Helen Shearn

Older People's Arts & Wellbeing
Sector Support Survey 2025

How can we best support your work to help older people to flourish?

We'd love to hear your thoughts!
Please complete our (v short, we promise!) 5 min survey & help us support your work!
👉https://shorturl.at/fqlHg

Fantastic new range of resources & guidance by the National Arts in Hospitals Network (NAHN). Whether you are just beginning to think about establishing a hospital arts programme or have one that is already well-developed, you will find plenty here to help
nahn.org.uk/arts-in-hosp...

Delighted to be part of the consultancy team undertaking the strategic review for the Restoration Trust and to have coordinated this Roundtable with CHWA!

[CC: The Rhythms of London museum exhibition display design.]

1/3 💰 Are you an Artist or Museum looking to fund your exhibition? This #FundersFriday is for you! Browse 400 more funds like these at www.heritagefundingdirectoryuk.org.

#HeritageFundingDirectory

Credits: Barker Langham, Museum of London.

Good to see this case study of Delapré Abbey featured by @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social. The type of preventative wellbeing support they'll deliver here, in a top 10% deprived neighbourhood, is essential to battling the types of health problems mentioned here 👇 www.theguardian.com/society/2025....

Last week, we hosted an online knowledge exchange with all 12 Phase 3 MCA projects. The event was insightful and inspiring, highlighting many connecting themes such as systems approaches, lived experience, and creative methods. Check out the excellent summary sketches from the sessions:

Our refreshed Heritage Creates report showcases the growing partnership between the heritage sector and creative industries.🎨🏛️

Thank you to Farcroft Restorations for their support.

Check out the latest case studies here 👉 bit.ly/HeritageCrea...

#HeritageCreates #CreativeIndustries

Evening all - I’ve created a starter pack with @heritagealliance.bsky.social members, leaders & key partners who are currently on Bluesky go.bsky.app/9ipPKbp

Yes that'll be great!

Good thanks and hope all is well with you too. Be good to catch up!

Congratulations!

People sitting in a large hall with a man speaking in front of a stage.

Wonderful energy at Redbridge town hall yesterday, exploring the power of Creative Health with NHS North East London and its partners!

Potential to tackle health inequalities through arts & culture🎨

Thanks to Creative Health Associates, @lahartshealth.bsky.social & @artscouncilengland.bsky.social.

Exploring Older Men's Participation in Arts & Wellbeing Services - Forum An informal discussion for arts & wellbeing providers to meet & share ideas around developing their work with older men in arts & wellbeing

Interested in exploring older men's participation in arts & wellbeing?

Join us w/ Tony Cealy hosting our new online Older Men's forum meeting: an informal space for peer sharing & learning in #arts & #wellbeing.

11am - 12.30pm, Weds 2 April
Sign up now!
👇
shorturl.at/zonE3

That'll be really great, look forward to it!

Definitely, a catch up will be lovely! I'm well thanks and hope you are too?

Are you a clinician looking to learn more about grief and bereavement? Our new course, When Grief Gets Complicated, is now approved for 7 CPD points by @rcphysicians.bsky.social UK
Starts 1 February!

@capcbristol.bsky.social
@peolcsw.bsky.social
Register: www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...

Brilliant news!! Many congratulations!

We're looking for a new Head of Engagement (part-time, 0.6 FTE) to join our Executive staff team.

If you're passionate about the arts & ageing and want to help make London a truly great place to age creatively, read more & apply now!

shorturl.at/nIJQq

Hi Julia! Good to see you on here! I need to email you as well!

Screenshot of the website home page.

Check out the new website for 'Coastal Community & Creative Health', a national partnership to tackle #HealthInequalities in coastal communities in the UK.

The project will generate evidence & resources to improve #MentalHealth by widening access to community assets.

coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk

Is Blackpool scrapping its beloved Heritage Trams? Locals are fighting to protect the town’s heritage tram service which has been temporarily suspended

Locals are fighting to protect the town’s heritage tram service which has been temporarily suspended | Adam Green
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...

Coastal Community and Creative Health is a 3 year, £2.4 million national partnership funded by AHRC to tackle health inequalities in 3 coastal communities, Blackpool, Hastings and Weston-super-Mare
capcnews.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/02/15/n...

Wood engraving in black and white of a train carriage compartment with a woman sat on bench on right looking out and three people sat opposite her. Hilly landscape visible through window.

Step into the world of Tirzah Garwood in the first major exhibition dedicated to her work. Known for her 'sophisticated naïve' style, Garwood transformed the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Discover Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious tinyurl.com/dpgart

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

We added a bunch of new museums, galleries and libraries to our Arts & Culture Starter Pack!

If you joined Bluesky recently, check it out and follow them all in a single click.

go.bsky.app/HPQsZAu

A group of researchers stand in front of a historical exhibition they made about the lives of ordinary people connected to a large mansion in Dulwich

Great to be at Kingswood House yesterday with the other researchers for the unveiling of the new info board about the working people connected to the house plus lovely snippets of oral history and many photos. Well done Kingswood Arts! #Dulwich #LocalHistory

I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?

Like if you do
RP if you really do

Invest in heritage to boost wealth of failing English towns, says new report Celebrating an area’s cultural past is key to reviving its economy, according to Historic England

www.theguardian.com/culture/arti...