LAHF Newsletter – 14 December 2011
Welcome to LAHF’s last newsletter of 2011, free of charge and available to all! To sign up, visit www.lahf.org.uk and please feel free to forward to any colleagues or friends you think might find it interesting.
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In this issue
LAHF News
LAHF Events
News
Events
Opportunities
Resources
LAHF News
Seasons greetings
Welcome to LAHF’s December newsletter! We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all LAHF members a very Happy Christmas and all the best for 2012.
New website
LAHF is delighted to unveil its new website! The website provides links to key information about arts and health in London as well as a range of other resources. Much more information will be added to the site over the coming months so do check it out to catch up with all that is going on in the field of culture and health and wellbeing. Thank you to the many of you who sent in images for us to include, we are still adding these, so please don’t worry if you don’t see yours there yet.
When you visit the new site you will see initial information about our major event in 2012 – the London Creativity and Wellbeing Week, a celebration of arts and health. London Creativity and Wellbeing Week will be a fantastic showcase of all that is going on in the field of arts, creativity and health and we hope you will all consider including your events and taking part in London’s first festival of the arts and well-ness. More details can be found here and look out for further updates on the Week, including how to submit your events, in the new year.
National Alliance for Arts Health and Wellbeing – a charter for arts and health
Over the past year, regional organisations from across the country have been working together to establish a new National Alliance for arts, health and wellbeing. As part of this process, a series of events are taking place across England to develop a Charter that will set out the mutual values for those working in arts, health and wellbeing and embody the founding principles for a National Alliance.
South East Arts and Health Partnership, Arts and Health East and London Arts in Health Forum are teaming up to plan several events to help create this Charter. These events will take place through January, members of all organisations are invited to attend any of the events. Click here for more information
LAHF Events
Creativity in the community
London Arts and Health Forum, in partnership with Arts Council England, are hosting a learning and networking event on 2 February 2012 from 10am-1pm at Arts Council England, 14 Great Peter Street, London, SW1P 3NQ
The focus of the event is the role of creativity and well being in community settings, sharing particularly the findings from Be Creative Be Well and interim data from Well London.
News
National Plan for Music Education
The Department for Education has published its National Music Plan.
NCA launches UK Arts Index
Bringing together key data about the state of the arts sector’s health, the Arts Index plots trends in ticket sales, corporate sponsorship, philanthropy and public sector funding, as well as other performance measures such as attendance levels for adults and young people, satisfaction levels and the number of people volunteering in the arts.
Arts & Business to merge with Business in the Community
The arts sponsorship organisation Arts & Business (which last year lost its annual Arts Council funding) is to merge with Business in the Community.
Arts Council England publishes guidance on Internships
Arts Council England and Creative & Cultural Skills have published Internships in the arts - a guide for arts organisations.
Natwest Community Force Awards announced
Earlier this year, hundreds of charities and community groups applied to be part of CommunityForce.
GO Create and the Wellcome Trust present the 'Hands On' Project
For the past year, artist Isobel Manning has been exploring the ritual of hand washing in the hospital environment.
New online arts and health library and website, Greater Manchester Arts Health Network
The new Greater Manchester Arts Health website has been developed as a useful information portal and one stop shop for information, documents and news about arts, health and wellbeing for professionals working across the sectors.
West Midlands Arts Health & Wellbeing Network, website to launch Feb 2012
Creative Health CIC and Staffordshire Arts & Museums Service have announced their plans to merge the praXis and Creative Remedies websites and develop a new resource for arts and health practitioners across the region.
Events
Bethlem Affordable Art Fair – 7-23 December
The Bethlem Gallery’s annual open exhibition.
One-day Conference on Participatory Video, Stoke-on-Trent – 10 January 2012
The Creative Communities Unit, Staffordshire University and the Participatory Practitioners for Change PPfC present a one-day conference on participatory video.
COLOUR my wellbeing: Applied Arts & Health Conference, Northampton – 19-20 April 2012
In association with the Journal of Applied Arts & Health and The University of Northampton.
The Artist in the Archive workshops, London – various January / February 2012
The Artist in the Archive is a short programme of free workshops to meet the growing interest in collaborating with film, TV and sound collections, particularly those held by the BFI and the BBC.
Opportunities
Jobs and commissions
Lead Artist, What if... Gallery, Dartford – deadline 16 December
The What if… Gallery in Dartford has been granted an award to deliver six children’s Art Workshops/sessions.
Project/Event Manager, Streetwise Opera – deadline 21 December
Streetwise Opera is a charity that uses music as a tool to help 500 homeless people per year move forward in their lives.
Creative Business Manager, GoldDust Arts, London – deadline 24 December
GoldDust aims to be a leading provider of innovative, high-quality creative programmes –working with schools, prisons and other sectors.
Spare Tyre – Executive Director – deadline 6 January 2012
Spare Tyre seeks a dynamic Executive Director to push forward the strategic and operational development of this UK participatory arts company.
