The Arts for Health and Wellbeing Team are part of the pan-Wales Arts and Minds Initiative funded by Baring Foundation and the Arts Council of Wales.
Our Year 1 Arts and Minds Projects, 2021-2022 were delivered within the clinical environment at the Neuropsychiatry Department, Hafan y Coed Adult Mental Health Unit, University Hospital Llandough, within the community at the 4 Winds Mental Health Resource Centre and the Grange Bowls Pavilion, Cardiff, and through the Recovery and Wellbeing College, CAVUHB.
We collaborated with arts organisations Four in Four, Rubicon Dance and with artist Louise Jensen to deliver a programme of innovative arts interventions supporting mental health, and are delighted to see continuing initiatives generated by this funding opportunity. Alongside our healthcare professionals, organisations and artists we created a strong foundation for our Year 2 Arts and Minds projects which are now running.