WELCOME TO THE 3RD MUSEUMS FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING CONFERENCE https://museumsandwellbeingalliance.wordpress.com/ @museumwellbeing

THE ALLIANCES ARE MERGING! National Alliance for Arts, Health and Wellbeing National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing  www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk #CultureandHealth

www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk #CultureandHealth Objectives: Developing a strong alliance of partners Developing national and international opportunities for networking, conversation and debate and showcasing excellent practice. Delivering regional events, training, activity and networks Advocating for the work at a national level and supporting advocacy at a regional and local level Developing online resources to support the drive for excellence in the field and for knowledge exchange.  www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk #CultureandHealth

• Achieving excellent creative and cultural outcomes; The Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance will support artists, arts organisations, galleries, museums, other cultural institutions and those engaged in delivering the arts for health and wellbeing to learn from each other and raise awareness of good practice in: • Achieving excellent creative and cultural outcomes; • The range, innovation and quality of artistic and cultural work that is being done in this field, including the latest developments with digital work; • Opportunities for creative and cultural practitioners to develop their professional skills and artistic practice; • Realising the full benefits of the arts and culture for individual and community health and wellbeing; • Extending the reach of cultural engagement to those who are vulnerable and excluded due to ill-health or the wider social determinants; • Using the evidence base and how to evaluate the work; • Partnership working and collaboration with the health and social care sector; • Engaging with public sector commissioning and how to leverage new income sources through articulating health and wellbeing benefits

STEERING GROUP East Arts & Minds University of Cambridge Museums East Midlands Arts Derbyshire Mansfield Museum London British Museum London Arts in Health Forum North East Equal Arts Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums North West Manchester Metropolitan University National Museums Liverpool South East Beaney House of Art and Knowledge South West Arts & Health South West Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery West Midlands Birmingham Museums Trust Creative Health CIC Yorkshire and Humber Thackray Medical Museum Ministry of Others STEERING GROUP

STRATEGIC ALLIANCE MEMBERS 64 Million Artists Making Music Age Friendly Museums Network Music in Hospitals & Care Museums and Participation Network Age of Creativity Art Fund National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance Association of British Orchestras Nordoff Robbins Breathe Arts Health Research Paintings in Hospitals British Association of Art Therapists People Dancing Royal Society for Public Health Special Interest Group for Arts, Health & Wellbeing British Association of Dramatherapists British Association for Music Therapy Snape Maltings Social Prescribing Network Creative Dementia Arts Network Sporting Heritage Network The Reader Culture 24 The Whitworth and Manchester Museums Group for Education in Museums GEM Voluntary Arts Happy Museum Willis Newson Historic England Yorkshire Sculpture Park Lapidus Live Music Now STRATEGIC ALLIANCE MEMBERS

>1000 references: (research articles; evaluation/project reports) from across the life course. 10 recommendations http://www.artshealthandwellbeing.org.uk/appg-inquiry/