Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock speaks on the benefits of arts on wellbeing

Editor November 16, 2018 News

But what the arts and social activities do is life-enhancing.” Recalling the 2017 Creative Health report produced by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing, the HSC Secretary Matt Hancock spoke on 6 November 2018 to the King’s Fund about the multiple health benefits of arts and culture.

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National Trust and HLF launch a new £10 million ‘Future Parks Accelerator’ fund for public parks and green spaces

Editor November 2, 2018 News

…initiative will help everyone invested in parks to take action and find new ways to ensure they are safeguarded so they are able to fulfil their potential to deliver health and wellbeing.” Hilary McGrady, Director-General of National Trust, said: “The National Trust was founded in the late 19th century to protect urban green space from development…

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Nominations now open for the 2018 Marsh Archaeology Awards

Editor September 10, 2018 News

Three categories are awarded each year: The Marsh Award for Community Archaeology recognises and promotes the results of research and/or fieldwork led by community groups which have made a substantial contribution to knowledge and wellbeing.

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Heritage Counts – Heritage and Society 2018

Editor August 23, 2018 News

…the statement ‘it is important to me that heritage buildings or places are well looked after’ The historic environment is important for our health and wellbeing: the wellbeing benefits of participating in and engaging with heritage are increasingly being recognised in the public health sector, with the concept of ‘social prescribing…

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Funding announced for new collaborative Centre for Cultural Value

Editor August 13, 2018 News

The term ‘cultural value’ includes all the societal benefits that arts and culture can bring including impact on the economy, on communities and cities, and impact on health and wellbeing.

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Health Secretary indicates support for Social Prescribing

Editor July 27, 2018 News

This approach was welcomed by Ed Vaizey, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing.

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RSPH Award: Museums on Prescription

Editor July 10, 2018 News

University College London and Canterbury Christ Church University have won two prestigious Royal Society of Public Health Awards, one for ‘Health & Wellbeing’ in the category ‘Arts and Health’ and the other, a special commendation for ‘Sustainable Development’ awarded by the RSPH panel of judges.

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25-year environment plan published

Editor July 10, 2018 News

· Making sure that there are high quality, accessible, natural spaces close to where people live and work, particularly in urban areas, and encouraging more people to spend time in them to benefit their health and wellbeing.

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Revised Green Book Guidance published

Editor July 9, 2018 News

There is a significant shift in the language and emphasis of the Green Book – guidance: economic appraisal is about “how government can improve social welfare or wellbeing, referred to in the Green Book as social value”. … In the previous Green Book, the word wellbeing did not occur even once.

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First meeting of the Heritage Council – Michael Ellis statement

Editor July 9, 2018 News

The Council will support government in the implementation of heritage policy in England and bring the sector’s issues, challenges and opportunities to the attention of government such as planning, environmental protection, social and economic development, education, health and wellbeing.

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Government areas of research interest

Editor June 1, 2018 News

on physical and mental wellbeing, house prices, community cohesion).

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Museums as Spaces for Wellbeing

Editor May 17, 2018 News

A Second Report from the National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing has been published prior to the Alliance’s merger with the National Alliance for Arts, Health and Wellbeing to form the new Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance.

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