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Nesta Arts Impact fund available

The Arts Impact Fund brings together public, private and charitable funding to demonstrate the potential and impact of social investment in the arts

Comic Relief Community Cash Fund is now OPEN

Online grant applications of between £500-£1,000, for groups across the whole of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is now open.

The National Alliance for Museums, Health & Wellbeing announce new events

Find out about the latest Health and Wellbeing Events, part of the Health and Wellbeing Week, 6 - 12 March. List your museum's events.

A free online short course,"The Art of Wellness: Visual Arts and Health" from the University of Tasmania

– A free online short course,

Call for papers: Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference in Bristol June 2017

Showcase inspirational practice, policy and the latest research in culture and arts in health and wellbeing. Deadline for submissions of abstracts 20 November 2016.

Are you ready for Dementia Awareness Week?

This year's Dementia Awareness Week, 15 – 21 May, will encourage people who are worried about dementia to confront their worries by addressing dementia directly and coming to Alzheimer's Society for information and support.

Royal Society for Public Health call for papers for arts and dementia conference

The RPSH's call for papers for the first international research conference on arts and dementia to be held at the Royal Society for Public Health, 9-10 March 2017 in London.

Job Opportunity: ‘LEAD TRAINER’ and ‘SUPPORT TRAINER’ for Arts & Wellbeing, Kent

To develop and deliver a training programme ‘arts for dementia & arts for community mental health wellbeing’ for the LAPWING (Live Art Practice Wellbeing Inspired Network Group) project. It is about building the confidence, capability and cap

Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing

In a unique project where older people were trained as co-researchers to look into the ‘age-friendliness’ of cities, sociologists from The University of Manchester have found social inclusion to be the secret to ageing well – while age

First National Museums and Wellbeing Week (29 February - 6 March 2016)

The National Alliance for Museums, Health & Wellbeing is coordinating the first annual Museums and Wellbeing Week will take place from 29 February to 6 March 2016. This will showcase the inspiring work museums across the UK are already doing in this field

Taking Part - Focus On: Wellbeing

Arts attenders claim to be ‘happier’ than non-attenders, according to a report released by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), based on its Taking Part survey findings over three years from 2010/11 to 2012/13. This new report

Flag up your interest in attending a Mental Health First Aid course in Kent

The aim of these courses is to give everyone the knowledge and confidence to recognise signs of mental health problems, encourage someone to seek the right help, and to reduce the stigma around mental illness.

Researchers quantify the intrinsic value of culture

Researchers believe they have hit on a robust way of quantifying how much people’s lives are improved by arts and culture. They hope their techniques will help arts organisations to better demonstrate their value and policymakers to make better dec

An new animated Commissioning Toolkit has been launched

– An new animated Commissioning Toolkit has been launched

A new animated commissioning toolkit was launched on Tuesday 23rd June at the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury. The event was well attended and received, with over 100 delegates from Kent, London and the South East.

Help shape the future of Kent's Community Mental Health and Wellbeing service

– Help shape the future of Kent's Community Mental Health and Wellbeing service

Kent County Council (KCC) is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the people of Kent and to improve public health outcomes particularly in Kent’s most deprived communities.

Third Age Creatives Meeting and Commissioned Experiments fund for Swale & Medway, Kent

– Third Age Creatives Meeting and Commissioned Experiments fund for Swale & Medway, Kent

On the 22nd April 2015, Ideas Test (the Arts Council funded Creative People and Places programme Swale and Medway) will hold a Third Age Creatives meeting to bring together multiple individuals and organisations who work with older people.

MA launches 'stress in the workplace' survey

Are stress levels rising in our sector?

Kent museums find out how they can support the health & wellbeing agenda

– Kent museums find out how they can support the health & wellbeing agenda

Call for papers on culture, museums and wellbeing

– Call for papers on culture, museums and wellbeing

Training in reminiscence arts in dementia care

2-day training course and 4-month traineeship in reminiscence arts in dementia care

Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2014

– Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2014

Understanding Disabled People as Audiences

The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards

The Hedley Foundation Grants

Thomas Wall Trust Grants

GEM Intermediate Course: Fundraising and Income Generation

21 Sep 2017
– GEM Intermediate Course: Fundraising and Income Generation

Bookings now open for the Fundraising and Income Generation course taking place in London, York and Leeds.

Museums on Prescription End-of-project Workshop

29 Sep 2017
– Museums on Prescription End-of-project Workshop

Researchers investigated the value of museum encounters in social prescribing in this 3-year AHRC-funded project.

Celebrate Silver Sunday by holding an event in your museum

1 Oct 2017

Silver Sunday is an annual day of fun and free activities for older people across the UK

Museums as Spaces for Wellbeing: 2-day free training DAY 2

11 Oct 2017

Are you interested in exploring how your museum could contribute to people’s health and wellbeing but are not sure where to start? Over the course of two workshops participants will gain the skills and confidence to develop their thinking about thi

Artswork Conference 2017: Creativity & Life Chances

22 Nov 2017
– Artswork Conference 2017: Creativity & Life Chances

This one day conference provides opportunities for delegates to see and hear about the impact of arts and culture on the wellbeing of children and young people.

GEM Intermediate Course: Health and Wellbeing

27 Nov 2017
– GEM Intermediate Course: Health and Wellbeing

Book now for the Health and Wellbeing course taking place in Leicester, London and Manchester, GEM in partnership with National Alliance for Museums Health and Wellbeing (NAMHW).

GEM Intermediate Course: Essentials of Leadership

4 Dec 2017
– GEM Intermediate Course: Essentials of Leadership

Bookings now open for the Essentials of Leadership course taking place in Newcastle, London and Bristol, in partnership with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM).
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