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One-to-one conversations will be designed to discern as wide a range of attitudes as possible to the UK and its future.

The project will inform the future direction of the National. Artistic director, Rufus Norris, says:

“Art always responds to the time. And this has been a huge wake-up call for all of us to realise that half the country feels that they have no voice. If we are going to be a national organisation we must speak to and for the nation. Our principal response initially is to listen: to listen to that voice and art will follow from that.

Sadiq Khan has been promoting the LondonIsOpen diversity initiative through International Busking Day – which brought international musicians to events across the UK.

The new #LondonIsOpen campaign seeks 'to spread the message that, following the EU referendum, London remains united, full of creativity and open for business'. 

Hospital Rooms is Grants-for-the-Arts funded initiative from curator Niamh White and artist Tim A. Shaw to install world class artworks in NHS hospital wards around the country. The launch project has been taking place at The Phoenix Unit, a secure psychiatric rehabilitation residential ward in Tooting for up to 18 patients who have a diagnosis of schizophrenia. It brings together prominent artists with specialists from South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

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Sadiq Khan has appointed Justine Simons OBE as his deputy mayor for culture and creative industries. Sadiq has made support for the arts, culture and creative industries one of his ‘core’ priorities, and has set out an ambitious programme to support the sector including championing the night-time economy, launching creative enterprise zones and protecting vital music venues.

The deadline for including events in the Creativity and Wellbeing publicity material is this Friday 11 March. There are loads of events already included in the week and in Creativity and Wellbeing Plus and this year’s festival looks set to be the biggest and best yet – so don’t hang about if you are thinking of including a walk or a talk, a show or a debate – all the details are at www.creativityandwellbeing.org.uk

Public Health England has published an in-depth report looking at health inequalities within London and highlighting significant differences in health outcomes between London and the rest of the country.

The report shows, for example, that immunisation uptake in London is the lowest in the country and is falling, while rates of childhood obesity in London are higher than anywhere else in the country. The report shows that social, geographical and biological differences may result in people who are worse off experiencing poorer health and shorter lives.

London Voluntary Service Council and Greater London Volunteering invite you to their first joint conference to hear from some of the key leaders of civil society in London.

The keynote address asks the question ‘What is the future of Civil Society in London’ against a background of growing inequality, and calls for more devolution.

A series of new workshops offered by Cardboard Citizens.
Venue: Cardboard Citizens, Whitechapel, London, E1 1EJ.

Mark Storor and Anna Ledgard’s latest project The Barometer of My Heart. 

The Barometer of My Heart asks 'What is it to be a man today?', and offers an intimate reimagining of masculinity. Inspired by workshops and real conversations with men, carnivalesque, primitive and tender performances will bring male experiences kept in the shadows into the light.

The GLA are seeking a Senior Project and Policy Officer to develop and lead programmes and projects that promote equality of opportunity, and meet the diverse needs and aspirations of London’s communities.

Initially, the successful candidate will lead the development and implementation of a new programme to promote healthier lifestyles among older people.