Wales

Jenny Burns, Head of Wales at the Mental Health Foundation will host a live discussion panel about the role of the arts in the NHS in Wales to explore the advances that have been made in arts and health in Wales in recent years.

The panel will include Sally Lewis, Portfolio Manager of Arts Council of Wales, Nesta Lloyd-Jones, Assistant Director of Welsh NHS Confederation and Prue Thimbleby, Arts in Health Lead at Swansea Bay UHB.

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Innovation foundation Nesta is looking for a Programme Manager to join its Y Lab team, working closely with its national People Powered Results team to deliver an innovation programme that embeds Arts into the Health and Care system in Wales. 

The Music Challenge Fund supports initiatives that bring disabled and non-disabled people together as equals through music to forge new social connections and improve their wellbeing

The second Storytelling for Health International Conference is now open for bookings, and is seeking contributions on the theme of patient stories. The conference will take place on 27-29 June 2019 in Cardiff and Swansea.

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Spice is hosting three events to explore community participation and resilience in the voluntary sector, in relation to public health strategies to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.

4 October, Activating Communities for Health (London), 5.30-8pm

To kick-start the autumn, LAHF has commissioned a series of blogs about the future of arts and health which we will be publishing daily over the next 2 weeks. The blogs, from leading practitioners working across the spectrum of creativity and wellbeing ask where this work is heading and what challenges and opportunities might open up in the year ahead. The blog series will begin on Monday 10th September and a new blog will be published each weekday until 21st September.

This new Clod Ensemble series of conversations, lectures and workshops will explore specimens and the clinical gaze, and features artists, healthcare experts and thinkers. Highlights include a lecture from globally renowned philosopher and author Havi Carel exploring the experience of illness and receiving healthcare; a behind the scenes tour and workshop inspired Wellcome Collection and Science museum stores; a performance from multi-award winning New York based artist, performer and writer Peggy Shaw; and life drawing workshops in collaboration with dancers and physiotherapists.

The Arts Council of Wales (ACW) and the Welsh NHS Confederation have signed a memorandum of understanding to support the advance of good practice and research; identify how the arts could contribute to health policy, particularly through social prescribing; conduct a review on the impact of creative practice on wellbeing; and advocate for a "mass shift in public thinking" about health. The collaboration aims to make Wales a creatively active nation.

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With a theme addressing art, health and wellbeing, this conference in July 2018 is seeking abstract submissions from practitioners.

The conference organisers are keen to hear from people whose experiences can inspire delegates to consider the types of projects and collaborations their health libraries could undertake, and also from those who can demonstrate the positive impacts those collaborations can bring.

https://eahilcardiff2018.wordpress.com/arts-health-and-wellbeing/

Culture Action Llandudno (CALL) is seeking an Engagement Coordinator, responsible for community engagement and audience development for a three year programme of events and activities called “Lost Spaces”.

Culture Action Llandudno (CALL) is a Social Enterprise set up to facilitate culture-led regeneration in Llandudno, north Wales.

This is a freelance, part time role, with a 9-month contract. This project is funded by Arts Council Wales and Mostyn Estates Ltd.

Deadline for applications: 19th June 2017

Interviews: 26-28th June 2017