UK Timeline 2014

Singing for Health: Tips and Tactics – A practical guide to running a singing for health choir

The Haringey lullabies project: Music enhancing health and education outcomes in an early years setting

An evaluation report of a ‘songs for family and child wellbeing’ project in three children’s centres in London.

Cultural value and social capital: Investigating social capital, health and wellbeing impacts in three coastal towns undergoing culture-led regeneration

Report outlining the processes and findings of an investigation into the value of cultural practices in engendering social capital and health and wellbeing in three coastal towns undergoing culture-led regeneration.

EDNA: Energise Dance Nourish Art

Pilot project  to evaluate the benefits to health and wellbeing of dance and arts activities that were stimulating and developed for and with older people in Medway and Gravesend, Kent.

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Moving Well: A Prosper Adventure Project

This report gives an outline of the Moving Well Adventure, a multi-agency collaborative initiative funded by the Arts Council England through Canterbury Festival’s Prosper: Out of the Storm initiative designed and produced by The Map Consortium and Workers of Art.

The process at the core of the Adventure pr...

Let the Dance Begin: a Creative Community Well Being Partnership Project

Evaluation of Breath Cycle: Scottish Opera and Gartnavel General Hospital Cystic Fibrosis Service

The Breath Cycle study is a joint project between Scottish Opera Education and Gartnavel General Hospital Cystic Fibrosis Service (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde) that explores the impact of a 12 week singing-based project on the psychological wellbeing and musical identity of people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Result...

Evaluating Sistema Scotland: A narrative synthesis of evidence relating to the impact of arts and community-based arts interventions on health, wellbeing and educational attainment

A narrative synthesis of evidence of the findings from the three systematic reviews to inform  Sistema Scotland’s work using music to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds gain social benefits by playing in a symphony orchestra.

 

The value of the arts in therapeutic and clinical interventions: A critical review of the literature

This report presents an updated critical review of literature on the value of the arts in clinical and therapeutic interventions.

The power of songs: An evaluation of Plymouth Music Zone’s ‘Keep singing, keepsake’ project

An evaluation of a Plymouth Music Zone project with older people in residential and community settings aimed to strengthen social ties, reduce loneliness, improve emotional wellbeing and promoting intergenerational performance.

Feeling their way: Women and children using music to navigate transitions from domestic violence

An evaluation of the effectiveness of Plymouth’s Music Zone’s  ‘Music for a Change Project’ for families experiencing domestic violence.

Quantifying the social impacts of culture and sport

A DCMS report to identify the impacts of culture and sport engagement on individuals’ wellbeing; and to estimate monetary values for those wellbeing impacts using the ‘wellbeing valuation approach’.

Cultural attendance and public mental health: Evaluation of pilot programme 2012-2014

A report on a pilot project with health trainers in Manchester, arguing that enriching health trainers skills base through cultural and sporting events could enhance wellbeing.

Art form and specialist area policy 2013-2018

A brief paper identifying the funding objectives of a five-year plan for an Arts & Health policy for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Asking the way: Directions and misdirections in arts in health

Personal thoughts on the direction of arts in health, reflecting on issues within evidence building and policy development.

Music: What is it good for?

Personal thoughts on the value of music.

The value of arts and culture to people and society: An evidence review

This evidence review by Arts Council England is an important stage in making ‘the holistic case’ for arts and culture – it covers the key areas of the Economy; Health and Wellbeing; Society; Education and Evidence gaps.

Understanding the value and impacts of cultural experiences: A literature review

This Arts Council England report examines 1) how individuals benefit from cultural participation and 2) the creative capacities of arts and cultural organisations to produce work that has impact.

Health Improvement: At Full Volume

This guide/discussion paper is about different ways of using pop music as a health education tool to improve well-being.

The role of culture and leisure in improving health and wellbeing

This document explores the role of culture and leisure in improving health and wellbeing.

Arts and Dementia: bringing professional arts practice into care settings

This report aims to introduce the evidenced benefits of using the arts for and with people with dementia, to explore how the arts can be beneficial for and with people with dementia in the context of current policies and strategies, and offers inspiring case studies and approaches.

Other Ways of Telling

An evaluation of a year-long project focused on mental health from any perspective, offering Theatre for Social Change workshops and Theatre for Social Change Performances.

Mind, body, spirit: How museums impact health and wellbeing

This publication aims to expand the conversation, to advocate for museums and galleries making health and wellbeing part of their core activity.

Heritage and Wellbeing

This report looks at the relationships between heritage visits and wellbeing using data from the Understanding Society Survey.

Fun Palaces Evaluation Report

This report evaluates Fun Palaces, a campaign to share nationally and locally the notion of ‘everyone an artist, everyone a scientist’.

Artlift Wiltshire: Final Report

This is the final report on Art Lift’s three year primary care based art intervention programme where health professionals referred patients for an 8-10 week art programme, usually delivered in a community based or primary care setting.

Quantifying and Valuing the Wellbeing Impacts of Culture and Sport

This report presents the results of an analysis of the association between culture, sport and measures of subjective wellbeing.

Seabreeze: South London Mental Health Pilot Project Evaluation Report

An evaluation of a dance-based intervention in a mental health setting for young adults aged 18-35 living in South London.

The PLACE Report. Policy for the Lottery, the Arts and Community in England

This report studies the Arts Lottery in detail, addressing the roles that the arts can play within society alongside their intrinsic role.

Wellbeing in four policy areas

This report is result of a year-long All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) inquiry exploring how wellbeing evidence can be translated into policy in four diverse areas: labour markets, planning and transport, mindfulness in health and education, and arts and culture.

Developing a Foundation for Quality Guidance for arts organisations and artists in Scotland working in participatory settings

A study commissioned by Creative Scotland, aimed to provide a foundation for a quality framework for the participatory arts in Scotland, to aid staff within Creative Scotland and the sector for funding this work or planning organisational developments.

Arts Council England’s National Investment Plans 2015-18, Hard Facts to Swallow: Analysis, Commentary and Evaluation

An independent review of Arts Council England’s investment plans strategic funds for 2015-18.

Arts-based Projects for Children and Young People

This study reviews the evidence of arts-based projects in London. In doing so, it explores the link between arts activities, the outcomes that they achieve and the lessons to be learned from their approaches to evaluation and evidence-based practice.

Policy Paper. Raising our quality of life: The importance of investment in arts and culture

This policy paper from the Centre for Labour and Social Studies considers the contribution of arts and culture to improving our quality of life.