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Neurodivergent artists and practitioners discuss how they work with digital

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Eventbrite - The Space presents Neurodivergent artists and practitioners discuss how they work with digital - Monday, 5 July 2021 - Find event and registration information.

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Jobs - Hywel Dda University Health Board (nhs.wales)

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Span Arts - Arts as social change in rural Wales

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We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and exceptional individual to become our Volunteer Development Officer to coordinate, nurture, support, train and consult with SPAN Volunteers, in order to help shape a viable post-covid community arts offer for Pembrokeshire.

The post will be responsible for overseeing the overall wellbeing, satisfaction and safety of SPAN Volunteers and will be delivered in line with Span Arts Equality and Diversity policy.

This is an incredibly important role for Span Arts, and we are looking for someone who is friendly, confident and approachable and has the ability to embrace the SPAN values of kindness, respect and acting inclusively.

Responsible to: Span Arts Director

Location: Narberth, online and event locations

Salary: £22k p.a FTE (£13,200 p.a pro rata)

Fixed term contract until 31/3/2022. The SPAN Board feel this post is a core part of the SPAN Team and are actively seeking funding to make it a long-term sustainable post.

Some evening & weekend work will be required

Holiday 5.6 weeks pro rata including Bank Holidays
Span Arts is committed to achieving equality of opportunity in both services to the community and the employment of people and expects all employees to understand and promote its policies in their work.
We will not be accepting CV's for this position. Please download and complete the application pack here VDO Application Pack June 21 or email info@span-arts.org.uk for further information.

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SPAN 30 years of community arts in Pembrokeshire About SPAN is a vibrant community arts charity based in Narberth, with a 30 year history of bringing the arts to rural Pembrokeshire. SPAN is driven by the core belief that the arts have the power to improve people's lives and acts as an agent for Arts...

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Small World Theatre: Amethyst Project Opportunities

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Small World Theatre: Amethyst Project Opportunities

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Art therapy

Following the success of our first online Art Therapy sessions, we will be starting a new series of Art Therapy sessions on 17th of June. These will be 11.30 – 1pm for age 14-17 and 1.30 – 3pm for age 18-25. The groups are open to all young people in West Wales who have been struggling with their mental health and have limited places. Referrals for 14-17 group can be through agency or parental referral forms. The 18-25 group can be referred through the same route but can also be self-referrals. All participants will be provided with an art pack. Referral forms are available on request.

Lockdown films

We have just launched our series of short lockdown films. The 3 different stories highlight some of the different issues experienced by young people in West Wales over the last year  and are conceived, written by and starring young people we know and work with. We will be taking these stories into school and youth groups face to face, when this is safe or showing them remotely to groups of young people and using them as a catalyst for discussion around the issues shown and also around coping strategies and resilience. Please get in touch to discuss showing these films to your groups of young people.

Theatre workshops

We are also now beginning to take referrals for face to face group work at Small World Theatre. We don’t have a final date for this yet but we are aiming to run a series of workshops before the summer holidays. The workshops will involve games and theatre techniques using transactional analysis therapeutic theory and brain science to explore our relationships to ourselves and others. For this series we are focussing on young people who are finding it difficult to return to school due to their mental health.

Parent/Guardian group

These online support sessions are ongoing with talks planned this term in self harm and substance abuse. We are also starting to plan a piece of legislative theatre around the experiences of the group.

If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please get in touch with Deri deri@smallworld.org.uk

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We have a health and care strategy to guide us through the next 20 years and to support our community to live healthy, joyful lives.

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West Wales Nature-based Health Network are seeking a partner in health, social care and wellness who would be interested in teaming up with a pilot Arts and Wellbeing project focusing on painting inspirational murals in Pembrokeshire as a social prescription program. This trial (if funded) would last a year and aim to cover selected walls and surfaces with messages of wellbeing related to the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act. They would like to offer opportunities to create these murals with a professional artist as a way to alleviate stress, anxiety, isolation and disconnect, for inhabitants of Pembrokeshire, including those identified as at risk and vulnerable adults, as well as NHS staff suffering from stress related anxiety or other mental health issues.  If you work with these groups of adults or young people and would like to work with them to develop a safe and effective program in Pembrokeshire, they would love to hear from you. The pilot project would be evaluated in detail to assess its cost effectiveness as well as impact on participants.

Please contact : 0755467782 / h.k.nuuttila@swansea.ac.uk

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Together for Change: Spotlight on Community Arts

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Together for Change: Spotlight on Community Arts

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sbotolau ar gelfyddydau cymunedol	  i	  spotlight on community arts

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Sbotolau ar Gelfyddydau Cymunedol I Spotlight on Community Arts

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Eventbrite - Gyda'n Gilydd dros Newid/Together for Change presents Sbotolau ar Gelfyddydau Cymunedol I Spotlight on Community Arts - Thursday, May 20, 2021 - Find event and registration information.

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Shared Worlds - Span Arts (span-arts.org.uk)

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Span Arts - Arts as social change in rural Wales

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As part of SPAN's contribution to the response to Covid Crisis and Pembrokeshire's Campaign for Kindness, SPAN delivered a wide range of online artist-led workshop activities in Autumn 2020 in order to improve social connectedness and wellbeing and reduce loneliness and social isolation for all ages.

The project was adapted early in the lockdown in response to the crisis and aimed to connect isolated and elderly people and children through online creative technology sessions, as a recognition that there were many more isolated and elderly people who were housebound, lonely and anxious at this difficult time.

The project aimed to introduce older people to new technologies in an atmosphere of playfulness and experimentation.

A series of five artist led online workshop experiences in dance, Welsh folk singing, poetry, puppetry and mindful photography were delivered.

Over 190 attendances took place with 47 people enjoying regular online creative experiences delivered by commissioned artists and musicians Kerry Steed, Jeremy Huw Williams, Richard Chappell, Emily Laurens and Ray Hobbs.

Feedback showed us that these experiences provided a valuable, regular and uplifting opportunity for individuals throughout the Autumn months.

