About
London Arts and Health is the leading sector support organisation, advocate, expert and go to agency for innovation in London’s Creative Health Sector. We aim to support the growth of the sector by incubating solutions to the challenges in Creative Health, bring these to realisation and make them scaleable, affordable and equitable.
We creatively co-produce solutions with our members that help to make the case for systems change and embedding Creative Health at all levels.
Our values are equity, transparency and collaboration, and through our activities, we work to promote, develop and support the understanding of what the arts can do to contribute to a healthy society, in London and nationally, and by so doing to encourage the use of the arts in settings beyond the mainstream.
Our vision is that the power of arts and culture transforms and enriches Londoners’ lives and health.
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What we do
We are a member-led organisation. Our membership is free to join and offers a range of benefits including: access to free events, newsletters, reduced cost hot-desking and library access, training, priority booking and more. We reach more users through our website and social media, where we regularly share information and opportunities.
We are a project partner on the Artists’ Represent Recovery Network which aims to support marginalised practitioners in the sector through paid training, as well as the conveners of the Advocates for Representation in Creative Health whose aim is to support equity in Creative Health.
We deliver training such as Creative Health Summer School in conjunction with the Royal Albert Hall, and Sandpit sessions where members have access to cutting edge practice from artists working across the sector. We convene over 90 organisations across London in the London Action on Creative Health stakeholder group which is co-convened with the GLA and ACE London.
Our Creative Health Connections Map is a living resource mapping Creative Health activity and assets across the city. We have been involved in several key strategies including Understanding Creative Health in London and St. George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub.
We deliver a yearly Creativity and Wellbeing Festival that went from a small London festival to national in 2019 and saw over 50,000 attendees taking part in around 600 events. The week is held in partnership with the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
In 2025 we hosted the North East London Creative Health associate Conni Rosewarne and helped to shape Creative Health across the ICS. In 2026 we will begin delivering a 3 year partnership with Thrive Ldn looking to support mental health for Londoner’s in the context of climate change and planetary health.
For ten years much of our work has been supported by Arts Council England and we are proud to hold the status of Investment Principle Support Organisation 23-26. We are also kindly funded by City Bridge Trust 23-27, and the National Lottery Project Fund 25-28.
London Arts and Health is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee (no. 06939695) a registered charity in England (no. 1135543). It is governed by a Board of Trustees and is run by a small staff team as well as a number of fantastic volunteers.