Briefing for the Cross-Party Group on Arts and Health
Author(s)
WELSH NHS CONFEDERATION
Publisher(s):
Welsh NHS Confederation
Publication year:
2019
Arts-based projects provide innovative, person-centred approaches to improving the health and wellbeing of the population. This briefing provides case studies to show how NHS organisations and others are working together use arts based initiatives to tackle loneliness and isolation in Wales. They include The Remote Choir, which allows people to participate from the comfort of their own homes; a Hidden Talents is a creative music project for adults who live with learning disabilities; and Story Care and Share which brings together lonely and isolated people together through storytelling. (Edited publisher abstract)