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Penny Calvert CHA SW

@penny-cha-sw.bsky.social

Creative Health Associate South West England Championing creative health approaches and programmes that support population health and well-being Fostering conditions to bring health and culture together to create greater impact

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18.12.2024 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the village of Woodgreen (south of Salisbury), there is a unique mural artwork of the General Infirmary at Christmas, 1930s. Father Christmas is shown bringing #ChristmasGifts to the children's ward. #ArchiveAdventCalendar salisburyhealthcarehistory.uk/woodgreen-mu...

17.12.2024 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial β€˜dividend’

Fantastic article in the @theguardian.com today by the Health Policy Editor, on a new study undertaken for DCMS by Frontier
Economics & WHO Collaborating Centre at UCL.
"We can value those impacts in terms of reduced costs to the NHS, increased productivity..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

17.12.2024 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Want to know more about how singing can be and is being used to support #wellbeing in children and young people? Check out @singupfoundation.bsky.social which is collating a fantastic library of resources including #research reports and summaries, case studies and a podcast. #musiced

29.11.2024 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

@ncch.bsky.social partnering heritage, nature, culture and arts for wellbeing for another three years thanks to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social #creativeHealth @nhsengland.bsky.social

01.12.2024 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Creative health Venn diagram - aiming for as many people as possible working in that central overlap; starting with helping people understand what #creativeHealth is and why it matters. Explore your own understanding with this simple survey forms.gle/tKxRjqs6yqQt...

27.11.2024 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

go.bsky.app/4q9MdjE an offer of a creative health starter pack from me… looking forward to seeing other people’s choices - the range of networks we all connect to is fascinating

27.11.2024 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I started to build one but there are still gaps in the number of national portfolio orgs/people who have yet to join BlueSky

27.11.2024 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are more than 50 hospital arts programs across the U.K. improving the healthcare environment is just one part of what they do. Find out more at @artcareuk.bsky.social and www.NAHN.org.uk

22.11.2024 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Creative Health Illustration by David Shrigley

Creative Health Illustration by David Shrigley

A new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Creative Health is launching on 26 Nov! The NCCH will provide the secretariat for the APPG, so our Director has been reflecting on the development of the 'creative health' field over the last 10 yrs
ncch.org.uk/blog/creativ...

21.11.2024 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re called desire lines

22.11.2024 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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