The Team
The festival is run by London Arts and Health in partnership with the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
Anna Woolf
CEO – London Arts and Health
At London Arts and Health, Anna has driven content and ideas around cultural social prescribing, practitioner care and networking with key stakeholders in Creative Health across London. Anna authored the Cultural Social Prescribing Myth Buster, co-chairs the London Action on Creative Health stakeholder group and runs initiatives such as the Digital Sandpit for LAH. She has project-managed Creativity and Wellbeing Week for the last four years and overseen a plethora of events and partnerships.
Victoria Hume
Executive Director – CHWA
Victoria Hume is Director of the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance.
Victoria was an arts manager in the NHS for 15 years before pursuing arts in health in South Africa for 5 years, including setting up a new module in hospital-based performance for the University of the Witwatersrand and managing a three-year, Wellcome-funded drama and diabetes programme with Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. She is also a composer and researcher specialising in culture, health and wellbeing, and has a Masters in Music and Health Communication focused on hospital-induced delirium. She continues to write and release music through Lost Map Records, based on Eigg.
Fiona Moon
Coordinator- CHWA
Fiona Moon is the coordinator at the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance. Fiona Moon is an arts facilitator, manager and writer with a background in theatre and a Masters from CSSD. Her passions within creative health are particularly around mental health and wellbeing, arts inclusion and arts for social mobility/ impact. Her writing spans from naturalistic plays to nonsense poetry, and has been shortlisted for various writing awards. She is also a keen walker/proud campervan owner, and tries to spend as much time as possible in nature. She is in the process of applying for a PhD in Creative Writing, looking at trauma informed facilitation within community settings.
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Matthew Couper
Strategic Lead – London Arts and Health
Matthew is a creative programme manager and strategist with specialisms in visual and performance arts, socially engaged practice and mental health sector. He has a strong track record in delivering nationally recognised programmes and festivals, attracting a range of income streams for creative organisations and curating site specific permanent and temporary projects with a strong level of community buy-in. He also has an excellent overview of local and national creative sector policy and opportunities.