Artists in Mind
Using the arts to support individuals experiencing acute and enduring mental health.
www.artists-in-mind.org.uk
Arts Council England
The national development agency for the arts in
England.
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Arts for Health
Specialising in research, advocacy and development it is working with a range of partners to better understand the impact of creativity, culture and the arts on health and well-being.
www.artsforhealth.org
Arts for Health Cornwall
Promotes the role of the arts in improving health and wellbeing
www.artsforhealthcornwall.org.uk
Arts & Health South West
An information, support and advocacy organisation for people who believe in the value of creativity in enhancing people's health and wellbeing
www.ahsw.org.uk
Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine (CAHHM)
A research centre based in Durham University's multidisciplinary School for Health
www.dur.ac.uk/cahhm
Chaturangan
North West based South Asian Dance organisation with a focus on health and wellbeing
www.chaturangan.co.uk
Dance4Life
An international initiative set up to
involve and empower young people all around the world to push back the
spread of HIV andAIDS
www.dance4life.com
Dancemind
Dance practitioner Tina Heeley specialises in Dance-in-Health work, aiming to promote health and well-being through dance and movement.
www.tinaheeley.com
Dance Action Zone Leeds (DAZL)
Organisation aiming to improve the mental and physical health of young women and wider communities of South Leeds through dance
www.dazl.org.uk
Dance for Life (Bradford)
Seeks to develop healthy communities through dance
www.danceforlife-bradford.org.uk
Fresh Arts
Fresh Arts (Frenchay and Southmead Hospitals) is the ongoing arts
programme for North Bristol NHS Trust, covering services at Frenchay and
Southmead Hospitals
www.fresharts.co.uk
Healing Arts
Arts service provided by the Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust
www.iow.nhs.uk/healingarts
JABADAO
Works in partnership with the education, health, arts and social care sectors to change the way people work
with the body and movement
www.jabadao.org
London Arts in Health Forum (LAHF)
Aims to develop the role of culture in wellbeing and to promote and
support arts in health activity across London and nationally, by
networking arts and health professionals and health-related
organisations
www.lahf.org.uk
National Association of Dance Movement Therapy
Aims to develop communication amongst dance movement therapists and promote its use throughout the UK
www.admt.org.uk
New Economics Foundation
Economics as if people and the planet mattered
www.neweconomics.org
North West Health and Physical Activity Forum
Promoting best practice and influencing policy in the area of health and physical activity
www.nwhpaf.org.uk
Praxis Arts and Health
West Midlands network bringing people together who are developing participatory arts and health work
www.praxisartsandhealth.org.uk
Rosetta Life
Arts organisation using performance, film and writing to challenge perceptions of the frail and disabled who live with life limiting illnesses
www.rosettalife.org
Society for the Arts in Healthcare
American organisation dedicated to advancing arts as integral to healthcare
www.thesah.org
Willis Newson
A Bristol-based arts consultancy specialising in healthcare and the built environment
www.willisnewson.co.uk