Whether you are an artist looking to apply your practice within the field of creative health, an organisation thinking about broadening your offer to include people marginalised through ill-health or disability, or a health professional interested in how arts engagement might help the people you are working with, we are passionate about sharing our experience and learning from working in this field.
“Fascinating and engaging. So much quality and lived experience knowledge sharing.”
Workshop attendee, Working with Visually Impaired Communities
Artist Training – Working with Visually Impaired Communities
For artists, creatives and producers interested in working in participatory settings with visually impaired communities, and led by Cohere Arts’ visually impaired board members Carolyn Allum and Clare Burman with Artistic/Executive Director Dr Amy Mallett, this interactive 3 hour workshop includes practical advice and guidance around adapting arts-based delivery for blind and partially sighted community participants.
Tailored to the needs of individual attendees, the session also includes an open and honest Q & A discussion, and basic guiding training by Suffolk Sight.
“This session has given me the confidence to deliver art-led sessions with VI communities.”
“Very empowering to attend.”
“The session has really helped me feel capable in supporting VI & blind people.”
Attendees, Working with Visually Impaired Communities
Creative Health Practice: Artist Training
We offer a variety of training modules designed to give artists the tools needed to adapt and thrive in this growing space. Be guided in how to design a safe and effective creative health offer, find and apply for funding, and collect meaningful evidence of the impact of your work. Our interactive courses also offer a chance to connect with other artists developing their practice in this area.
Module 1: Adapting your practice
- Why apply your creative practice for health & wellbeing? What’s in it for participants and artists
- Background to the creative health movement & round up of current policy/strategy (including social prescribing)
- Practical considerations – What might your offer look like? How to establish & maintain a safe/accessible/inclusive environment – top tips for facilitators
Module 2: Fundraising knowhow
- Where to find funding for creative health projects/practice – local/national/grants/commissions/partnerships & collaborations
- Tips on building realistic budgets and writing effective applications – getting to grips with health language & terminology
- How to collect and use evaluation data to support funding applications/proposals
Module 3: Promoting your work
- Strategies for recruiting potential participants – understanding & addressing barriers to engagement
- How to frame & communicate your offer effectively to a range of audiences & stakeholders
- DIY multimedia marketing approaches that don’t cost the earth
“A really good informative session with a useful balance of info, sharing of knowledge and experience and breakout discussion.”
“Brilliant session with lots of key information. I found it useful as a practitioner / facilitator and creative, as well as being a patient of the healthcare system myself.“
Attendees, Finding Funding for Creative Health Practice online workshop Sept 2024
Training for healthcare practitioners
Are you working in a health, social care or clinical setting? Do you want to find out more about how engaging with arts and cultural activities might help the people you are working with?
Our interactive half-day course will:
- Provide a background to ‘creative health’ and improve understanding of how regular engagement with arts & culture can have positive impacts on health & wellbeing
- Offer the opportunity to learn about (and try out) activities on offer as part of our Creative Health programme
- Explore how engaging with such activities benefit people living with specific health challenges (e.g. Parkinson’s, Long Covid, brain fog, anxiety)
- Build confidence around starting conversations with patients about the potential of arts and culture
In our most recent course, 100% of delegates said they found the session ‘very useful’
“It was just the right balance of theory and practice. I loved it myself and it gave me increased confidence to refer clients.”
Clinical care coordinator
To chat about tailoring a bespoke training session for your setting, team or workplace, email us at coherearts@gmail.com