.
Author: Counterpoint Arts
How Does Nature Transform Our Health?
Coed Lleol (Small Woods)
A powerful short video created by Coed Lleol (Small Woods) highlighting the benefits of nature for our health and wellbeing
Author: Coed Lleol
Evaluation poster The Body Hotel Moving Respite
Evaluation Report Poster
The Body Hotel: Moving Respite, an employee wellbeing dance/movement pilot programme Nov 2021 to April 2022, funded by ACW and HEIW with additional Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB partnership
Author: Thania Acaron The Body Hotel
How Ya Doing? Sut Mae'n Mynd?
Evaluation Report
How Ya Doing? evaluation report by Jane Willis
Author: Jane Willis
The Work Hurts
Artist support and supervision
The Work Hurts by Alison O'Connor, USW, exploring the emotional impact on arts practitioners of working in health, social care and participatory settings published by the Journal of Arts and Health
Author: Alison O'Connor
Evaluation of the Arts and Health Coordinator Capacity Building Programme
impact of the arts and health coordinator roles within health boards across Wales.
UK Research & Consultancy Services Ltd evaluation of the impact of the Arts and Health Coordinator roles within Health Boards across Wales.
Author: Welsh NHS Confederation
Dance for Parkinsons
National Dance Company Wales and English National Ballet Dance for Parkinson's classes report.
Author: NDCW
Stories on Prescription
People Speak Up
A 6 month pilot project which explored the ways in which storytelling and related creative activities have on participants' health and wellbeing.
Author: PeopleSpeakUp
Arts and Creativity for Severe Mental Illness
Baring Foundation
A new research review from the Baring Foundation exploring What is the role of arts and creativity for people with a severe mental illness?
Author: Hannah Zeilig, Corinna Hackmann, Julian West, Melanie Handley and Jasmin Plant
MARCH Network Improving Access to the Arts for Mental Health
Evidence of Enablers and Barriers
Research from the MARCH Network around enablers and barriers to the arts for people with lived experience of mental health challenges.
Author: MARCH Network
From Surviving to Thriving
Building a model for sustainable practice in creativity and mental health
The report follows a 6-month project to understand how we might help more people and organisations using creativity to support mental health to survive and thrive.
Author: Culture Health & Wellbeing Alliance
cARTrefu evaluation
Social Return on Investment
Short animation about the Social Return on Investment from the cARTrefu programme
Author: Age Cymru
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
Unlocked
A Spoken Word Performance by Duke Al Durham
Unlocked - a spoken word performance by Duke Al Durham as part of the Arts Council of Wales funded project, Cardiff Royal Infirmary: People, Place, Future.
Author: Duke Al Durham
ABUHB Iceberg Arts Report
Year 1 Report
The aims of the Arts Programme have been to work across the Iceberg Transformation and find ways that creativity and the arts can be woven into and support this work.
Author: Eleanor Davis
Baring Foundation Creatively Minded and the NHS
Baring Foundation report Creatively Minded and the NHS highlighting health boards and trusts offering participation work including Swansea Bay UHB and Cardiff & Vale UHB
Author: David Cutler
Baring Foundation Creatively Minded and Ethnically Diverse
Funding Q & A Blog Post
A comprehensive report from artist Gail Howard who attended the Baring Foundation's Creatively Minded and Ethnically Diverse report launch and funding Q & A
Author: Gail Howard
How creativity and culture are supporting people in institutions during covid-19
New Report
A new report, recommendations and collection of case studies of work reaching people resident in hospitals, care homes, hospices, prisons and other instutions during the pandemic
Author: Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance
Arts Council of Wales Arts and Health Mapping Report
2018 ACW Arts and Health Mapping Report with key recommendations to promote the arts and health sector in Wales
Author: Arts Council of Wales
Stories to the Door and Stories by Phone
A Creative Approach to Tackling Loneliness
PeopleSpeakUp ‘Stories to the Door’ and 'Stories by Phone'referral programme.
Author: People Speak Up
Amethyst Project Small World Theatre
Pilot project with 9-18 year olds supporting mental health and well-being
Author: Deri Morgan
cARTrefu Project Social Return On Investment
The SROI analysis, conducted by the Dementia Service Development Centre Wales at Bangor University, found that cARTrefu delivered a Social Return on Investment of £6.48 for every pound invested.
Author: DSDC Bangor University
HARP COVID-19 Sprint Challenge Final Report
Final Report of the Nesta Y Lab HARP Sprint Challenge programme 2020
Author: Rosie Dow, Programme Manager, Y Lab, Nesta
Cardiff & Vale UHB Arts and Health Charity Report
The latest bi-annual report from Cardiff & Vale UHB Arts and Health Charity including projects and interventions during Covid-19
Author: Cardiff & Vale UHB Arts and Health Charity
Dance Delivery during Lockdown, Dance and Health for Families
An exploration of online dance delivery from NDCWales during the Lockdown.
NDCWales created a range of online activity during the Lockdown. Titled Kin Connected. Amongst this activity was project led by Angharad Harrop one of our Dance Ambassadors, targeted at families.
Author: Guy O'Donnell
cARTrefu Adroddiad Gwerthuso 2015 - 2017: Creu artistiaid o breswylwyr
Rhaglen gyfranogi a mentora celf genedlaethol mewn cartrefi gofal
Author: Algar-Skaife, K., Caulfield, M. & Woods
cARTrefu Evaluation Report 2015 - 2017: Creating Artists in Residents
A national arts in care homes participatory and mentoring programme.
Author: Algar-Skaife, K., Caulfield, M. & Woods
Dance to Health Swansea Bay Health Board
A falls prevention project
Dance to Health is run by Aesop (Arts Enterprise with a Social Purpose) It combines evidence-based falls prevention principles with the creativity, expression and energy of dance.
Author: Prue Thimbleby
Cardiff and Vale UHB Art Team Report
Cardiff & Vale UHB Art Team's report of first six months of activity.
Author: Simone Joslyn
Birth Cafe
People Speak Up Pilot project, Ffwrnes Theatre, Llanelli
In partnership with Dr Tracy Evans we created a five week pilot project that offered space for women to share their birth stories. Through speaking and listening to the body.
Author: Eleanor Shaw & Tracy Evans