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Who

The National Centre for Creative Health is a registered Charity with a board of trustees and a small staff team. We are supported by an Advisory Group, and support a network of Creative Health Champions, a GP Special Interest Group, and an International Arts in Pharmacy Special Interest Group. We work with a wide range of partners and stakeholders.

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What

Research shows that active engagement with the arts, culture and creativity is beneficial for the health and wellbeing of us all. The National Centre for Creative Health plays a pivotal role in promoting collaboration to enable creative health to become integral to health and social care and wider systems.

Why

Policy

The National Centre for Creative Health was formed in response to the Creative Health report, the result of a two-year inquiry led by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing.

Research

We support the development of research via our partnerships with University College London, the Royal Society for Public Health Special Interest Group in Arts, Health and Wellbeing and a number of research centres working in relevant fields.

NEWS - the Creative Health Review

NCCH and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (APPG AHW) Creative Health Review highlights the potential for creative health to help tackle pressing issues in health and social care and more widely, including health inequalities and the additional challenges we face as we recover from Covid-19.

Find out more about the Creative Health Review >>