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The Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) one of Ireland’s leading arts and health organisations based in Waterford’s Regional Hospital wishes to commission an independent evaluation with a specific focus on:
• evaluating the capacity of WHAT to sustain its current output and its potential to grow going forward
• reviewing progress made on the delivery on WHAT’s strategy from 2008-2010
• making recommendations for the priorities and focus of the next WHAT strategy 2013-2018

Advice & guidance on writing an EU Culture Fund application, network opportunities and creating future partnerships.

This contact seminar is for organisations who are interested in being part of an EU Cultural project and is suitable for those who already have a project idea in mind – but do not know how to get partners, approach the application or are simply seeking inspiration - it is also suitable for those who are new to the field and want to know more.

The Waterford Healing Arts Trust is inviting expressions of interest from soloists and established music ensembles to join a panel of musicians for its Healing Sounds programme from July 2012 for one year. Musicians on the panel will be asked to complete an induction before the new panel commences and will be scheduled to perform in Waterford Regional Hospital up to four times throughout the year.

This day long seminar in music and health will explore the wealth of approaches, experiences and practices of musicians working in healthcare contexts in Ireland and to seek to establish a place within that environment for the expertise accumulated through the Music in Healthcare Settings: Training Trainers Programme (www.music-in-healthcare.eu/).

Arts-Health-Entrepreneurship is a conference on arts and health projects and practices which will take place on 22-23 October 2012 in Helsinki
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This conference will focus on management and entrepreneurship within arts and health projects. What skills and competencies are needed in the field? What does the field offer to arts/cultural operators? How to solve the challenge of funding and financing?