Opportunities & Events
Artist Call: StARTing Well, HDUHB
Summary:
StARTing Well is based on the growing body of evidence that shows the impact that taking part in the arts can have on people’s mental health and wellbeing and in line with Hywel Dda’s Arts and Health Charter and our promise to ‘put creativity at the heart of health and wellbeing’. Art within maternity and perinatal (parent-infant) mental health (PNMH) is a developing area of practice. By using art to explore emotional difficulties such as anxiety in pregnancy or postnatal depression, it focuses on improving relationships between parents and their babies in the first 1000 days.
Content:
Commission: StARTing Well
Where: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire
Commissioner: Hywel Dda University Health Board (HdUHB)
Deadline: 9 am on Monday 4th August 2025
Delivery: Sept - Oct 2025 (Llanelli and Haverfordwest), Jan - Feb 2026 (Cardigan)
Dates and Times:
Series 1
Tuesdays
Haverfordwest
9:30-11:30
- 16th September 2025
- 23rd September 2025
- 30th September 2025
- 7th October 2025
- 14th October 2025
- 21st October 2025
Series 2
Wednesdays
Llanelli
9:30-11:30
- 19th September 2025
- 26th September 2025
- 3rd October 2025
- 10th October 2025
- 17th October 2025
- 24th October 2025
Series 3
Tuesdays OR Fridays TBC
Cardigan
9:30-11:30
- 6th OR 9th January 2026
- 13th OR 16th January 2026
- 20th OR 23rd January 2026
- 27th OR 30th January 2026
- 3rd OR 6th February 2026
- 10th OR 13th February 2026
Who: An arts and health practitioner with experience in working within perinatal care or with parents and their babies, during the antenatal and or postnatal stage.
What: 6 Series of 2 hour, weekly artist-led workshops for pregnant and postnatal mums, their babies, as well as Dads/Partners and Carers who are known to Hywel Dda UHB Perinatal Team to create time and space for families to thrive together.
StARTing Well is based on the growing body of evidence that shows the impact that taking part in the arts can have on people’s mental health and wellbeing and in line with Hywel Dda’s Arts and Health Charter and our promise to ‘put creativity at the heart of health and wellbeing’. Art within maternity and perinatal (parent-infant) mental health (PNMH) is a developing area of practice. By using art to explore emotional difficulties such as anxiety in pregnancy or postnatal depression, it focuses on improving relationships between parents and their babies in the first 1000 days.
Eligibility:
We are looking for professional artists and or musicians with experience in arts and health and of working with parents and their babies. We would like 2 artists to work together with our Perinatal Mental Health Team to deliver each series of workshops. You can apply on your own or as a pair.
We are keen to commission professional artists who are:
- Available on the agreed dates listed above
- Based in West Wales
- Are bilingual artists (English and Welsh)
- Have lived experience of perinatal health
- Have experience of working with parents and their babies or during the antenatal stage of pregnancy.
- Both artists would ideally be specialist in different artforms to enable a
range of arts activities to be offered
Budget:
£900 (£150 per artist per 2hr session x 6 workshops)
£500 (for 2 days of preparation and attendance per artist at online induction session to meet the team).
Total per artist per 6 week series: £1,400
Support for Artist Travel is available based on business mileage at 45p/mile up to a maximum of £150 for the 6-week series
£25 for art materials available per artist, per workshop