Creative Health
Creative Careers Toolkit
Creative health is part of the cultural sector that has received increased attention over the past few years. More and more research is being done that highlights how important creative activities are for our wellbeing, and working in this area involves a big range of careers.
Case Study: Creative Care
Everybody Arts worked in partnership with Creative Minds and South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) to deliver Creative Care, a unique project aimed at increasing the range, quantity and quality of creative activities available for inpatient service users to improve their mental health.
Since launching in June 2023, Creative Care recruited 24 artists across 17 acute wards in South West Yorkshire, delivering 3,000+ creative health sessions across a diverse range of arts activities, engaging service users 13,000+ times, and generating nearly 18,000 positive outcomes.
Career roles involved with the project included creative practitioners delivering the activities, administrators to schedule the activities, and project managers to secure the funding needed and organise the project.
Calderdale Creative Health Organisations and Practitioners
Calderdale Creative Health
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Creative Minds is integrating creativity and the arts into mainstream health and wellbeing practice. They deliver and run projects for local people, to develop individuals’ and communities’ mental, physical and psychological wellbeing. Their approach towards creative activities, sports and hobbies is developed to:
Boost confidence and self-esteem by providing opportunities to discover new, exciting activities and experiences.
Develop social skills and promote social integration by connecting you with like-minded people.
Create a sense of purpose by creating communities around shared passions.
Improve quality of life by making new friends at events and activities hosted by us and our partners.
Since its launch in November 2011, Creative Minds has enabled over 900 projects inside and outside of NHS services, alongside facilitating over 100 sports events. Together, and with their team’s dedicated work, this benefits over thousands of people per year. They have worked with around 280 Creative Minds partner organisations from across all our localities.
Learn more at https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/creative-minds/home/
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Everybody Arts is an art school, gallery and studios, based in Halifax. They have a thriving wellbeing and creative health programme.
Find out more: https://www.everybodyarts.org.uk/
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Curious Motion is an artist-led socially engaged organisation that specialises in creative health – working at the intersection of dance, creativity and health to support communities to live well together.
They open our doors wide to people of all ages and backgrounds and are committed to supporting those whose voices are often unheard. Many people engage with them, including children, young people, those seeking sanctuary, older individuals, disabled people, people living with long-term conditions, and those navigating mental health experiences.
Their goal is to support the cultural fabric of our community to create a fairer, healthier, and more compassionate world.
Learn more at https://curiousmotion.org.uk/
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Outside Thought brings together Karen Smith’s experience and professional practices of mindfulness, reflection, facilitation, coaching, walking, outdoors and creativity, to work with you.
Karen facilitate those they work with to reflect on their practice, creative health, and wellbeing. Individually or as a team.
Learn more at https://outsidethought.co.uk/
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Michelle Baruch Baron is a qualified and experienced Art Therapist and Systemic Practitioner who can offer a safe and confidential space for individuals, families or groups who want to use art and creativity for therapeutic exploration.
Art Therapy can offer a less confrontational approach than traditional talking therapies and can engage people in their therapeutic journey in unique and alternatives ways.
Learn more at https://mbbarttherapy.wixsite.com/seashell-art-thera-2