How to create a sustainable career: collaborating to create passive income streams
Laura Mulhern, founder of Plan Make Do explores how to manage the financial peaks and troughs of a freelance creative career by creating passive income streams.
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Treasury of arts activities for older people. Volume 2.
A second edition of a treasury of arts activities for older people. 52 activities, accessible and creative, for use with older people in any setting. Published by The Baring Foundation. Written by Liz Postlethwaite.
Creatively Minded and Heritage
How can heritage and creativity support mental health? This report commissioned by the Baring Foundation and produced by the Restoration Trust showcases work from 18 heritage and arts organisations using a wealth of heritage assets, and the creativity of artists, to improve mental health and community connections.
Using creative self expression to support mental wellbeing
Creative People and Places Hounslow take us through ‘Walking with the Unseen’, a project led by local people with no specialised experience of arts and cultural leadership. It shares how by working together and deliberating the issues that they identified locally, they developed an idea that tackled the huge subject of mental health in a … Read more
Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance: Practitioner support resources
A range of ideas, opportunities and networks focussed on supporting the wellbeing of cultural practitioners. Curated by the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
From surviving to thriving: building a model for sustainable practice in creativity and mental health
This report is the result of a six-month project funded by the Baring Foundation, to understand how to help more people and organisations using creativity to support mental health to survive and thrive. Written by Victoria Hume and Minoti Parikh for the Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
Research digest: Older people – culture, community, connection
In recent years there has been growing interest in the role that cultural participation can play in older people’s wellbeing and sense of connection to other people. We are all growing older, and so it is important to consider what the cultural landscape looks like for older people and how it can support people to … Read more
Case study: Learning to pivot and finding new ways to engage with communities
Rob Lawson, Press Officer at The Cultural Spring takes us through how their team quickly pivoted their methods of delivery in response to Covid-19. Find out how they contributed to the improved wellbeing of participants, enhanced connections and also supported local artists and creative practitioners.
My essential reads: the value of group singing
In her essential reads, Dr Yoon Irons shares her top articles on the value of singing groups for community group singing practitioners and anyone interested in working in this field.
Wellbeing through Covid: a deep dive from our Covid-19 Participation Monitor
Which audiences have felt the impact on their wellbeing the hardest? And which arts, culture or heritage activities had the most positive impact on people’s wellbeing? Following our initial findings from the third wave of The Audience Agency’s Cultural Participation Monitor, we now have a deep dive into the specific impacts on people’s wellbeing. The … Read more