East of England – NHS Norfolk & Waveney ICB
London – NHS North East London ICB
Midlands – NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin ICB
North East and Yorkshire – NHS North East & North Cumbria ICB
North West – NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB
South East – NHS Sussex ICB
South West – NHS Devon ICB
This programme was designed to support the NCCH’s ambition to foster the conditions for creative health to be integral to health and care and demonstrate the power of culture and creativity to benefit the lives of individuals and communities.
The role of the Creative Health Associates was to work within Integrated Care Boards and across Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) to identify the opportunities to embed creative health in the wider health and care system.
The programme aimed to:
- Improve cross-sector understanding of creative health
- Integrate creative health into ICB and wider system priorities
- Enhance the role of creative health in social prescribing
- Increase creative health activities and approaches across ICBs and ICSs
An external evaluation report was commissioned which will be available soon, together with a report on the activities, outputs and outcomes of the programme.
Creative Health Associates Team
- Programme Manager - Jayne Howard
- East of England - Olivia Dean
- London – Constance Rosewarne
- Midlands- Jane Hearst
- North East and Yorkshire - Alice Thwaite
- North West - Elaine Ryan- McNeill
- South West - Penny Calvert
- South East - Esther Watts
The Creative Health Associates programme represents a major investment from Arts Council England and the legacy and future of the creative health field is an important dimension of the work delivered. The programme makes a significant contribution to meeting the aims of Arts Council England’s Creative Health and Wellbeing plan by promoting creative health as a fundamental part of living well and by placing creativity at the heart of people’s lives, particularly those experiencing inequalities.
