The Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance: Convening for Creative Health

The Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA) is a membership organization in England supporting creative health through collaborative advocacy, resources, and networking. With over 5,800 members and strategic partners, CHWA focuses on empowering changemakers, challenging health narratives, and promoting creativity in addressing health inequalities. They offer various programs, awards, and resources, aiming to advance sustainable practices in creativity, mental health, and overall well-being.

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• Wellbeing
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1. Convening space for creative health https://culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/ The Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance is the sole free-to-join membership organisation for creative health across England. We provide networked, collaborative advocacy, support and resources, supporting health and wellbeing for all through creative and cultural practice. We are based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

2. About CHWA We work with We work with 5,800 members including freelance creatives, museums, heritage and arts organisations 50 strategic partners across culture, health and social care A range of strategic allies including the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Arts, Health & Wellbeing, the National Centre for Creative Health and the LENs. The difference we make: The difference we make: connecting and empowering changemakers empowering changemakers in the field amplifying critical initiatives critical initiatives that demonstrate how creativity and culture addresses health inequalities conducting research conducting research that evidences critical systemic change opportunities challenging and changing systemic health narratives creativity health narratives through positioning the value of culture and

3. Current programmes CHWA Awards CHWA Awards Apply for our Awards! Collective Power, Climate and Practising Well. Deadline 31 July 2022 https://www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/get- involved/chwa-awards-2022 A new Creative Health Quality Framework A new Creative Health Quality Framework Funded by Arts Council England, CHWA is working with arts, health and wellbeing consultant Jane Willis to develop a Quality Framework with the Creative Health sector: https://www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk /news/general-news/creative-health-quality- framework Recent publications and resources: Recent publications and resources: From Surviving to Thriving: Building a model for sustainable practice in creativity and mental health Creativity, climate and health: Accelerating impact report Practitioner Support and Wellbeing resource: https://www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org. uk/key-themes/practitioner-support-wellbeing Outside Edge Theatre Company s Check-in/Check-out (photo credit: Ali Wright)

4. Case studies during lockdown 97 projects reaching average 1,550 97 projects reaching average 1,550 people each, in institutions or shielding at people each, in institutions or shielding at home home Phone / post / online / live Tackling variety of health conditions, overwhelmingly addressing loneliness and isolation 83% in partnership 83% in partnership with statutory or community organisations community organisations with statutory or Largely funded by Trusts & Foundations Largely funded by Trusts & Foundations Theatre Orchard, North Somerset

5. From From surviving to surviving to thriving thriving Building a model for sustainable practice Building a model for sustainable practice in creativity and mental health in creativity and mental health Mental Health The Arts