Salford Creative Health Network Meeting

Shaping how culture and creativity can improve wellbeing in Salford.

The next Salford Creative Health Network meeting is on Thursday 18 June 2026, from 11am to 1pm at Salford University’s Student Union.

• This meeting is for any health and social care services in the city – along with community groups and arts organisations.
• If you’ve had personal experience of creativity improving your wellbeing – then we’d love you to join the Network.
• Members of lived-experience forums are especially welcome, as are artists and creative practitioners.

The focus of this meeting is to workshop the Salford Creative Health Action Plan as a zine.

Zines are self-published, mini magazines that explore a subject someone feels passionately about. The word comes from fanzine. Salford has 2 zine libraries – so it seems like this publication has a special connection to the city. Staff from Salford University Library are going to bring some good examples of zines to the meeting as inspiration. Find out more about Salford Zine Library →

Over the last few months, 7 community groups in Salford have been exploring what creativity means to them and how it improves their health. They’ve told us what they think the key barriers and opportunities are in the city. Before the meeting, we’ll send attendees a short synopsis of the community feedback and our current draft Action Plan. (Not that you need to read anything before the meeting if you don’t have time – we’ll set the scene on the day.)

During the meeting we’ll ask each table to creatively re-work these ideas into their own zine. This gives everyone the chance to play with the ideas in the draft Action Plan and re-edit, re-order and/or add new things. We’ll use everyone’s zines and feedback in pulling together the final Action Plan/zine together (with a better title). In the spirit of zines, we’ll then print out loads of copies and distribute them everywhere from townhall boardrooms to libraries, GP waiting rooms, community centres and cafes.

This meeting on 18 June is a great chance to do something creative, hear more about arts and health in Salford and shape how we do things in the future.

If you have any access or sensory needs, please let us know. There is an access budget available – if you would like more information, please email caroline.alexander@scll.co.uk.

Useful info:

• Venue address: Salford Student Union, University House, University of Salford, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT UK
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• The venue is wheelchair accessible
• Please tell us when you register if you have any access needs. There is an access budget available – please email Caroline.
• There is also the option for people who cannot physically attend this meeting to join online. But we do encourage those who can attend to join us in person.

The Network is chaired by: Caroline Alexander (Salford Community Leisure), Dennis Baldwin (Start to End Suicide), Janet Charlesworth (Uncurbed Collective), Yolande Ghola (Salford Community Upskilling), Maggie Lister (Wellbeing Matters), Nicola Prescott (Salford Public Health) and Nicola Swann (Salford CVS).

If you have any questions, or to join the mailing list for the Salford Creative Health Network, please email caroline.alexander@scll.co.uk.