...It Is Time

Arts & Health Taskforce Announced 

This calendar week saw the 7th Annual Art of Good Health too Wellbeing International Arts too Health Conference at the Art Gallery of New South Wales inwards Sydney. With a heady mix of research, policy too practice, the trial brought together fundamental figures from the field. This twelvemonth proceedings were opened past times quondam governor of New South Wales, Dame Marie Bashir who highlighted her personal commitment to the house of civilization too the arts inwards a salubrious society. Alongside the Vice Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, Professor Ian Jacobs, who stressed his institutions long-term commitment to developing arts too wellness research, Minister for Health, Jillian Skinner pledged the governments ongoing too proactive appointment with the plain past times announcing her establishment of a Ministerial Taskforce amongst conference convener Margret Meagher, to ‘ensure the benefits of the arts are shared scheme broad with patients, carers, staff too the wider community.’  Without doubt, this degree of political commitment has happened thank you lot to the high degree world advocacy of the Australian Centre for Arts too Health which consistently delivers events that broker novel strategic alliances too really existent working collaborations.

It’s ever hard to alternative stand-out moments, both high too low,*(see below) from such a amount conference, but my personal highlight was the articulation presentation past times Karin Diamond too Alison O’Conner from Re-Live, Life Story Theatre, inwards Wales. They exuded honesty too integrity too shared do that was grounded inwards the twenty-four hr menstruum to twenty-four hr menstruum realities of people facing some of life's close hard moments. Their presentation means was personable too compelling. I desire to a greater extent than of this inwards the globe please!! I found the research of Professor Jill Bennett riveting too the the expansive thinking of Errol Francis quite breathtaking. Then all those breakaways - likewise many to reverberate on - although the operate of Julie Collins about pre-natal attention too the celebration of important bellies inwards indigenous communities, was utterly absorbing. 

I was pleased to part a novel slice of operate that conjoins the theatrical ‘avant guard’ amongst our developing agreement of cultural value too wellness impact, too offered a gentle inquiry into how nosotros mightiness gain deeper agreement of the arts, non necessarily through the linguistic communication of medicine, but maybe with something of the conviction of a theoretical physicist. I promise to endure uploading a version of this presentation to youtube really soon. 

Thanks to everyone who was gratis with their ideas, aspirations too friendship. Big congratulations too, to Anna Goulding, who justifiably won the accolade for Arts & Health Education & Research. Brilliant. Enduring thoughts too, of our friend Mike White.

Me Lords, Ladies too Gentlemen...the inbox is bulging with tidings of arts/health evaluation frameworks here, arts/health conferences there. So, every bit ever, if you’re interested, here’s a link to a novel framework too here's a link to what is existence billed every bit the kickoff national arts/health showcase! First eh? No, it’s non existence put on past times UKIP silly, but by husband too married adult woman team, Vivienne Parry too Tim Joss too with its focus on enterprise too social purpose, it's targeting ‘health determination makers’- does that hateful the full general public?

Garfield Weston Foundation

The Foundation funds a broad hit of activities too organisations, however, details from their annual study call for that projects came nether the next categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Faith, Youth too Environment. Trustees are flexible on who funding tin flaming endure used. Organisations demand to demonstrate how the funds tin flaming brand the close departure – either past times funding inwardness costs (not salaries); or funding a specific project. There are no formal deadlines for submitting applications. Applications too supporting documents must endure sent past times post too you lot should let closed to 4 months for a in conclusion outcome; for details of application procedure click: http://www.garfieldweston.org/how-to-apply/

BBC Children inwards Need – Small Grants Programme

Not for turn a profit organisations such every bit such schools; registered charities; voluntary organisations; churches; too community involvement groups; etc. tin flaming apply for grants of upward to £10,000 through the BBC Children inwards Need Small Grants programme. The grants are available for projects that:

Help children too immature people experiencing illness, distress, abuse or neglect

Any form of disability

Behavioural or psychological difficulties

And / or living inwards situations of deprivation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4fJVTzz5QmQx5rx0S4NVg0Q/small-grants

* Less palatable was the impromptu hijacking of the phase past times Emma O’Brien, who amongst the in-yer-face Andy Howitzer Howitt, delivered a passive-aggressive Abbott too Costello means 'impromptu' routine, focused on manus washing too choreography, which resulted inwards some clumsy audience manipulation (should that state participation? er, no, I'll stick with manipulation) too a high-production too ultra glossy filmed dance, but volition it actually modify behaviour, other than persuading the likes of me, that confrontational audience participation, isn't the best means forward. There’ll doubtlessly endure i or ii who enjoyed existence shouted at, every bit business office of this pseudo flash mob, but for my part, aggressively selling your production this means felt similar arts/health totalitarianism. 

Just awful.