Arts on Prescription

Arts, Culture, Climate, Public Health, Social Care and Research.

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

Making this photo was self medication, tho research also shows it will soothe your brain just by looking at it. Here’s why creating it acted exactly like an antidepressant in my brain:

[The Sir Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity @marmotihe]

Part of an arts or creative sector group? We need your voice in the conversations surrounding #healthequity

Join us! Learn more about our goals and register your interest using the form below:
https://t.co/zfZ0Uo7jKZ

#socialdeterminantsofhealth #sdoh

[Special Interest Group in Arts, Health & Wellbeing @RSPH_artshealth]

Exciting opportunity to join RSPH Arts, Health & Wellbeing Steering Group. We have 2 vacancies and encourage UK or internationally based #EarlyCareerResearchers and artists. Deadline 14th Dec 2022, see details https://t.co/ZBAssA3vsG @R_S_P_H

[The Tree Council @TheTreeCouncil]

🌳⏰ Get sketching!
Getting creative outdoors can make us observe & connect with nature in new ways. Head out with a piece of paper & a pen, find a tree or hedgerow & get sketching! Capture the canopy, the grain of the bark or the buds.
Share your pics with us using #TreeTime!

[Arts Council England @ace_national]

Did you know that we recently celebrated ten years of our Creative People and Places programme?

Our Director for Engagement and Audiences, Rebecca Blackman reflects on the programme's impact and some of her key moments!

Check it out 👉https://t.co/WtwayOwM7Z

#CreateYourPlace

[Prof Hannah Thompson @BlindSpotHannah]

I recommend a visit to this exhibition: it features 10 blind artists and there are some inventive #inclusive #access options. Plus co-curated by my @RoyalHolloway colleague @anica_zeyen

[Royal Academy @royalacademy]

Weekend plans: sit in the garden, drink tea, put on a woolly jumper, and enjoy the last days of autumn ☕️🍂

Draw us your weekend plans in the style of this engraving by artist Eric Ravilious #RAFridayDoodle #RACollection

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Meet the designers with learning disabilities https://t.co/WOO9NFmyv3

[The National Centre for Creative Health @TheNCCH]

GP SIG Co-chairs @AmalLadMusic @LouiseYounie

[The National Centre for Creative Health @TheNCCH]

#CreativeHealthReview Roundtable
Health Inequalities, 1 Dec, 10-12 noon

Exploring how creative health can be applied as part of a place-based approach to reducing health inequalities.

https://t.co/HyFGa3xhGI

[The Art Newspaper @TheArtNewspaper]

London's @wellcometrust launches a new initiative—with residencies and exhibitions from New York to Bengaluru—addressing the global mental health crisis through art and scientific research https://t.co/uJ4TCcDZ24

[Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @JoPavlopoulou]

Fantastic first meeting for MRC funded NEW project with focus on methodological innovation in order to improve the capacity of youth, science and art researchers to collaborate in mental health research.
I am a proud @UCL_IOE_PHD Co-I
PI:Prof Paul Cooke.
#coproduction

[DisabilityArtsOnline @disabilityarts]

🎧 Listen to the latest episode of the Disability And.. podcast.
@MtGstudios' Paul Wilshaw chats with @jamesbrining and @amycleach of @LeedsPlayhouse.

https://t.co/9imquunXal

[Surfers Against Sewage @sascampaigns]

Young people to be prescribed surfing to combat anxiety. Our connection with nature is vital for our wellbeing. Now more than ever, we must fight to protect it.

Thriving ocean, thriving people. 🤙🌊
https://t.co/Qe1ndVHOJU

[James Sanderson @JamesCSanderson]

Lots of chat on here today about the ‘lack of evidence’ for #SocialPrescribing, following the publication of yet another study, so I thought I would make a few, hopefully obvious, points…

[Tate @Tate]

We are deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts are with the Royal Family at this time.

[Rosie Dow @welshrosie]

Project managers in arts & health / social prescribing: we want to know how @ArtsHealthCC’s work can be useful to you. If you have ideas, apply to take part in our roundtable!

📆 31 Aug
⏰ 10-12
💻 online
💵 £75

@CHWAlliance @WahwnC @TheNCCH @NASPTweets @Katey_W @Daisy_Fancourt

[Social Prescribing Network @SocialPrescrib2]

Did you know 1.1 billions pills are prescribed unnecessarily in the NHS? How can #socialprescribing help? See what @CollegeofMed has to say with their Beyond Pills campaign https://t.co/WdnCIvWcPq

[Natural England @NaturalEngland]

With #GreenSocialPrescribing nature recovery and people’s wellbeing go hand in hand.

Dave Bell, Principal Adviser for health, wellbeing and the environment, discusses the link between nature and health on our blog: https://t.co/WGBqQf2132

#BetterWithNature