The fund is open to partnership bids from across the arts, health, social care and third sectors. They’re particularly interested in supporting creative projects that address the following health challenges and priorities:
- Mental health (including tackling loneliness/social isolation and social prescribing schemes that aim to build resilience and address mental ill-health)
- Health inequalities: Projects that are designed to bring health and wellbeing benefits through the arts to people from more diverse backgrounds
- Physical health and wellbeing: Arts projects that support improved physical health or keep people physically active through the arts during/following the pandemic
- Staff wellbeing: Within the healthcare and/or arts workforce
Please see the full funding guidelines for more information.
The next deadline is 17:00 on 21 April 2022. The closing dates for further funding rounds are the 5th of October 2022, and the 18th of January 2023.
