WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Co-ordinated by OutPost Arts, DG Creative Wellbeing is an innovative, ground-breaking regional programme of artistic and cultural opportunities, events and activities that increases awareness around creative health and wellbeing, helps people and communities to thrive, and enhances care environments.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
Working closely with a range of amazing local and national partners and artists, our community and healthcare participatory programmes supports people experiencing barriers including disability, isolation, illness and trauma. We are also proud to support NHS D&G staff to have creative experiences that boost their morale and positively distracts them from work pressures.
Our Creative Wellbeing Network platforms creative health and wellbeing as a driver for positive change – reaching across sectors and traditional divides to create new opportunities for collaboration – highlighting the power of creativity to transform lives.
At a glance, DG Creative Wellbeing Project:
- Opens up access to arts/culture opportunities for people experiencing barriers and inequalities, such as disability, poor mental or physical health, isolation, trauma, and poverty or low income – enhancing health and wellbeing and building confidence and resilience.
- Embeds art into healthcare and residential care environments, supporting the wellbeing of people giving and receiving care.
- Gives voice to people with personal experience of disability, stigma, exclusion, poor mental or physical health, isolation, poverty or low income, and/or trauma.
- Works in partnership with stakeholders (including people with lived experience) to form a connected vision for creative health and wellbeing in D&G, increasing opportunities for cross-sector and partnership working.
- Promotes learning, skills-development, creative enterprise and employability.
- Generates and disseminates creative health and wellbeing news, opportunities and resources
- Inspires new ideas and approaches, connecting D&G’s art and culture sector to creative health and wellbeing opportunities.
- Raises awareness and understanding around art’s positive impact on health and wellbeing.
