Why we are hosting this conference
61% and Smiling is a conference which aims to bring together professionals from the arts and wellbeing sectors for an informed conversation about how they can better work together to deliver complementary and effective people-based services across Norfolk.
It has long been recognised that both sectors have much to offer each other, but that there are often significant constraints to integrated working, ranging from funding levels to different working practices, attitudes to evidence base.
The conference will enable us to jointly explore evidence of areas where arts and wellbeing have worked successfully together, learn from the experiences of good practice and identify potential barriers to working together more fully.
By bringing together professionals and practitioners from health, wellbeing and arts we intend to bridge the gap between the sectors and move towards an increased understanding of how arts and culture can be integrated into the prevention, treatment and longer-term care for many medical, health and wellbeing issues.
The conference is based on findings from the Norfolk Arts and Wellbeing programme 2013-16, an initiative funded by Arts Council England, Norfolk County Council, Breckland District and NorseCare and managed by Creative Arts East on behalf of the Creative Communities Consortium. The programme supported 5 arts-led action research projects working with a range of acute service users including older people in care, young care leavers and teenagers living with learning and/or physical disabilities to assess the impact of creative and cultural participation on the wellbeing of acute service users.
Why 61%?
61% is the percentage of participants who demonstrated increased wellbeing as a result of taking part in these creative and cultural activities as part of the Norfolk Arts & Wellbeing programme. The projects utilised a range of qualitative and quantitative monitoring scales trhoughout the programme to evidence the impact of arts participation on the wellbeing of users, including the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, and the full details of these findings will be outlined at the conference.
Please see the agenda for the day here
It has long been recognised that both sectors have much to offer each other, but that there are often significant constraints to integrated working, ranging from funding levels to different working practices, attitudes to evidence base.
The conference will enable us to jointly explore evidence of areas where arts and wellbeing have worked successfully together, learn from the experiences of good practice and identify potential barriers to working together more fully.
By bringing together professionals and practitioners from health, wellbeing and arts we intend to bridge the gap between the sectors and move towards an increased understanding of how arts and culture can be integrated into the prevention, treatment and longer-term care for many medical, health and wellbeing issues.
The conference is based on findings from the Norfolk Arts and Wellbeing programme 2013-16, an initiative funded by Arts Council England, Norfolk County Council, Breckland District and NorseCare and managed by Creative Arts East on behalf of the Creative Communities Consortium. The programme supported 5 arts-led action research projects working with a range of acute service users including older people in care, young care leavers and teenagers living with learning and/or physical disabilities to assess the impact of creative and cultural participation on the wellbeing of acute service users.
Why 61%?
61% is the percentage of participants who demonstrated increased wellbeing as a result of taking part in these creative and cultural activities as part of the Norfolk Arts & Wellbeing programme. The projects utilised a range of qualitative and quantitative monitoring scales trhoughout the programme to evidence the impact of arts participation on the wellbeing of users, including the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, and the full details of these findings will be outlined at the conference.
Please see the agenda for the day here