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As part of SPAN's contribution to the response to Covid Crisis and Pembrokeshire's Campaign for Kindness, SPAN delivered a wide range of online artist-led workshop activities in Autumn 2020 in order to improve social connectedness and wellbeing and reduce loneliness and social isolation for all ages.

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Applications Open: UK Community Renewal Fund

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Applications open for UK Community Renewal Fund in Pembrokeshire

Bids can now be made to the new UK Community Renewal Fund for projects taking place in Pembrokeshire.

The Fund was announced by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the budget last month and will be administered nationally by the Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government and at a local level by local authorities.

The Fund opened for bids for Pembrokeshire projects today, Thursday 1 st April.

The Fund aims to support people and communities most in need across the UK, creating opportunities to trial new approaches and innovative ideas at the local level.

A range of project applicants, including but not limited to voluntary and community sector organisations, will be able to submit bids to the Council. The best will be sent to the Ministry for appraisal and, hopefully, approval.

The Fund will support projects that involve investment in skills, local businesses or communities and places or which support people into employment.

The application documents, which should be read carefully are available on the Council website at https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/uk-community-renewal-fund.

The deadline for applications is 7am on Tuesday, 4th May 2021.

Applications must be completed electronically and submitted to ukcrf@pembrokeshire.gov.uk.

All local authorities are able to submit a prioritised shortlist of bids from their area up to a maximum value of £3m for 2021/22 only.

The final list of priority bids must be submitted by the County Council to the Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government by 18th June and funding decisions will be announced by the Ministry in late July.

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Bids can now be made to the new UK Community Renewal Fund for projects taking place in Pembrokeshire. The Fund was announced by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the budget last month and will be administered nationally by the Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government and at a local level by local authorities.

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Together for Change: Filmmaking for Communities Workshop

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Together for Change: Filmmaking for Communities Workshop

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Together for Change: Social Media for Communities Workshop

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Together for Change: Social Media for Communities Workshop

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Track your wellbeing at the touch of a button with our new Connect to Wellbeing app which is supporting the wellbeing of individuals across Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion.

Funded by the Welsh Government's Transformation Fund, the easy-to-use downloadable Connect to Wellbeing app is a personalised wellbeing planning tool that can be used by yourself to help you measure your own wellbeing.

The app is one of the tools being used by a range of programmes delivered through Transformation across the west Wales region to help individuals and providers understand how their services impact upon an individual's wellbeing.

The app itself allows you to self-assess your wellbeing in six key areas, then provides feedback on how you could improve in these areas. This includes Feeling okay, Making use of what I've got, Having the right help, Being part of something, Doing things that matter to me and Looking after myself.

Once you complete your assessment you will get helpful tips for improving your wellbeing, can set yourself individual goals and action plans for enhancing your wellbeing and be able to access links to various resources which can help you achieve wellbeing aims.

You can repeat your assessment regularly to track your wellbeing over time. As our wellbeing changes in response to different events and circumstances re-assessing your wellbeing regularly will help you to focus on key aspects of your wellbeing which may be affected differently at different times.

Speaking about the app, West Wales Regional Partnership Board Chair Judith Hardisty said, "The Connect to Wellbeing app is a personalised tool to help you understand, track and improve your overall wellbeing. It links people with appropriate resources, information sources and community-based groups that can help them improve their wellbeing and helps them focus on specific areas where they believe they need additional support to help them achieve their goals.

"It helps individuals to build better habits that will lead to real, sustained change. This app is an incredibly valuable tool which will be of much benefit to individuals across south west Wales and I would encourage people to explore its potential in enhancing their overall wellbeing and tracking their journey and progress."

Regional partners will continue to work together to regularly update the app with the latest information or support services available within each locality.

The Connect to Wellbeing app forms part of the Healthier West Wales programme, overseen by the Regional Partnership Board which brings together Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire County Councils, Hywel Dda University Health Board, County Voluntary Services Councils for the three counties, the independent sector and users and carers. The Healthier West Wales programme is funded through the Welsh Government's Transformation Fund.
Download the Connect to Wellbeing app from Google Play or the Apple App Store to help improve your wellbeing today.

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Connect to Wellbeing - Connect Pembrokeshire

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Track your wellbeing at the touch of a button with our new Connect to Wellbeing app which is supporting the wellbeing of individuals across Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. Funded by the Welsh Government's Transformation Fund, the easy-to-use downloadable Connect to Wellbeing app is a personalised wellbeing planning tool that can be used by yourself to help you measure your own wellbeing.

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Pathways into Practice Presentation - Sarah Goodey

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Pathways into Practice Presentation - Sarah Goodey

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Welsh Government Lobbying Letter Template

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Welsh Government Lobbying Letter Template

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WAHWN Training: Writing a Project Case Study

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WAHWN Training: Writing a Project Case Study

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Culture Health & Wellbeing Alliance conferences

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Culture Health & Wellbeing Alliance conferences

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Find the full programme here
Confirmed panellists include: Esther Fox ( Accentuate), John McMahon ( Arts Council England), Ian Solomon Kawall (co-founder of May Project Gardens), Kiz Bangerh ( Hip Hop Heals), Prof Helen Chatterjee (UCL), Farhana Yamin (Think & Do Camden), Farah Ahmed (Julie's Bicycle), Hilary Jennings (Happy Museum), Baby J (Baby People), Suzy Wilson (Clod Ensemble/Performing Medicine), Kirsty Stansfield ( Tracing Autonomy), Sandra Griffths ( Red Earth Collective), Olatunde Spence ( Akoma Healing H'Arts), Alistair Gentry (Artist), Frances Northrop (independent researcher), Jennifer Farmer & Zo ë, and many more...

No app is required however, attendees will need to use the Google Chrome browser with version 79 or higher on a laptop for optimum experience and performance.

