Salford Creative Health Network
The Salford Creative Health Network brings together local arts organisations with health and social care services, creative practitioners, and community groups. In Salford we believe that our health and wellbeing is improved by connecting with culture, creativity and heritage.
What is the Salford Creative Health Network?
The Salford Creative Health Network brings together local arts organisations with health and social care services, creative practitioners, and community groups. Our aims are:
- To encourage arts and health to work in closer connection as a system in Salford
- To increase creative opportunities for all ages – especially those with the greatest health needs
- To share more evidence and stories to show how creativity improves wellbeing in Salford
- To bring more funding into the city to support this work and those who deliver these opportunities.
The Network has around 300 members – everyone is welcome to join our mailing list. We meet quarterly – always in a different area of the city. And we share regular news and information via email and social media. We report to the Salford Culture Place Partnership and the Salford City Council’s Health and Wellbeing Board. Our Steering Group helps lead the work of the Network. This includes representation from Salford Public Health, Salford CVS, Salford Community Leisure, Arts for the Blues (from the University of Salford) and START Inspiring Minds (a local arts and mental health charity) – along with 4 Community Representatives.
To find out more about work, follow us on Instagram @salfordcreativehealth
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Finding your Creative Health in Salford – Salford has an amazing range of creative and cultural venues:
And there are loads of creative groups and activities to join…
- What’s On | mycity Directory
- What’s on in Salford | Salford CVS
- What’s On – Salford Community Leisure (SCL)
- Local Offer | mycity Directory
Find out more
- Creative Health takes its name from a parliamentary report exploring how engagement with creativity, culture and heritage improves health and wellbeing, read more →
- Greater Manchester’s goal is to be a creative health city. This means that Greater Manchester will be the first city region in the world to realise the power of creativity, culture and heritage in improving the health and wellbeing of its residents, read more →
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