LAHF events

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.

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. 

On 14 July, LAHF is hosting an interdisciplinary symposium as part of artist Deborah Padfield’s exhibition at the Menier Chocolate Factory. The exhibition is the result of a two year residency researching individuals’ perception of pain and the communication of pain. The event will feature a panel discussion exploring the way pain is communicated and the role the arts can play in supporting effective communication of pain. The panel will feature artists, physicians and scientists and is free.

The next LAHF event is a look at the issues involved in creatively engaging staff who are working with people with a diagnosis of dementia. Jude Sweeting of Ladder to the Moon and Kathryn Gilfoy from Westminster Arts will lead the discussion and there will be opportunities to meet other artists working in this area. The event takes place at 5.30pm on 28 June.

The next LAHF event will take place on 12 May and will be a celebration of the recently completed Be Creative Be Well element of the Well London programme. Artists and practitioners involved in delivering Be Creative Be Well projects will be invited to come together to reflect on some of the key themes that came out of the 2 year project.