We will be providing captioning for all panels. If you have any other access requirements, please do contact the CHWA Team on info@culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk

THANK YOU to all our conference partners:

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A Culture of Care: Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance national conference 21-23 April 2021

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Find the full programme here Confirmed panellists include: Esther Fox ( Accentuate), John McMahon ( Arts Council England), Ian Solomon Kawall (co-founder of May Project Gardens), Kiz Bangerh ( Hip Hop Heals), Prof Helen Chatterjee (UCL), Farhana Yamin (Think & Do Camden), Farah Ahmed (Julie's Bicycle), Hilary Jennings (Happy Museum), Baby J (Baby People), Suzy Wilson (Clod Ensemble/Performing Medicine), Kirsty Stansfield ( Tracing Autonomy), Sandra Griffths ( Red Earth Collective), Olatunde Spence ( Akoma Healing H'Arts), Alistair Gentry (Artist), Frances Northrop (independent researcher), Jennifer Farmer & Zo ë, and many more...

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Do you work in healthcare? Our Self-care & Managing Stress course offers practical ways to manage stress at work

Relaxation techniques to help prepare for, respond to, and wind down from busy, stressful schedules
Over 3 sessions - 14, 20 & 28 Oct, 11-1pm

https://t.co/yp1XWDqzeA

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Do you work in healthcare? Our Self-care & Managing Stress course offers practical ways to manage stress at work Relaxation techniques to help prepare for, respond to, and wind down from busy, stressful schedules Over 3 sessions - 14, 20 & 28 Oct, 11-1pm https://t.co/yp1XWDqzeA

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New research by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, for the End Child Poverty coalition, shows the full extent of child poverty across the UK, before the Coronavirus pandemic and how it has changed since 2014/15.

Local child poverty rates, After Housing Costs

Use our interactive map to find out the level of child poverty in your constituency.

See the data and changes in child poverty in your Constituency and Local Authority here

Read the report

Read our Press Release

How is poverty measured? and other FAQs

For MPs: summary of research and our campaign asks

Take action

Email your MP to ask the Chancellor for an ambitious plan to end child poverty

Child poverty in the UK, after housing costs: what the data shows

The research uses

the child poverty data published by the Department for Work and Pensions in March 2020. This gave Before Housing Cost child poverty rates for constituencies and local authorities.

housing cost data from the Valuation Office Agency

income data from the Understanding Society survey

The research shows that

once housing costs are taken into account our big cities, particularly London and Birmingham, have the highest rates of child poverty

the north of England have seen the greatest rises of child poverty since 2014/15

Region and nations press releases

Other data sources

The After Housing cost data uses the Department for Work and Pensions Before Housing Cost local child poverty data, published in March 2020.

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New research by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, for the End Child Poverty coalition, shows the full extent of child poverty across the UK, before the Coronavirus pandemic and how it has changed since 2014/15. Use our interactive map to find out the level of child poverty in your constituency.

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"Thanks to National Lottery players, £30 million is raised every week on average for projects big and small across the UK. As a National Lottery distributor, we are delighted to be able to use this money, to support and develop the arts. Our intention is that up to £20million should be directed to the arts in Wales as we begin to emerge from the effects of the Covid-19 related lockdown.

"During the past few months we've already been able to start releasing National Lottery funds to the arts through our innovative Connect and Flourish fund which provides funding for collaborative projects between organisations, communities and artists.

"Our funding will need to react quickly to any changes in Government Covid restrictions, so we'll be keeping the roll-out of future programmes under close review. However, our hope and intention is to open further funds during the months ahead to support individual artists and organisations as they emerge from the effects of this past year's lockdown."

funding for projects that address current health and well-being challenges through the arts;

funding to support Welsh organisations and artists to connect and work internationally.

We will also be accepting applications for our Creative Steps programme for organisations and individuals, and through the Creative learning through the arts programme. Further funding will be available through our International Opportunities Fund and the Wales in Edinburgh programme (with further details on this to be published in April). Further details will be published in due course, as the ongoing impact of the pandemic and its related restrictions become clearer.

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Arts Council of Wales unveils its National Lottery funding programme for 2021/22

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"Thanks to National Lottery players, £30 million is raised every week on average for projects big and small across the UK. As a National Lottery distributor, we are delighted to be able to use this money, to support and develop the arts.

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As we all continue to navigate the effects of the pandemic it seems more vital than ever to work together in partnerships and networks. HARP will create that space to collaborate across health, care and the arts to find new ways of addressing the health and care challenges we all face.

The projects, based throughout Wales, are part of HARP - Health, Arts, Research, People - an innovation and research partnership between Arts Council of Wales and Y Lab (Cardiff University & Nesta). Each project will receive funding and structured support from all the partners, including Wales Arts Health and Wellbeing Network and Nesta's People Powered Results team, until 2022.

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As we all continue to navigate the effects of the pandemic it seems more vital than ever to work together in partnerships and networks. HARP will create that space to collaborate across health, care and the arts to find new ways of addressing the health and care challenges we all face.

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Writing to Live Well_Kerry Steed_Presentation

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I feel moved to write again after being a dancer last week at Simply Dance Fridays. I had had a somewhat relaxing week until last Friday arrived and a number of things came my way work-wise and through friends that were disturbing to my equanimity to say the least. This contrast had left me feeling [...]

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I feel moved to write again after being a dancer last week at Simply Dance Fridays. I had had a somewhat relaxing week until last Friday arrived and a number of things came my way work-wise and through friends that were disturbing to my equanimity to say the least.

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Films to view on YouTube: Films from Raising the Bar Together have now been added to Gaia's YouTube Channel alongside Crucify and a video offering a flavour of her installation, 73.

Raising the Bar Further, Gaia is currently in the application process for funding for Raising the Bar Further (RTBF). RTBF is an expanded project supporting neuro-diverse artists and those experiencing anxiety & depression to creatively address personal access issues in a manner that is practice led.

Raisng the Bar Together is now coming to its conclusion with some very interesting outcomes. Four artists, 2 mentors, 1 project lead. Resources are now being produced and will be freely available on this website.

