LAHF December 2009 Newsletter

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2010 LAHF Events                                   

LAHF News 

LAHF is planning a series of events in 2010 aimed to help arts in health practitioners to better promote themselves and to raise awareness of the sector. These events will include workshops on relating to the press and toolkits offering advice and support on advocating for support. Full details of these events will be published in January.

LAHF is also planning an event on 15^th March 2010 from 12-6pm to explore the role of the arts in dementia care. The event will include presentations and workshops from practitioners working in the field including John Zeisel from the USA who will launch his new book "I'm Still Here", featuring visual and dramatic arts work with people with dementia, poets John Killick, Susanna Howard and Karen Hayes , Chris Gage from Ladder to the Moon, and Pam Schweitzer who will demonstrate her innovative work with Life Story Boxes. To register interest in this event, e: info@lahf.org.uk

LAHF Survey                               

LAHF News

In December 2008, we surveyed readers of this newsletter in order to try to tailor the content of the newsletter and also to work to provide the events and materials you wanted. This has led to a number of changes - including a planned revamp of the LAHF website which will be launched early next year.

As the number of subscribers to this newsletter has grown so significantly this year, we are planning to run a new survey in the next few weeks. This is a really helpful way of getting feedback from across the country and will have a definitive impact on the work we do. When you receive an email from us in the next few weeks, please take the time to fill in the survey and let us know what you think and then we can look to continue to improve the services we deliver through 2010.

London Health Commission wins ESF Funding

London News

The London Health Commission (LHC) has secured a grant from the European Social Fund (ESF) to support over 250 London ESF providers through its ‘London Works for Better Health Programme'. Through the provision of conferences, workshops, guidance and tailored support, LHC is aiming to demonstrate to London's ESF providers how health and work are linked. By This work should provide opportunities to look at a range of approaches to health incorporating diverse tools including the arts. w: www.london.gov.uk/lhc

Building Better Healthcare Awards            

National News

This year's awards Building Better Healthcare Awards named winners including the Arts Programme at Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust for Best Use of Visual Art in Healthcare and Kentish Town Health Centre (Allford Hall Monaghan Morris) for Best Primary Care Design. To see details of all the winners,w:www.bbhealthcare.co.uk/show.phppage=mstory&jeton=xN7BIDbWXt4

Walsall Arts Co-ordinator                

Opportunity

Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust is looking to appoint an Arts Co-ordinator in early 2010. The part time post will involve, among other things, implementing already identified projects, developing the Trust's Art Programme, fundraising and completing bid documents. The closing date for applications is 18^th December, t: 01922 712272 ext. 6588.

Guardian Public Services Awards Art in Health

National News

In the seventh year of the Guardian's Public Services Awards, Arts for Health Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (AHCIS) has been announced winner of the Service Delivery, Care of Older People category. AHCIS was recognised for embedding the arts into nursing and residential homes, day care settings and hospital environments where care of older people took place. w: www.guardian.co.uk/publicservicesawards/the-art-foundation

Bethlem Arts Co-ordinator   

Opportunity

South West Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting for an Arts Co-ordinator at the Bethlem Royal Hospital (RBH) in Beckenham. The role is 15 hours per week and would suit an individual with experience and understanding of the benefits of artistic expression for people with mental health problems. The successful candidate would manage the Art Studio and organisational development of arts at RBH including the gallery. The closing date for application is 18^th December, w: http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.cgi?selection=912386408

Arts Council England regular funding    

National News

On 3^rd November, Arts Council England (ACE) published the criteria it uses to make decisions about which organisations to regularly fund. ACE provides around £350m a year to regularly funded organisations. Director of Programmes, Paul Blaker, said of the document: "publishing these criteria forms part of our commitment to becoming more open and transparent about our decision making process." To read the full criteria, w: www.artscouncil.org.uk/criteriaforfunding

State of the Arts Conference  

Event

On 14^th January 2010 the State of the Arts conference will take place in London to bring together a wide range of creative voices to debate the value and purpose of the arts at a time of significant change. Organised by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and Arts Council England the conference will explore with artists, entrepreneurs, cultural leaders and policy makers, including among others Ben Bradshaw MP, Jude Kelly, Iwona Blazwick and Charlotte Higgins, what type of arts landscape the UK needs.                w: www.thersa.org.uk/saconference

Large Arts Awards                                           

Funding

The Wellcome Trust's Large Arts Awards scheme for imaginative art projects exploring biomedical science is currently open for applications. The scheme is open to individuals and organisations based in the UK producing visual art, music, moving image, creative writing and performance. The main aim of the awards is to stimulate interest, excitement and debate about biomedical science through the arts. The next deadline for applications is 8^th January 2010. w: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/

Arts and Health Researcher                           

Opportunity

The Nordoff-Robins Music Therapy Centre in London are looking to recruit a part-time (4 days per week) Arts & Health Researcher to develop innovative studies in the areas of music and health, music therapy, culture and wellbeing. The researcher needs to have demonstrable knowledge of the Arts and Health research and practice fields, strong empirical research experience and quantitative research skills.

A salary of £27,956, depending on experience is being offered, the deadline for applications is 8^th January 2010,

e: hr@nordoff-robbins.org.uk  

London Open Submission Exhibition   

Opportunity

Personality Plus has announced a London open submission exhibition for art by people who identify with personality disorder. The work of 30 artists, including visual art, film, sculpture and performance will be selected for a two month exhibition opening in February 2010 at the Together Gallery in London. The deadline for registration and submission of artworks is 4^th January 2010. e: Tapartproject@yahoo.co.uk

How London Health Commission Works          

Event

On 11^th January 2010 London Civic Forum and London Voluntary Service Council will present an event to explain the workings of the London Health Commission, a cross-sector partnership working to reduce health inequalities and promote health in London, to the voluntary and community sector. e: events@londoncivicforum.org.uk

Attachment and the Arts          

Event

Taking place in London next February is the conference Attachment and the Arts. Organised by the British Association of Art Therapists, the one day conference will cover subjects such as ‘How the arts can help people to think' and ‘Developing a dynamic pathway to create artistic identity and social empowerment'. Speakers include LAHF Trustee Belinda Sosinowicz and Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Head of the Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at UCL.

A discounted early bird ticket offer is available until 15^th January 2010, for further information w: http://www.baat.org/

London Deskspace to Let               

Opportunity

Paintings in Hospitals, a national arts in health charity, is looking to let three desks in its London Bridge area office. The desks are available from January 2010 and cost £595 per quarter.                  

e: mail@paintingsinhospitals.org.uk

Roundtable on Singing and Health            

Event

The last of a series of five roundtable discussion on singing and health, organised by the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, will take place on 9^th December at the University Centre Folkestone in Folkestone, Kent. The afternoon event will explore singing and the wellbeing of children and young people. e: Stephen.clift@canterbury.ac.uk

If you have any items you would like to be considered for the January issue of the LAHF newsletter please email them to info@lahf.org.uk by 15^th December.

Remember, you will get an email from us later this month in addition to the next newsletter with details of our survey, I hope you will be able to find time to complete it - if you would like to offer more informal feedback, we always welcome input, please email info@lahf.org.uk