A practice-based creative health short course for artists and practitioners working across arts, health and community settings. Co-developed with London Arts and Health and City St George’s, University of London, it builds skills in facilitation, evaluation and sustainable practice.
Starting date:
- Duration: 4 days (non-consecutive)
- Time: to
- Fees: £175 (no VAT)
- LAH Members receive 10% discount – refundable after booking
- Occurs: Wednesday
- Location: Clerkenwell campus
- Booking deadline:
Course overview
This Creative Health CPD course in London has been co-developed by London Arts and Health and City St George’s, University of London in response to the needs of practitioners working across arts, health and wellbeing.
London Arts and Health is the leading sector support organisation, advocate, expert and go-to agency for innovation in London’s Creative Health Sector. They aim to support the growth of the sector by incubating solutions to the challenges in Creative Health, bring these to realisation and make them scalable, affordable and equitable.
On this course you will develop the knowledge, confidence and practical tools to deliver and sustain creative health practice in real-world health and care settings.
Designed as a practice-based short course for creative health practitioners, it supports those already delivering arts-based work in community, healthcare or wellbeing contexts who want to deepen their understanding, strengthen their facilitation skills and connect with the wider creative health sector in the UK.
Across four sessions, you will explore the health and care landscape, including NHS structures and Integrated Care Systems, while developing your own practice through structured exercises and peer learning. You will gain practical skills in facilitation, evaluation, funding, partnership working and project development, all grounded in current sector frameworks such as the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Health and Creative Health Quality Framework.
The course culminates in a final sharing session where you present a reflective piece or project idea, demonstrating how your creative health practice and professional approach has evolved.
Programme Facilitators –
Amalia Restrepo: Research and Programme Director, London Arts and Health
Anna Woolf: CEO, London Arts and Health
Staff from CSGUoL –
Ruth Herbert (CHWG co-lead, School of Communication & Creativity)
Katie Rose Sanfilippo (CHWG co-lead, School of Health and Medical Sciences)
Annie Bartlett (CHWG co-lead, Institute of Medical and Biomedical Allied Education, School of Health and Medical Sciences)
Christopher Dayson (The Centre for Charity Effectiveness, Bayes Business School)
Angela Ellis Paine (The Centre for Charity Effectiveness, Bayes Business School)
Deborah Padfield (CHWG co-lead, Institute of Medical and Biomedical Allied Education, School of Health and Medical Sciences)
Who is it for?
This course is for artists, facilitators and practitioners working in creative health, community or care settings who want to develop their practice, build sector knowledge and strengthen their professional skills. Ideal for those seeking development in arts and health. London Arts and Health members get 10% discount on the course.
Timetable
Session 1: Wednesday 1 July 10:00am to 2:00pm
The Health in Creative Health: Led by City St George’s faculty, this session explores the role of the arts in health and wellbeing through a biopsychosocial model of health. You will examine NHS structures, Integrated Care Systems and health inequalities, alongside a pathway mapping exercise and practitioner case study.
Session 2: Wednesday 8 July 10:00am to 2:00pm
Understanding the Creative Health Sector and Developing Your Practice: Led by London Arts and Health, this session maps the creative health landscape in London and the UK. You will engage with sector frameworks, including the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Health, and develop skills in safe and inclusive facilitation through a Session Design Lab.
Session 3: Friday 10 July 10:00am to 2:00pm
Sustaining Practice: Funding, Evaluation, Partnership and Innovation. Led by sector experts, this session focuses on sustaining a creative health practice, including funding opportunities, commissioning pathways, partnership working and evaluation using the Creative Health Impact Framework.
Session 4: Wednesday 22 July 10:00am to 2:00pm
Sharing: Participants present a reflective piece (project concept, session design or creative response), demonstrating their development. The course concludes with guidance on further opportunities and access to a peer learning network.
Benefits
- Learn from leading creative health practitioners and sector experts
- Develop practical skills in arts in health facilitation, evaluation and partnership working
- Gain a joint certificate from London Arts and Health and City St George’s
- Access a resource library and practical workbook
- Build connections through peer learning and networking opportunities
- Join an ongoing creative health practice community.