3) Funding a creative health programme
A grant-funded creative health programme is likely to be easier to get off the ground. However, it may not provide long-term sustainability of provision. A commissioned service is likely to be harder to establish but typically offers better long-term sustainability.
The costs of running a creative health programme go beyond facilitator fees. Suppliers will need to cover costs including volunteer expenses, materials, venue hire, refreshments, travel, marketing, production, evaluation, contingency, administration activities and VAT.
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4) Setting outcomes and measures of success
It is vital to discuss and agree outcomes with all stakeholders during the co-design process to ensure realistic markers can be agreed.
Creative health is a complex intervention, which means it can be harder to measure effectiveness using traditional quantitative approaches. Qualitative outcomes, such as project outcome evaluations or project process evaluations, can provide a robust source of evidence. People’s lived experiences of the intervention, when the data is triangulated, are also an important indicator of effectiveness.
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