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Films to view on YouTube: Films from Raising the Bar Together have now been added to Gaia's YouTube Channel alongside Crucify and a video offering a flavour of her installation, 73. Raising the Bar Further, Gaia is currently in the application process for funding for Raising the Bar Further (RTBF).

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Creating a Healthier Wales Digital Conference

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Creating a Healthier Wales Digital Conference

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Confirmed Speakers:

Darren Hughes, Director, Welsh NHS Confederation

Helen Howson, Director, Bevan Commission

Libby Ryan-Davies, Strategic Programme Director, Hywel Dda University Health Board
Dr Jonathon Gray,
Director of Transformation, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Alisha Davies,
Head of Development, Public Health Wales
Clair Swales,
Head of Health and Wellbeing, Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations
Dean Morgan,
Workforce Capability Manager, Pineshield Health and Social Care Services

Patience Bentu, Policy Officer, Race Council Cymru

Martyn Palfreman, Head of Regional Collaboration, West Wales Care Partnership

Join Senedd Insight for our Creating a Healthier Wales Digital Conference to explore the impact of COVID-19, integration, and innovation. Leading stakeholders will explore the lasting impact of COVID-19 on the workforce, patients and services. Understand how 'A Healthier Wales' and the 'Quadruple Aim' could help to improve the quality of care and shape the future of health and social care delivery.
Hear how innovative technology has been utilised in the health and social care response to COVID-19 including wearable technology and implementing technology-enabled care initiatives have enabled inclusive communities.
Dr Jonathan Gray, Director of Transformation, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board will share strategies to cultivate leadership development in health and social care while ensuring the sector is prepared to live with COVID-19.
Join us to explore best practice strategies to overcome workforce shortages across the health and social care sector and build partnerships to help upskill, recruit and retain staff enhancing service delivery and reducing the impact of COVID-19.

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Creating a Healthier Wales Digital Conference

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Confirmed Speakers: Darren Hughes, Director, Welsh NHS Confederation Helen Howson, Director, Bevan Commission Libby Ryan-Davies, Strategic Programme Director, Hywel Dda University Health Board Dr Jonathon Gray, Director of Transformation, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Alisha Davies, Head of Development, Public Health Wales Clair Swales, Head of Health and Wellbeing,

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Minutes of SPAN Arts and Health Pembrokeshire Network Meeting Feb 2021

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Minutes of SPAN Arts and Health Pembrokeshire Network November 20 Meeting

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Arts Against Covid: open for applications

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Arts Against Covid: open for applications

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Check out these latest oppotunities from Wales Arts Health and Wellbeing Network

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Location: Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran | Start Date: 19th February 2019 - 11.30 - 2pm

Summary: WAHWN South Wales meeting open to all but booking is essential. Please email cymru@engage.org. When reserving a place, please let us have any access or dietary requirements.

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Location: Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran | Start Date: 19th February 2019 - 11.30 - 2pm Summary: WAHWN South Wales meeting open to all but booking is essential. Please email cymru@engage.org. When reserving a place, please let us have any access or dietary requirements.

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Hywel Dda - Strategic Discover report 2020

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Hywel Dda - Strategic Discover report 2020

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Applying learning from pandemic response to the Health and Care Strategy

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How the arts are still supporting Welsh health and social care response to COVID-19

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How Covid-19 has affected the arts sector

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Welsh Government Report

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Hywel Dda Wellbeing Objective Annual Report 2020

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Hywel Dda Wellbeing Objective Annual Report 2020

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Appendix 8 Item 3.11 Well-being Objectives Annual Report 2019-20

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A series of three online workshops

Workshop title Date Time

Workshop 1: Developing a Quality Framework for Arts, Health and Well-Being

Thursday 4 February

10am - 12pm

Workshop 2: Developing a Quality Arts, Health and Well-Being Practice

Thursday 11 February

10am - 12pm

Workshop 3: Delivering Quality in the Real World

Thursday 25 February

10am - 12pm

Cost for attending all three workshops: £60 orgs / £25 individuals plus booking fee The price is the same regardless of how many of the workshops you attend. Overview
This series of online workshops will support participants to reflect on their work in the context of health and well-being in order to identify what 'good' looks like and learn how to achieve it in practice.

There is an important role for arts, health and wellbeing post Covid-19 as a source of support for individuals and communities. Whether work supports mental health and wellbeing, tackles loneliness and isolation, or helps build community connectedness, there will be a strong need for it after the immediate crisis of Covid-19 has passed.

Yet, during times of economic insecurity, there will be challenges to face in terms of funding and resources for the arts. The ability to understand, articulate and assure the quality of work will become increasingly important.

This workshop programme will support participants to:

Reflect on their practice and develop a clear understanding of what 'good' looks like

Explore the conditions necessary to delivery high quality projects

Better understand how to embed quality in practice.

Negotiate effective partnerships based on a shared commitment to quality

Develop the confidence to promote and celebrate their work

Use a reflective approach to evaluation to ensure continued learning and development.

Look at ways in which we might embed and evidence quality in our work.

The Trainer
This programme will be led by Willis Newson Director Jane Willis. A pioneer of the arts and health field, Jane founded Vital Arts, the arts programme for Bart's Health NHS Trust, in 1994. Since then, as Director of arts, health and well-being consultancy Willis Newson, she has worked with health and arts partners across the UK - Including more than 32 NHS Trusts and Health Boards, Arts Council Wales, National Museum Wales, Arts Council England, The Kings Fund and The Royal Society of Public Health - to produce award-winning arts, health and wellbeing programmes.

She is particularly interested in developing creative solutions to strategic health needs and in supporting skills development within the sector. Working with Professor Norma Daykin at the University of Tampere, Finland, she has contributed to improved evaluation practice within the sector through research programmes, training and resources including www.creativeandcredible.co.uk .
Organiser
Engage Cymru is the leading membership organisation for gallery education in Wales and has over 70 members, including gallery and museum educators, teachers, local authority officers and artists.

