What’s happening? Together with University of the Arts: London and Brunel University London we are bringing together the evidence on the links between creativity and personal wellbeing. We want to know: What are the effects of creativity and creative participation…
Relationships are consistently found to be one of the strongest drivers of wellbeing. While evidence shows feeling lonely most, or all, of the time can have a negative impact on us. To help tackle loneliness and promote social connection, we’ve…
Chronic nonmalignant pain is recognized as a complex, dynamic, phenomenological interplay between biological, psychological, and social factors that are individual to the person suffering from it. Therefore, its management and treatment ought to entail the individual’s biopsychosocial aspects that are…
This briefing and rapid scoping review helps identify and collate existing resources that aim to support the evaluation of social prescribing activities. A total of 74 potential resources were identified and reviewed, with 61 meeting the inclusion criteria for this…
By Dr Katie Coleman As Clinical Director of the Community Led Prevention programme at Transformation Partners in Health and Care (TPHC), I am excited to bring my knowledge as a GP in Islington to help support the brilliant work of the…
Email elena@londonartsandhealth.org.uk to be involved in this project.
A research study is being undertaken that aims to explore the effectiveness and potential improvements of social prescribing services from an anthropological perspective. The target audience includes social prescribers and individuals working within the social prescribing field. To take part,…
The AHRC works with the government to invest over £7 billion a year in research and innovation. They partner with academia and industry to make the impossible, possible. The Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is part of UKRI. The…
A new community-informed evaluation of QueerCircle's Health & Wellbeing programme, and an accompanying 'Queer Creative Health' zine by artist MJ Parker. QUEERCIRCLE worked with researchers at University College London to evaluate their first six months of health and wellbeing programme.…
The Sport and Recreation Alliance, alongside the 26 members from its Movement and Dance division, and a consortium of academic professionals specialising in research on movement and dance, have published a report articulating its overlooked social value. Movement, dance and…
