Working with the Culture Team and the Wellbeing & Public Health Team at Essex County Council, plus a range of culture and health strategic partners, Creative Lives is conducting focus groups, interviews, and an online survey. This work will help us to map current activity, and learn about barriers and solutions to delivering creative interventions to support health outcomes in Essex.
Throughout the project, we will be working to:
We are using the National Centre for Creative Health definition of 'creative health': creative approaches and activities which have benefits for our health and wellbeing. Activities can include visual and performing arts, crafts, film, literature, cooking, and creative activities in nature (such as gardening). Approaches may involve creative and innovative ways to deliver health and care services, co-production, education, and workforce development. Creative health can be applied in homes, communities, cultural institutions and heritage sites, and healthcare settings; and can contribute to the prevention of ill health, promotion of healthy behaviours, management of long term conditions, and treatment and recovery.
We would love to hear your thoughts on creative health in Essex. The survey will take up to 25 minutes and by completing you will have the chance to win a £100 gift voucher. We appreciate you taking the time to contribute towards understanding the current needs and priorities across the county with the view to increasing knowledge and raising the profile of creative health activity in Essex.
Complete the survey here
For more information, please contact [email protected].