Engage Cymru promotes gallery education through advocacy, regular area group meetings, networking and professional development training events, and through its research projects.

Engage Cymru coordinates WAHWN, the Wales Arts Health & Wellbeing Network, with funding from the Arts Council of Wales. WAHWN launched in 2019 and has since expanded to include almost 300 arts and health professional members. 90 members have participated in Creative & Credible arts and health evaluation training over the past year, aimed at supporting colleagues to deliver robust and credible evidence of their work.

Any Wales-based colleagues delivering arts, health and well-being focused work can sign up for free, upload their profile, view and post opportunities, blogs and a wide range of resources in the Knowledge Bank section. Join the Wales Arts Health and Wellbeing Network at https://wahwn.cymru/

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A series of three online workshops Cost for attending all three workshops: £60 orgs / £25 individuals plus booking fee The price is the same regardless of how many of the workshops you attend.

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Baring Foundation - Arts & Mental Health Report

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Baring Foundation - Arts & Mental Health Report

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"The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scales were developed to enable the measuring of mental wellbeing in the general population and the evaluation of projects, programmes and policies which aim to improve mental wellbeing. The 14-item scale WEMWBS has 5 response categories, summed to provide a single score. The items are all worded positively and cover both feeling and functioning aspects of mental wellbeing, thereby making the concept more accessible. The scale has been widely used nationally and internationally for monitoring, evaluating projects and programmes and investigating the determinants of mental wellbeing."- Prof Sarah Stewart-Brown

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The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS)

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"The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scales were developed to enable the measuring of mental wellbeing in the general population and the evaluation of projects, programmes and policies which aim to improve mental wellbeing. The 14-item scale WEMWBS has 5 response categories, summed to provide a single score.

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Here you can find a wide range of information about the wellbeing of the greater Christchurch population and how this has changed over time.

The Index is organised into three main sections:

Our Wellbeing - describing the wellbeing of the greater Christchurch population across 57 indicators.

He Tohu Ora - focusing on Māori conceptualisations of wellbeing across 19 indicators.

Our Population - describing the population of greater Christchurch across ten indicators.

We hope the information will be valuable to the wide range of agencies, communities and individuals who are working to support the wellbeing of the people of greater Christchurch.

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Here you can find a wide range of information about the wellbeing of the greater Christchurch population and how this has changed over time. The Index is organised into three main sections: Our Wellbeing - describing the wellbeing of the greater Christchurch population across 57 indicators.

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The QuIP gathers evidence of a project's impact through narrative causal statements collected directly from intended project beneficiaries. Respondents are asked to talk about the main changes in their lives over a pre-defined recall period and prompted to share what they perceive to be the main drivers of these changes, and to whom or what they attribute any change - which may well be from multiple sources.

A control group is not required as evidence of attribution is sought through respondents' own accounts of causal mechanisms linking X to Y alongside Z (key informant attribution) rather than by relying on statistical inference based on variable exposure to X. This narrative data is intended to be triangulated with other data and to complement quantitative evidence on changes in X, Y and Z obtained through routine project monitoring or other methods.

Typically, a QuIP study involves 24 semi-structured interviews and four focus groups, conducted in the native language by highly-skilled, local researchers. However, this number is not fixed and will depend on the sampling approach used. The research team conducting interviews are independent and blindfolded where appropriate; they are not aware who has commissioned the research or which project is being assessed. This helps to mitigate and reduce pro-project and confirmation bias, as well as enable a broader and more open discussion with respondents about all outcomes and drivers of change.

The QuIP approach to sampling is to select cases through rigorous purposive sampling, rather than seeking a large representative sample. This means attempting to sample to 'saturation', where each new story adds little to the existing set of information. Where good monitoring data is available it can be used to decide the number, location and variation of respondents selected, based on differences in context, geography, treatment and/or positive and negative results from existing monitoring data.

A QuIP questionnaire includes open ended questions, with supplementary prompts, as well as closed questions. The questionnaire covers various areas of respondents' lives, including domains such as health and sanitation, food consumption, intrahousehold relationships and wellbeing. QuIP questionnaires are designed to reflect the areas of people's lives assumed to be affected from the project's theory of change, but the questions are framed around outcomes rather than inputs in order to collect information more broadly about what has changed and to capture unintended and unexpected outcomes.

Once the data has been collected, the QuIP uses a robust thematic coding method, systematically coding for drivers, outcomes and attribution. A common critique of qualitative research is the large quantity of data to deal with; QuIP addresses this partly by only coding stories of change rather than all data, but also by taking a very systematic and replicable approach to coding which speeds the process up. The results allow analysis of key stories of change - looking for emerging trends and patterns between different respondent types. Findings are presented in interactive dashboards and summary reports using visualisations and coded extracts. The QuIP aims to gather evidence about the causal processes of change, not to quantify impact, so it cannot provide average treatment effects or statistically representative counts. It does present rich, detailed stories of change in a digestible way - allowing every individual story to have a voice in the results.

Example

The QuIP was developed by researchers at the University of Bath's Centre for Development Studies (CDS). After developing the method through a three-year DFID/ESRC funded research project, staff from CDS set up Bath Social Development Research (BSDR) to continue the development and dissemination of the QuIP. Since then BSDR has used QuIP in over 30 studies across 16 countries (April, 2019). Projects evaluated range from rural livelihoods interventions to microfinance initiatives.

For example, Tearfund have conducted three separate QuIP studies between 2016-18 to evaluate their Church and Community Mobilisation (CCM) project in Uganda, Sierra Leone and Bolivia. This is a project where there is no real baseline, beneficiaries are fluid and impacts cannot easily be measured quantitatively. The QuIP offered an opportunity to understand more about how people's lives, beliefs and attitudes had changed, and what had influenced any changes.

In individual and focus group interviews in Uganda respondents reported positive changes, such as increased empowerment and improved community relationships, as well as negative changes, such as decreased material assets and reduced productivity. Analysis of the data provided a broad picture of drivers of change, including the impact of the CCM project amongst others. Over half the respondents cited CCM, unprompted, as a driver of positive change in their lives. Tearfund then validated the analysis with a wider group of respondents to understand what this meant for future community work. This helped to close the feedback loop and engage respondents with the data collected through interviews.

