Art and Minds
Arts and Minds uses the arts to support the positive mental health of individuals and communities.
www.artsandminds.org.uk
Arts Council England
The national development agency for the arts in
England
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Arts and Health
is a national website providing a focal point and resource for the field of arts and health in Ireland
www.artsandhealth.ie
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
Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK (ADMP UK)
ADMP UK aims to develop communication amongst dance movement therapists and promote its use throughout the UK in accordance with the highest professional standards
www.admt.org.uk
Durham University Institute for Medical Humanities
Improving health by understanding human experience
www.dur.ac.uk/imh/
Chaturangan
North West based South Asian Dance organisation with a focus on health and wellbeing
www.chaturangan.co.uk
creativityteam
A midlands-based development and training agency specialising in using the arts and creativity to support organisations to explore issues, address wider community concerns and enable change
www.creativityteam.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 and AIDS
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 Art Foundation
DAF run Breathing Space, a national dance in health programme that nurtures and supports public health through dance
www.danceartfoundation.com
Fresh Arts
Arts programme managed by North Bristol NHS Trust running across the hospitals at Frenchay, Southmead and Cossham, as well as developing an arts programme for the new Brunel building at the Southmead Hospital Bristol site
www.nbt.nhs.uk/fresh-arts
Healthy Social Creative
Information and signposting for health professionals working with people affected by long-term conditions
www.healthysocialcreative.org.uk
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 Alliance for Arts Health and Wellbeing
National voice for arts and health
www.artshealthandwellbeing.org.uk
National Association of Dance Movement Therapy (ADMPUK)
Aims to develop communication amongst dance movement therapists and promote its use throughout the UK
www.admt.org.uk
New Economics Foundation (NEF)
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.festivalofpublichealth.co.uk/
Northern Ireland Group for Art as Therapy (NIGAT)
A unique forum of indiviudals who advocate the use of Art as Therapy and Art Therapy to facilitate health and wellbeing
www.nigat.org
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
Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT)
Based in Waterford Regional Hospital, Ireland, WHAT supports healthcare environments and the wider community by providing multi-disciplinary arts experiences and services
www.waterfordhealingarts.com
Willis Newson
A Bristol-based arts consultancy specialising in healthcare and the built environment
www.willisnewson.co.uk
Other contacts
Dance for Fitness
Information from NHS Choices on ways to help you get started in dancing, introduce you to some of the most popular dance styles taught in the UK and help you find a dance class in your area
www.nhs.uk/livewell/getting-started-guides/pages/getting-started-dancing.aspx
Let's Dance with Change4Life
Part of the National Health Service (NHS) healthy lifestyles promotion, Change4Life works to encourage families to change their lifestyles and to move about more and to eat well
www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/lets-dance-change4life.aspx
National Obesity Observatory (NOO)
Provides information on data, evaluation and evidence related to weight status and its determinants and works closely with a wide range of organisations providing support to policy makers and practitioners involved in obesity and related issues
www.noo.org.uk
Skills for Health
The Sector Skills Council for health who help the UK health sector develop a more skilled and flexible workforce, helping improve productivity and the quality of health and healthcare
www.skillsforhealth.org.uk
International
Arts and Health Australia
Networking and advocacy organisation and consulting agency, established
to enhance and improve health and wellbeing within the community through
engagement in creative activities
www.artsandhealth.org