FMNC has brought the power of shared song to staff and residents of six Cornish care homes since 2021 and we’re now very excited to bring our first community chorus outside Wales to St Austell, Cornwall. Led by a team of highly-trained, professional musicians, community sessions will energise, engage, and empower those with dementia, and […]

I am Minoti Parikh, a classical Indian Dancer and a creative producer, developing creative wellbeing programmes that help reduce social isolation and increase public participation in diverse arts. Born and raised in India and now based in Leeds, I am passionate about building equitable, healthy and inclusive cultures and communities and often introduce arts as […]

We have been running Clay and Cuppa sessions for the last 5 years at the London School of Mosaic, providing a much needed respite for elderly carers who look after a family member at home. As we know, being an unpaid carer for a loved one can be a gruelling task and we are pleased […]

How would you complete the sentence “Creativity is…”? I would say “life-enhancing”, but there are so many possibilities. Participants in my events talk about creativity being fulfilling, freeing, cheering. I couldn’t agree more.   Year upon year, I feel Creativity & Wellbeing Week has become such an important event in the calendar – to highlight […]

Sofie Layton is an artist with a significant and professionally acknowledged experience in participatory and public engagement practices. In this short blog post, she reflects on how AI might be utilised to care for patients or even, affect the empathy of healthcare professionals. Sofie will be sharing more about this work on Friday 24th May […]

Ever since it became a national festival in 2019, Norfolk County Council has supported and celebratedCreativity and Wellbeing Week. The week promotes the work of our local creatives and arts and cultural organisations to showcase the amazing and wide-ranging work they are doing to support health and wellbeing. Norfolk Creativity and Wellbeing Week continues to […]