Click here to find out about other project partners BSDR have worked with. You can also read more in depth case studies in the QuIP book Attributing Development Impact: QuIP Casebook (2019 - available for free online) - which also contains detailed theoretical background and practical guidelines.

Steps:

Questionnaire and sampling strategy are developed with the commissioner of the research.

A mix of purposive and random sampling is used to select cases from the list of intended beneficiaries.

Semi-structured individual interviews and focus group discussions are conducted by a local field team who are blindfolded to the nature of the project being evaluated.

Analysis can be both exploratory and confirmatory. Thematic coding is used to analyse drivers, outcomes, and attribution.

QuIP reports present and discuss the results from coded qualitative data (narrative casual statements). The data is also presented in useful graphs and visualisations in an interactive dashboard platform designed to engage project teams in analysis of reported perceptions of change.

The commissioning organisation are encouraged to share and discuss the results with the project team and beneficiaries.

Issues and considerations

Why blindfold?

Through double blindfolding (keeping both researchers and respondents unaware of who has commissioned the research or which project is being assessed), the QuIP method reduces confirmation bias and enables participants to be more honest and open about their experiences. Blindfolding is considered ethically acceptable under the utilitarian philosophy of working for the greater good. The rationale for blindfolding is explained to all parties before obtaining consent and everyone involved in the study is fully debriefed after the research project has finished. The term 'blindfolded' is used to reflect that this state is not permanent and the blindfold is removed at the end of the study. In feedback/debriefing sessions researchers and respondents have acknowledged the necessity and usefulness of blindfolding where possible, but it is not necessary or practical for all QuIP studies.

Resources

Overview

Comparing QuIP with thirty other approaches to impact evaluation: This resource outlines how the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) compares to 30 other impact evaluation approaches.

Discussion papers

The Qualitative Impact Assessment Protocol (QUIP) - This easy to read CDS Briefing Paper by James Copestake and Fiona Remnant presents an overview of the QUIP in three steps: the background to the QUIP and its main aims; the data collection and analysis methodology; and QUIP in the context of other approaches to evaluation, particularly Contribution Analysis and Process Tracing.

QuIP and the Yin/Yang of Quant and Qual: How to navigate QuIP visualisations: This discussion paper reviews how quantitative and qualitative processes are utilised in analysis and presentation of data using the Qualitative Impact Protocol, or QuIP.

Examples

Attributing Development Impact: The Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) Case Book: This free online book brings together QuIP case studies from seven countries (Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Mexico, Tanzania, Uganda and UK) assessing a range of activities, including food security, rural livelihoods, factory working conditions, medical training, community empowerment and microcredit for house improvement. It includes comprehensive 'how to' QuIP guidelines and practical insights based on these case studies into how to address the numerous methodological challenges thrown up by impact evaluation.

Assessing rural transformations: piloting a qualitative impact protocol in Malawi and Ethiopia: This working paper by James Copestake and Fiona Remnant reports on findings from four pilot studies of a protocol for qualitative impact evaluation of NGO sponsored rural development projects in Malawi and Ethiopia

Guide

QuIP: Understanding clients through in-depth interviews: This Practice Note by Imp-Act gives a step-by-step guide to developing and conducting in-depth interviews using the QuIP approach, and analysing the information and making conclusions based on what you have learned.

Website

Bath Social & Developmental Research Ltd. (BSDR) website: BSDR is a non-profit research organisation set up by the authors of the QuIP - a small team of researchers from the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) at the University of Bath - with the ambition to bring more research into practice. To find out more about the QuIP or BSDR please visit our website.
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Qualitative Impact Assessment Protocol (QuIP)

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The QuIP gathers evidence of a project's impact through narrative causal statements collected directly from intended project beneficiaries. Respondents are asked to talk about the main changes in their lives over a pre-defined recall period and prompted to share what they perceive to be the main drivers of these changes, and to whom or what they attribute any change - which may well be from multiple sources.

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In March 2019 our project Remote Choir / Côr Pellenig, which took place in 2018, was highlighted as an example of how the arts can contribute to tackling a key priority of the NHS in a briefing paper for the Cross Party Group on Arts and Health for the Welsh NHS Confederation. News of the project had reached Wales Arts and Health Network, who approached Span to commission a short film documenting the project, funded by the Arts Council of Wales. The briefing paper included three film case studies of how arts based initiatives are being used to tackle loneliness and isolation to improve people's health and wellbeing.

Watch the newly commissioned film here:

Remote Choir / Côr Pellenig combined the words and voices of older people who love singing but were isolated because they found it difficult to get out and about due to health or age-related issues. The project worked with 1o people over the age of 60 who live with poor mobility. Some participants lived with early onset dementia, others with long term or chronic conditions such as diabetes, ME, Autism or MS. From the comfort of their own homes and care homes, participants took part in a series of one to one singing workshops with Welsh singer-songwriter Molara Awen to recall old remembered songs, learn new songs, and improve their singing skills. Through this process, Molara gathered snippets of conversations as well as lyrics and poems already written by the participants and created a new song based on their stories, experiences and aspirations called 'Song of my Life'. Each individual was taught the song and recorded at home, and then the song was mixed together in a sound studio by Molara and Jez King. Most of the group were also able to make one meeting with Côr Pawb (Everyone's Choir) at Queen's Hall, Narberth, where the choir was also taught the song. Throughout the process, Filmmaker Ruth Jones was gathering audio and film and created a short art film which can be viewed here:

The participants were Maggie Blincow, Tony Osborne, Vince Mingay, Gerry Phillips, Wendy Bardbury, Arthur Ray, Trevor Blake, Maymi Ely, Joan Bonner and Jane Phillips. Sadly Trevor Blake died in April 2019. His wonderful voice, which gave him the nickname 'The Pencoed Pavaroti' lives on in the film.

