Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities

⏰ Just one day to go! Don't miss tomorrow's webinar, Building the Economic Business Case for Creative Health. We'll be discussing how economic evidence can strengthen the case for investing in creative health approaches, sharing learning from current research and exploring what funders, policymakers and practitioners need to know. There's still time to register: 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/e2NVwEU7 We look forward to seeing you there. If you're unable to join us live, please register anyway. A recording of the webinar will be shared with everyone who registers. #CreativeHealth #PublicHealth #HealthInequalities #Economics

When research meets tangible action... SeeMeNorth NENC took strides of pride in Newcastle last Saturday as lived and academic experience walked side by side to raise awareness about homelessness stigma. We engaged in meaningful conversations with members of the public, showed off our lovingly prepared placards and finished by a beautiful showcase of art at Alphabetti Theatre. Last Saturday See Me North lived up to its name. People were seen, not defined by their experiences, but by their taking action Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities Northumbria University Christina Cooper (she/her) https://lnkd.in/euY5frMM

There is so much to read, watch and listen to right now! Welcome to my rabbit hole! I just started diving into the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Creative Communities podcasts, they really compliment the themes from my Legislative Theatre work with The People Act: Legislative Theatre and Local Government Association for LPIP. I can't wait to get stuck into Sara Hassan's episode having heard snippets along the way. Listen to them alongside reading the National Cultural Framework on the LGA website, curated by Val Birchall MBE with Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub. Then dive into the Royal Society for Public Health special editions on Creative Health curated by National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) and the many webinars happening from Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities All these worlds coming together celebrating the power of creativity and communities to build health and place making. Who's excited??? Picture of a moody Welsh beach because in all of this I got to dip my feet in the sea on a visit to Cymru Wledig LPIP Rural Wales with to support their evaluation of community meals and all this research sat in the back on my mind. Rural communities, community power and creativity

Are you interested in the economic case for Creative Health? Join us for the final webinar from our Creative Health Economics work package on Thur 22 October 12:00-13:30. We will share key findings from our work, including insights from Dr Daniel Fujiwara, PhD, who has been leading our economic analysis. We will also be joined by Prof Vicky (Vassiliki) Karkou and Greg Flynn (Bangor Uni), who will share details of an upcoming systematic review on the economic impact of the arts on the health and wellbeing of children and young people. Dr Feifei Bu, from Social Biobehavioural Research Group, will also present findings from a recent study assessing the impact of social prescribing on health service utilisation. We hope to see you there. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e2NVwEU7

📢 We're delighted to share the first issue of Bold Encounters - a new zine created to connect projects across the Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities (MCA) programme and celebrate the knowledge, creativity and lived experience shaping this work across the UK. The first issue, The Right to be Heard, explores how MCA projects are using creative approaches to centre lived experience in research. Through poetry, storytelling, photography, zine-making and other creative methods, contributors reflect on how communities can share their experiences, shape research and influence the systems that affect their health and wellbeing. Featuring contributions from 6 MCA projects, the zine offers inspiration for researchers, community organisations and anyone interested in using creative methods to better understand and address health inequalities. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this first issue, as well as our partners at Co-create: ReCITE Community-led Research for Health Equity, The Abundance Project, RomaPlaceAge, Rural Health Equity, Coastal Communities and Creative Health, and See Me North 📖 Read The Right to be Heard: https://lnkd.in/dnPRnpvE #CreativeHealth #HealthInequalities #CommunityResearch #LivedExperience #CoProduction #PublicHealth

- What role do cultural and community 'assets' play in tackling health inequalities and supporting good health and wellbeing? - How can we effectively and equitably capture and share the impact of this work? - How can the balance of power be levelled, so local communities shape and co-produce creative health research and activity? To celebrate the launch of not one but TWO Creative Health special issues of the Royal Society for Public Health journal, we're exploring these questions in a webinar today with 250 public health and creative health experts from across the UK and beyond. Inspiring examples have come from coastal communities Blackpool and Hastings, plus commissioning model case studies from Barking & Dagenham and Gloucestershire. Thanks to Darren Henley CBE and the team from Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities for hosting such a lively discussion. Find out more about the special issues, guest edited by Arts Council England and National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) here: https://lnkd.in/e4NHZf3z

❓ Creative Health in policy: where are we now and where next? Our recent webinar, delivered jointly with National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) and ReCITE Community-led Research for Health Equity, explored how creative health is currently reflected in policy across the UK and where the opportunities lie for future progress. Speakers highlighted the growing presence of creative health within local and regional strategies, the alignment between creative health and national priorities around prevention, community-based support and reducing health inequalities, and emerging research on how creative health is represented across policy documents. A key message from the discussion was that creative health is not a separate agenda. It can be part of the solution to some of the biggest challenges facing health and care systems today, including prevention, community engagement and tackling inequalities. The webinar also explored the importance of cross-sector collaboration, sustainable funding, community co-production and strong leadership to ensure creative health becomes embedded within decision-making and service delivery. Read our blog summary and learn more about the discussion here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eBTyJAx3 🔗 Watch the webinar recording here: https://lnkd.in/e6dEtNTm #CreativeHealth #HealthInequalities #Prevention #PublicHealth #ArtsAndHealth #CommunityHealth #HealthPolicy #IntegratedCare

📣 The special editions of Perspectives in Public Health on The Role of Creative Health in Public Health, guest edited by Arts Council England and NCCH, are out today. To mark the launch, we're sharing three articles that look at creative health in particular places, and at the community assets they build on: 📑 Creative health assets in Staffordshire: harnessing community power to tackle health inequalities ( Dr Rachel Marsden) 📑How Junction Arts uses creative approaches to tackle loneliness and public health issues in post-industrial communities (Kathryn Welch) 📑Creative health in practice: a hub-and-spoke consortium working across West Yorkshire ( Rowan Bailey and colleagues) Community assets are also the focus of this afternoon's free launch webinar (1-2PM), hosted by the Royal Society for Public Health, with Darren Henley CBE, Professor Helen Chatterjee and Teresa Salami-Oru FFPH RN. We'll hear from researchers on Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities, a programme exploring how collaborative community, cultural and nature-based activities can reduce health inequalities across the UK. 🔗 Register for the webinar and read our round-up of the special editions via the links in the comments.

🎉 Dont miss tomorrow's webinar We're delighted to be contributing to a webinar hosted by Royal Society for Public Health to celebrate the launch of a special edition of Perspectives in Public Health on The Role of Creative Health in Public Health. The session will feature research from the Mobilising Community Assets (MCA) programme, including our Programme Lead Helen Chatterjee. With contributions from across MCA represented in the special issue, it will be a great opportunity to explore new evidence, insights and perspectives on the contribution of creative health and community assets to public health. Register here - https://lnkd.in/eCWFn9eK