UK Timeline 2008

Singing and health: A systematic mapping and review of non-clinical research

Choral singing, wellbeing and health: Summary of findings from a cross-national survey

A large-scale, cross-national study regarding the perceived benefits of choral singing, assessing  singers’ perceptions in England, Germany and Australia.

Five Ways to Wellbeing: A report presented to the Foresight Project on communicating the evidence base for improving people’s well-being

New Economics Foundation (NEF) was commissioned by the Government’s Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing to develop a set of evidence-based actions to improve personal wellbeing. In this report, NEF presents the evidence and rationale between each of the five actions, drawing on a wealth of psychologi...

Working with Hospital Schools: a practical toolkit

A toolkit by the National Portrait Gallery to inform arts practitioners and hospital school staff about the methods used in working with hospital schools as part of their outreach work.

 

 

Evaluation of Art-Lift: A partnership arts and health project

The final evaluation report of a partnership arts and health project to make a case for long term funding for Arts and Health work in a range of healthcare settings.

Catalysing arts and health: Evaluation of strategic arts and health co-ordination post, full report

This evaluation focuses on identifying changes in arts development and organisational change that has resulted from the arts and health post.

Invest to save: Arts in health evaluation. Exploring the impact of creativity, culture and the arts, on health and well being

The objective of the Invest to Save: Arts in Health research project was to evaluate and encourage development of arts based practices in a range of different settings and to understand more fully those benefits.

Mental capital and wellbeing: Making the most of ourselves in the 21st century

This independent analysis of the Foresight Project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing provides an independent look at the challenges ahead to inform strategic and long-term choices.

Social prescribing for mental health – a guide to commissioning and delivery

This guidance describes the use of non-medical interventions, sometimes called ‘social prescribing’ or ‘community referral’, to improve mental health and wellbeing.

Arts and Refugees: History, Impact and Future

This report provides a national survey of the arts and refugees across the UK in the context of government policies and demographic changes, that have shaped the cultural climate at both local and national levels.

Beats & Bars: Music in Prisons: an evaluation

This report is an evaluation of a series of five-day music projects which took place in eight men’s prisons across England from October 2007 to July 2008.