All-Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Health
The new All-Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Health launched on November 26th 2024.
Officers:
- Chair and Registered Contact: Dr Simon Opher MP
- Co-Chair: Dame Caroline Dinenage MP
- Vice-Chair: Rt Hon Lord Howarth of Newport
- Vice-Chair: Lord Kamall of Edmonton
Full List of Members:
House of Lords
- Baroness Kay Andrews OBE: Labour
- Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff: Crossbench
- Baroness Sheila Hollins: Crossbench
- Rt Hon. Lord Alan Howarth of Newport CBE, Vice-Chair of APPG: Labour
- Lord Syed Kamall of Edmonton, Vice-Chair of APPG: Conservative
- Baroness Ruth Lister of Burtesset CBE: Labour
- Rt Hon. Baroness Nicky Morgan of Cotes: Non-Affiliated
- Rt Hon. Baroness Estelle Morris of Yardley: Labour
- Rt Hon. Baroness Jan Royall of Blaisdon: Labour
- Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey OBE: Crossbench
House of Commons
- Sadik Al-Hassan MP North Somerset: Labour
- Catherine Atkinson MP Derby North: Labour
- Lewis Atkinson MP Sunderland Central: Labour
- Polly Billington MP East Thanet: Labour
- Aphra Brandreth MP Chester South and Eddisbury: Conservative
- Victoria Collins MP Harpenden and Berkhamsted: Lib Dem
- Dr Beccy Cooper MP Worthing West: Labour
- Dame Caroline Dinenage MP Gosport, Co-Chair of APPG: Conservative
- Cat Eccles MP Stourbridge: Labour
- Josh Fenton – Glynn MP Calder Valley: Labour
- Wera Hobhouse MP Bath: Lib Dem
- Rachel Hopkins MP Luton South and South Bedfordshire: Labour
- Dr Simon Opher MP Stroud, Chair of APPG and Registered Contact: Labour
- Peter Prinsley MP Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket: Labour
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP Clapham and Brixton-Hill: Labour
- John Slinger MP Rugby: Labour
We would like to make sure MPs are aware of Creative Health and the benefits it can bring across a range of policy areas and encourage them to join the All-Party Group. NCCH and the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA) have jointly produced a brief containing some key information and a template letter for anyone wishing to discuss Creative Health with MPs in their own constituencies. Find out more here >>
If you know that your constituency MP is interested in this area of work, please let us know at info@ncch.org.uk.
Terms of Reference can be downloaded here
The National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) acts as the Secretariat and Data Processor for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Health.
APPG on Creative Health Privacy Notice can be downloaded here
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Previous APPG Events
APPG on Creative Health Inaugural Meeting, Tuesday 26th November 2024, 11am -12.30pm
Minutes of the Inaugural General Meeting (November 26th 2024) can be downloaded here
Minutes of meeting to discuss purpose of the APPG can be downloaded here
Blog Summary: https://ncch.org.uk/blog/all-party-parliamentary-group-on-creative-health-launches
Creative Health Roundtable on Prevention and Creative Health, Tuesday 25th March 2025 2-4pm
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JT8jsiFgoM
Blog Summary: https://ncch.org.uk/blog/how-can-creative-health-support-a-prevention-agenda
Summary briefing ‘Creative Health and Prevention’: https://ncch.org.uk/uploads/APPG-Prevention-Summary-Briefing.pdf
Background to the APPG
Prior to the 2024 General Election, there was an All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing which was formed in 2014 as a cross party group of parliamentarians with a shared interest in the field of arts, health and wellbeing.
Key milestones of the APPG for Arts, Health and Wellbeing:
- The APPG led a two-year inquiry 2015-17, which resulted in a report, Creative Health: The arts for health and wellbeing.
- In Response to Recommendation 1 of the Creative Health Report, the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) was established as a CIO in July 2000 and was officially launched on 9th March 2021.
- In 2022-2023, the APPG and the NCCH conducted a year-long review, chaired by Lord Howarth of Newport and informed by a panel of esteemed commissioners, including parliamentarians and leaders in public life, healthcare and culture. In December 2023, the Creative Health Review: How Policy Can Embrace Creative Health was published.
- In 2024 when the General Election was called all APPGs were dissolved.
For more information (minutes & statements) about the previous APPG for Arts, Health and Wellbeing visit https://www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/what-appg
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