Programme Manager: Arts and Partnerships, Shape – deadline 9 January 2012
Shape is looking for a focused, confident and highly professional Programme Manager to be responsible for Shape’s Arts and Partnerships programme.
Artist in Residence, The Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award – deadline 3 February 2012
An artist, working in any medium, is sought to run a series of art workshops at the Robert Blair School, London.
Creative Engagement Facilitator, Broadacres Housing Association, Yorkshire – deadline 19 December
Broadacres Housing Association provides a comprehensive range of services to over 5,000 homes in North Yorkshire.
Dignified Spaces Commission, Ginkgo Projects, Glasgow – deadline 30 December
Patient dignity is a central theme of the New South Glasgow Hospitals.
Freelance community artists, High Peak Community Arts, North West – deadline 31 December
High Peak Arts is looking for new project ideas for Project eARTh, an environmental arts and health project in the High Peak, Derbyshire.
Arts Commissions, South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – deadline 13 January 2012
South Staffordshireand Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to commission four large scale site specific permanent artworks for a new build centre.
Internships
Verve Arts, South London Healthcare NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich - Internships
Interns required to assist with the organisation of Green Chain Captured 2012 photography project and for Arts Programme development with older patients.
Intern, Tender, London
Tender is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated volunteer to support the development and delivery of its education projects and drama based workshops with young people in schools, youth centres and pupil referral units.
Trustees
Chair of Board of Trustees, Polka Theatre – deadline 19 December
Polka Theatre is seeking a new Chair for its Board of Trustees.
Trustees, Access all Areas – deadline 31 December
Access all Areas is a registered charity and theatre company based in Hoxton, east London for adults with learning disabilities.
Festivals and Events
Big Dance 2012 - the world's largest dance festival - 7-15 July 2012
The London Organising Committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced its plans for the London 2012 Festival, the finale of the Cultural Olympiad.
BBC Things To Do - Invitation to promote activities
The BBC are looking for partners that are charities or not-for-profit organisations or societies that run free or cost-recovery activities in the UK to upload to its website.
Capital Age Festival 2012
Capital Age Festival is London’s leading festival for arts and older people.
Education and Training
Age Exchange, Arts and Health related training – from January 2012
A range of practical courses from Age Exchange.
Evaluating Youth Arts Projects - Training in London, Artswork – 24 February 2012
Artswork is delivering its one day course - ‘Evaluating Youth Arts Projects’ in partnership with the Lyric Hammersmith in London, as part of the Artsplan Professional Development Programme.
Funding
The Wellcome Trust – Arts Awards – deadline 16 December / 28 January 2012
The Wellcome Trust is inviting organisations and individuals to apply for funding through its Arts Awards.
Arts Audience Participation Funding Launched – deadline 9 January 2012
Arts Council England has opened a new fund to support the growth and retention of arts audiences in England.
Beyond Borders UK-wide music funding - deadline 30 January 2012
PRS for Music Foundation is again teaming up with funding partners Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Creative Scotland and Arts Council of Wales to run the Beyond Borders UK-wide funding programme.
Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts – Start programme – deadline 1 February 2012
The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts is inviting UK arts organisations to apply to be involved in its Start programme.
Other
Enabling homelessness services to develop and deliver creative activities
Get creative: arts for all is a national project which aims to increase homeless people’s participation in arts and cultural activities in England, as a sustainable route out of homelessness.
Call for Artists. Southwark Arts Forum presents: Tower Bridge OPEN
SAF is broadcasting a call for artists to take part in the Tower Bridge OPEN.
Freelance arts practitioners, Harrow Arts Centre – deadline 16 December
Harrow Arts Centre is a dedicated arts venue in the London Borough of Harrow and is committed to providing the journey of a lifetime enjoying the arts, for people from every background.
Performers and workshop leaders needed, Crisis at Christmas – deadline 16 December
Crisis – the national charity for single homeless people is looking for performers and workshop leaders to entertain / work with its guests this Christmas.
BBC 'Show Me the Monet' call for artists
Lucky Day production company is making a new series of 'Show Me the Monet' for BBC2.
Call For Entries, Aintree University Hospital
Aintree University Hospital is calling for artists to submit ideas for a series of exhibitions taking place next year.
Resources
Education for a creative future
A collection of observations about the educational needs of a creative society has been published by Creative & Cultural Skills and A New Direction.
Dynamix first year evaluation
Dynamix is a music and health programme developed and delivered by Sound It Out to four Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) wards at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
‘Creative Homes – how the Arts can contribute to quality of life in residential care’,
A new report has been published by the Baring Foundation in association with the National Care Forum and National Association of Activity Providers for Older People (NAPA).
The next full issue of the LAHF newsletter will be sent in early January. If you have any items you would like to be considered for this issue, please email them to newsletter@lahf.org.uk by 5 January. We always welcome input and feedback so please feel free to email us at info@lahf.org.uk