The Remote Choir project also supports the work of Digital Communities Wales by inspiring isolated people from rural areas to get online and improve their digital literacy. Participants were shown how to use tablets and access channels such as YouTube where they could watch performers singing their favourite songs.

The briefing paper recognises that arts based projects provide innovative, person-centred approaches to improving people's health and well-being. We whole-heartedly agree and are proud of Span's work on tackling rural isolation and loneliness through the arts art and are delighted that Remote Choir has been recognised in this way. Especial thanks to choir leader Molora Awen and Creative Technologist Ruth Jones for their time and dedication to this innovative and exemplary project. Thanks also to Wales Arts Health and Wellbeing Network for featuring this work and to the Arts Council of Wales for commissioning the film.

#artspreventloneliness #celfynatalunigrwydd #artassocialchange #Pembrokeshire #ruralwales #artassocialchangewales

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Remote Choir Project featured in NHS Case Study - Span Arts

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In March 2019 our project Remote Choir / Côr Pellenig, which took place in 2018, was highlighted as an example of how the arts can contribute to tackling a key priority of the NHS in a briefing paper for the Cross Party Group on Arts and Health for the Welsh NHS Confederation.

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Minutes Arts and Health Pembs Network Feb 11 2020 final (3)

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AMETHYST taking part on online festival 4/11/20 | 2pm - 3:30pm.

The Green Ribbon Arts Festival is a new event in Wales to promote how the arts can prevent mental ill health, challenge perceptions and improve artist's networking.

As the event is taking place during the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival's autumn programme is being held online. Between October 26 - November 7 they will be hosting a diverse arts programme, panel discussions, networking sessions, and sharing stories from some of the amazing people who are involved in the arts and mental health in Wales. One of those amazing people is Deri talking about AMETHYST. BOOK your space!

Mae AMETHYST cymryd rhan ar ŵyl ar-lein 4/11/20 | 2yp - 3:30yp. Mae Gŵyl Celfyddydau'r Rhuban Gwyrdd yn ddigwyddiad newydd yng Nghymru i hyrwyddo sut y gall y celfyddydau atal afiechyd meddwl, herio canfyddiadau a gwella rhwydweithio rhwng artistiaid.

Gan fod y digwyddiad yn digwydd yn ystod pandemig Covid-19, mae rhaglen yr ŵyl ar gyfer yr hydref yn digwydd ar-lein. Rhwng 26 Hydref a 7 Tachwedd byddant yn cynnal rhaglen gelfyddydol amrywiol gyda thrafodaethau panel, sesiynau rhwydweithio, a straeon gan rai pobl anhygoel sy'n rhan o'r celfyddydau a'r maes iechyd meddwl yng Nghymru. Dros yr wythnosau nesaf byddwn yn cyhoeddi mwy o'r rhaglen. Un o'r bobl anhygoel hynny yw Deri yn siarad am AMETHYST. ARCHEBWCH eich lle.

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AMETHYST taking part on online festival 4/11/20 | 2pm - 3:30pm. The Green Ribbon Arts Festival is a new event in Wales to promote how the arts can prevent mental ill health, challenge perceptions and improve artist's networking. As the event is taking place during the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival's autumn programme is being held online.

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Arts-related quesitons in Planed's upcoming consultation process

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Consultation Questionnaire - Holiadur Ymgynghori (office.com)

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Arts and Wellbeing Network Minutes June 21

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Blog | Music Therapy For People With Dementia | MediMusic

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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder "Exposure to an exceptionally threatening event of catastrophic nature" - PTSD! A condition which has been around since the human race began. Early humans would have endured attacks from predatory animals, witnessed atrocities from fighting between tribes or have been subjected to life changing circumstances. Today we contend with warfare, terrorism, traumatic

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Blog | Music Therapy For People With Dementia | MediMusic

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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder "Exposure to an exceptionally threatening event of catastrophic nature" - PTSD! A condition which has been around since the human race began. Early humans would have endured attacks from predatory animals, witnessed atrocities from fighting between tribes or have been subjected to life changing circumstances.

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How tech could help create 'music prescriptions' - BBC News

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Companies are exploring how data could be used to create a so-called prescription playlists of music - perhaps even one day replacing pain-killers or some types of anti-anxiety medication.

BBC Click's Jen Copestake looks at a number of projects underway to see how music could help our health and aid recovery from illness.

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How tech could help create 'music prescriptions'

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Companies are exploring how data could be used to create a so-called prescription playlists of music - perhaps even one day replacing pain-killers or some types of anti-anxiety medication. BBC Click's Jen Copestake looks at a number of projects underway to see how music could help our health and aid recovery from illness.

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Pembrokeshire Community COVID Response Survey

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Pembrokeshire Community COVID Response Survey

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Arolwg Ymateb COVID Cymunedau Sir BenfroPembrokeshire Communities COVID Response Survey (surveymonkey.co.uk)

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Ticketsolve - Span Arts

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Ticketsolve is ticketing in your hands, with complete control over your ticketing operations, both online and at your box office.

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A g39 Artist Resources // Adnoddau Artist g39 by Gaia Redgrave

A film about welcoming people with autism and sensory processing difficulties, to the gallery setting.

Ffilm am groesawu pobl sy’n awtistig ac sy’n profi anawsterau prosesu synhwyraidd, i leoliad yr oriel.

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A film about welcoming people with autism and sensory processing difficulties, to the gallery setting.

Ffilm am groesawu pobl sy'n awtistig ac sy'n profi anawsterau prosesu synhwyraidd, i leoliad yr oriel.

Gaia has produced a resource for artists, curators and those working in the arts to understand the difficulties experienced by those to have sensory processing issues due to autism. She explores how best to work with those individuals.

Mae Gaia wedi cynhyrchu adnodd i artistiaid, curaduron a'r rheiny sy'n gweithio yn y byd celfyddydau er mwyn iddynt ddeall yr anawsterau a brofwyd gan y rheiny sydd â phroblemau prosesu synhwyraidd oherwydd awtistiaeth. Mae'n archwilio sut i weithio orau gyda'r unigolion hynny.

