Cultural Health & Wellbeing International Conference June 24 – 26 2013
John Wyn Owen CB • Inspirational • Global Health 1998 Windsor Declaration 12 Point Action Plan • More compassion amongst health workers • More confident and resilient people and communities • Create a ‘cultural barometer’
Lord Howarth of Newport Arts, health and Wellbeing – all party parliamentary group Read the Royal Society Public Health report – How far have we come in 15 years. www.rsph.org.uk/artsandhealth
Arts on Prescription Dr Theo Stickley University of Nottingham & Kate Duncan City Arts Nottingham www.city-arts.org.uk Dr Simon Opher & Prema Arts Centre www.prema.org.uk
Manchester Museum Health and Culture – how museums and galleries can enhance health and wellbeing A unique partnership Whitworth Gallery Manchester Museum Manchester Art Gallery www.healthandculture.org.uk/publications-case-studies
House of Memories • National Museums Liverpool • Dementia Awareness Training for health, housing and social care workforce • A toolkit for carer to take home • The Memory Tree • Loan Service • Trained 3,000 carers liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/learning/projects/houseof-memories/
Messages • Community – relationships and interaction • Storytelling – people change by the way stories affect them and all have a personal story to tell. • Sense of Place – where we belong and feel most connected.
Next Steps • • • • •
Outcomes Linking our programme Making new partnerships Scoping Meeting in January helend@lighthousepoole.co.uk
Other things Arts Development in Community Health by Mike White The Roseto Mystery – The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell www.ageofcreativity.org.uk Dulwich Picture Gallery www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
‘Art is like Chocolate for the Brain’ Dr Gene Cohen Michael Marmot Report – Closing the Gap in a Generation Wenger, E Communities of Practice: Learning, meaning and identity 1998 National Alliance for Arts Health and Wellbeing www.artshealthandwellbeing.org.uk London Arts and Health Forum www.lahf.org.uk