Recordings & Links from APPG on Creative Health – Creative Health and Prevention

Thank you for registering for the Creative Health and Prevention event hosted on the 25^th March by the APPG on Creative Health https://ncch.org.uk/appg-on-creative-health 

If you didn’t manage to attend here is the link to the post-event recording 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JT8jsiFgoM 

The recording includes time stamps for speakers. The full agenda and speakers biographies can be found here 

https://ncch.org.uk/uploads/AGENDA-Prevention-and-Creative-Health-250325.pdf

Note from Alex, our NCCH Director: 

Many apologies for the quality of the live streaming. We had to move rooms within the House of Commons and there was no technical set up in the new room. We hope to have a better set up for future events.

A direct transcription from the event can be downloaded here

https://ncch.org.uk/uploads/APPG-on-Creative-Health-Creative-Health-and-Prevention.pdf

Connecting with other attendees

We are unable to share a delegate list due to privacy, however there was a note via the event chat for attendees to connect, so we have created a contact list which you can add yourself too. Please note this is open to all those who registered for the event (over 200 people) and so anything listed will be public to those from the event. We ask all those with a link to this list, not to share it publicly.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1psS95xpTVlEGhhw52oy7AXdCna5bY8j8pDZUVK-898g/edit?usp=sharing

Questions sent via chat

Questions from online attendees which were placed in the Chat will be collated and answered individually by our NCCH Director. 

Shareable links from chat

• A meta-analysis in Nature Mental Health which shows that group arts interventions support the mental health of older adults: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00368-1
• Intergenerational Music Making www.imm-music.com and Intergenerational England www.intergenerationalengland.org
• WAHWN (Wales Arts Health & Wellbeing Network) https://wahwn.cymru
• Arts for Dementia https://artsfordementia.org/
• UCL’s Social Biobehavioural Research Group, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arts and Health https://sbbresearch.org/
• And Towns projects, focusing on culture and wellbeing in place, based at University of Southampton: https://andtowns.co.uk/
• What is the impact of embedding arts interventions in mainstream clinical care? Sharing some exciting results from the SHAPER study: Singing for postnatal depression. 17th April Online 3-4pm.   https://ACHWSShaper.eventbrite.com
• CAHMS programme in Wales at Hywel Dda UHB is Arts Boost Arts boost – Hywel Dda University Health Board
• CAMHS Reimagined – https://camhsreimagined.com/
• Healthwatch Southwark have recently published local research exploring Black men’s views on mental health services and preferences for non-clinical services, including creative health options. Towards Inclusive Healthcare: Rethinking mental health services for Black African and Caribbean communities in Southwark | Healthwatch Southwark. Also a searchable database of non-clinical services in London offering support to Black men (Among other groups). Please do share wherever useful Black Mental Health Service Directory | Healthwatch Southwark
• How might we start to explore creative health through a capabilities approach? It would be great to consider how we might measure the development of capabilities in people’s lived experience. Some evidence here: Cultures of Creative Health. Part of Creative Health Hub West Yorkshire: Creative Health Hub – University of Huddersfield
• Poetry Pharmacy.https://www.poetrypharmacy.co.uk/There’s some great research on poetry with people living with dementia, and the work of Peter Berry https://www.peter-berry.com/
• Small not for profit exploring creative health project in hospitals, communities and in nature – www.barefooted.co.uk
• Hive mind – what are the best resources/tools for evaluating social value? We are a very small community-led Community Benefit Society. We want to better translate what we do to other audiences. The Village Hub |
• Developing a Creative Health Impact Framework – London Plus
• Building the economic case for social prescribing report
• Creative Health Impact Framework | London Plus
•  Understanding Creative Health in London | London City Hall
• Creativity and Wellbeing Week coming up in May (add your events)- https://creativityandwellbeing.org.uk/