These chats about repair (our stuff, ourselves and our communities) range from mending textiles to the repair of broken bones, from up-cycling in the pandemic to community conflict in Bangladesh, from home made Punk Clothes to celebrating scars. Growing out…
We all know what food banks are, and are acquainted with their proliferation over the last decade; many of us have now sadly heard of the new idea of ‘warm banks’. Now London will be the first city in the country…
The creative industries have been identified as a driver of economic growth and employment by the government and industry stakeholders. The government has said it will publish a ‘sector vision’, setting out its strategy for increasing growth in the creative…
A series of new evidence reviews by NASP’s academic partners – commissioned by Natural England and NHS England – suggests that nature is a powerful tool that can be harnessed by social prescribers to improve people’s health and wellbeing. The four Evidence Information…
If you could, would you edit your DNA? To treat disease, or to enhance your body? Which diseases should we try to cure, and who decides? Where would you draw the line? We want to know. Take part in Cut +…
Abstract Introduction Postpartum depression (PPD) affects around one in seven women globally, with these women in need of non-pharmaceutical treatment strategies. There is a long history of the benefits of singing for maternal mental health, and promising research exists showing the…
In 2022 Entelechy Arts coordinated a new project Thriving Communities, working on behalf of a consortium of culture and health organisations in Lewisham. Between January – August 2022 we worked with 12 local cultural organisations, plus social prescribing and health teams…
We’re delighted to confirm that Great Mental Health Day is returning and will take place on Friday, 27 January 2023. On the last Friday of January 2022, we marked London’s first ever Great Mental Health Day. Thousands of you across…
The CultureForHealth project is proud to present the “Scoping review of culture, well-being, and health interventions and their evidence, impacts, challenges and policy recommendations for Europe.” The aim of this scoping review is to synthesise existing evidence on the positive…
This project aimed to develop a comprehensive set of evaluation tools to assess the accessibility and inclusion of families with children on the autism spectrum in cultural institutions. A stakeholder team conducted interviews, reviewed museum artifacts, and observed museum programming.…