She gives us ways to minimise exclusion and avoid negative impacts on their physical and mental wellbeing. Sensory overload can result in anything from embarrassment to mental collapse and an inability to cope with the environment. The film offers simple processes that can be put in place to enable a positive, inclusive environment.

Mae'n rhoi ffyrdd i ni leihau eithrio ac osgoi effeithiau negyddol ar eu llesiant corfforol a meddwl. Gall gorlwytho synhwyraidd olygu unrhyw beth o embaras i chwalfa feddyliol ac anallu i ymdopi â'r amgylchedd. Mae'r ffilm yn cynnig prosesau syml sy'n gallu cael eu rhoi ar waith i alluogi amgylchedd cadarnhaol, cynhwysol.

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A film about welcoming people with autism and sensory processing difficulties, to the gallery setting. Ffilm am groesawu pobl sy'n awtistig ac sy'n profi anawsterau prosesu synhwyraidd, i leoliad yr oriel. Gaia has produced a resource for artists, curators and those working in the arts to understand the difficulties experienced by those to have sensory processing issues due to autism.

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Simple acts of kindness can make a big difference!

Join us to take action and learn more about the Connect to Kindness Campaign in West Wales and the impact that kindness can have on ourselves and our communities.

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Simple acts of kindness can make a big difference! Join us to take action and learn more about the Connect to Kindness Campaign in West Wales and the impact that kindness can have on ourselves and our communities.

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A film about welcoming people with autism and sensory processing difficulties, to the gallery setting.

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A film about welcoming people with autism and sensory processing difficulties, to the gallery setting.

Ffilm am groesawu pobl sy'n awtistig ac sy'n profi anawsterau prosesu synhwyraidd, i leoliad yr oriel.

Gaia has produced a resource for artists, curators and those working in the arts to understand the difficulties experienced by those to have sensory processing issues due to autism. She explores how best to work with those individuals.

Mae Gaia wedi cynhyrchu adnodd i artistiaid, curaduron a'r rheiny sy'n gweithio yn y byd celfyddydau er mwyn iddynt ddeall yr anawsterau a brofwyd gan y rheiny sydd â phroblemau prosesu synhwyraidd oherwydd awtistiaeth. Mae'n archwilio sut i weithio orau gyda'r unigolion hynny.

She gives us ways to minimise exclusion and avoid negative impacts on their physical and mental wellbeing. Sensory overload can result in anything from embarrassment to mental collapse and an inability to cope with the environment. The film offers simple processes that can be put in place to enable a positive, inclusive environment.

Mae'n rhoi ffyrdd i ni leihau eithrio ac osgoi effeithiau negyddol ar eu llesiant corfforol a meddwl. Gall gorlwytho synhwyraidd olygu unrhyw beth o embaras i chwalfa feddyliol ac anallu i ymdopi â'r amgylchedd. Mae'r ffilm yn cynnig prosesau syml sy'n gallu cael eu rhoi ar waith i alluogi amgylchedd cadarnhaol, cynhwysol.

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A film about welcoming people with autism and sensory processing difficulties, to the gallery setting. Ffilm am groesawu pobl sy'n awtistig ac sy'n profi anawsterau prosesu synhwyraidd, i leoliad yr oriel. Gaia has produced a resource for artists, curators and those working in the arts to understand the difficulties experienced by those to have sensory processing issues due to autism.

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The Arts, Health and Wellbeing National Lottery fund is open to partnership applications from organisations.

Applications should be developed by a partnership/consortium of organisations and artists and must include both a health and arts partner. One of the partners will need to take the lead as the primary applicant and act as the accountable body.

You should check that your 'lead' organisation is eligible by looking at our 'National Lottery Funding: What you need to know if you're making an application guidelines before starting an application.

The Arts, Health and Wellbeing National Lottery fund is open for applications from 6 May 2021.

There are specific deadlines for this fund. The deadline will be 5.00pm on the following dates:

If you're applying for £50,000 or under (including additional access costs), we'll try and get a decision to you within 6 weeks from the deadline date.

Applications requesting over £50,000 (including additional access costs) will receive a decision within 12 weeks from the deadline.

We're happy to talk to you about your project and help you develop it. You can email us at artsandhealth@arts.wales for more information or to start a conversation about a project.

You can also contact our Grants and Information team at grants@arts.wales

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, there's one more funding round for the Arts, Health and Wellbeing Fund this year, the deadline for which is 29th September 2021.

If you'd like to speak to the team about your potential project, you can email artsandhealth@arts.wales

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The Arts, Health and Wellbeing National Lottery fund is open to partnership applications from organisations. Applications should be developed by a partnership/consortium of organisations and artists and must include both a health and arts partner. One of the partners will need to take the lead as the primary applicant and act as the accountable body.

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May 2025 Physical Empowerment Courses:

Offering women that have survived domestic abuse or sexual violence, the opportunity to get their lives back on track, by experiencing the power of working through both their physical and mental trauma together.

We achieve this by creating safe spaces to deliver effective, in-depth support, through a comprehensive model of training, encompassing physical self-defence skills, emotional resilience and mental survival strategies, as a trauma rehabilitation tool, which enables lasting health and wellbeing improvements for these women.

Our objective is to break the cycle of abuse, by providing our empowerment courses and long term, regular support, enabling attendees to live bold, fear free lives.

We have been running our empowerment courses at our centre in Port Talbot for the past 4 years and the women we work with have had some wonderful, life changing outcomes.

We are extending our operation into Pembrokeshire, setting up a new centre in Haverfordwest to run our trauma rehabilitation courses and follow up support for the women and communities across Pembrokeshire.

Refer yourself or someone else on to our course here: https://www.physicalempowerment.co.uk/referrals

Next course May 2025.

For course dates and more details contact Helen at comms@physicalempowerment.co.uk