Salford Creative Health Network Meeting

Shaping how culture and creativity can improve wellbeing in Salford.

The next Salford Creative Health Network meeting is on Wednesday 25 March 2026, from 11am to 1pm at Broughton Community Centre.

• This meeting is for any community groups, creatives, arts organisations, health or social care services in Salford.
• 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 exploring barriers to creativity & culture.

It is easy to say that being creative is ‘good for you’ – but most of us feel very self-conscious if we’re asked dance, sing or draw. For other people being asked to do something creative feels totally daft and a waste of time. From being scary to silly – creativity feels uncomfortable for lots of people. This meeting is a chance for us to try and figure out why this is – and what we can do to change this.

This meeting is being co-delivered with the team at Art with Heart in Salford – and it will build on their recent Include Us report.

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: Broughton Community Centre (formerly the Naz) Great Clowes St, Salford M7 1ZQ
• The venue is wheelchair accessible
• Please tell us when you register if you have any access needs
• There is an access budget for anyone who needs help to attend this meeting
• 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.