Creative health is a hot topic right now, as the NHS 10-year plan shifts to focus on preventative and community care, and arts funders explicitly support art activity that seeks to improve people’s health. Bethlem Gallery is a grassroots arts organisation based at Bethlem Royal Hospital with nearly 30 years of experience working in a mental health context. As a creative health organisation we often get asked – and reflect internally – about how we work, how we support artists and ourselves.

In this symposium we aim to share practice from across the sector with a view to potentially developing a network focusing specifically on art and mental health from organisational perspectives.

Join us for this day of insights, case studies, learning and support.

Topics covered could include:

· How best to support ourselves and the people we work with

· The ethics of agency – how to frame and interpret art and art activity in a health context

· How to make the invisible (care!) visible and well resourced

· Therapy or therapeutic? How to work well in non clinical spaces

· Equity – how is this embedded across work and partnerships?

· Evaluation of impact and how to fund this work

Tell us what you think the day should be about here.

Please sign up for the day here or at Eventbrite – the schedule will be updated on 7 April once sessions are confirmed.