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Launch of first WHO report on the evidence-base for arts and health interventions Helsinki Music Centre Terrace Foyer Monday, 11 November 2019 The role of the arts in improving health and well-being in the WHO European Region Introduction: Nils Fietje, Research Officer, WHO Regional Office for Europe Presentation: Daisy Fancourt, author of the report and Associate Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology, Department of Behavioural Science & Health, University College London, United Kingdom

What are the components of arts activities that benefit our health and well-being? This video from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arts & Health at UCL talks about the new INgredients iN ArTs in hEalth (INNATE) Framework, mapping out and categorising 139 ingredients that may be linked in with improved health and wellbeing. The framework can support with designing, implementing, optimising, and evaluating arts in health activities. To find out more, read the full academic paper here: https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/7-10/v2

Research, arts and mental wellbeing with Daisy Fancourt and Sunil Iyengar. Chaired by Magdalena Moreno. Learn more about the Arts, Creativity and Mental Wellbeing Policy Development Program: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/arts-creativity-and-mental-wellbeing-policy-development-program/

Sing with Us is a project examining whether singing affects mental health, wellbeing, quality of life, and social support for people affected by cancer, supported by Tenovus Cancer Care. This interview with author Daisy Fancourt is linked to the following publication: Fancourt D, Williamon A, Carvalho LA, Steptoe A, Dow R, & Lewis I (2016), Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients and carers, e-Cancer Medical Science, 10 (631), 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2016.631 The Centre for Performance Science is a partnership of the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London. http://www.PerformanceScience.ac.uk

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing presents a webinar on young people, co-production, creativity and mental health services. Chaired by Rachel Hopkins MP, Vice-Chair of the APPG and Shadow Cabinet Office Minister. Hosted during Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2022, this online event discussed how co-production and creativity with young people can influence mental health service design and delivery. Projects represented included Branching Out with Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination; how social prescribing is supporting children & young people's mental health across Greater Manchester and the work with BeeWell, plans for the GM Creative Health City Region and the i-Thrive Arts, Culture and Mental Health Programme; and Greater London’s Thriving Through Culture programme. We heard from young people involved in co-production as part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Eating Disorder Service and about current research from Dr Daisy Fancourt, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Arts & Health at UCL. About the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (APPG AHW) The APPG AHW was formed in 2014 and is a cross party group of parliamentarians with a shared interest in the field of arts, he