A poster promoting an upcoming event at Edge Hill University titled “Arts4Us Event.” The poster features a purple, green, yellow and blue colour splash with images of keynote speakers. At the top, the event title is displayed, followed by the event location “Arts Centre, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK” followed by the event date and time “28th June 2025, 10:00 to 17:00”. Below the title, there is a faded square containing the following text “You're invited to an inspiring day of ideas, creativity, and collaboration as we share key findings and reflections from the first year of our research into a new digital platform supporting children’s mental health through the arts. Featuring keynotes from leading voices in the field, including; Christopher Bailey – Arts and Health Lead at the World Health Organisation, Siân Brand – Chair of the Social Prescribing Network, Kevin Edward Turner – Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Company Chameleon”

Our Arts4Us Event is coming up soon, and we're excited to see you there!

Join us for thought-provoking panels, discussions, workshops, performances, and more.

🗓️ 28th June
🕐10:00 - 17:00
📍Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
🎟️Register for FREE: www.edgehill.ac.uk/event/arts4u...

Looking back: Creative Health Research at The University of Manchester Creativity, health and wellbeing is a key theme of the Creative Manchester research platform. In an important strand of work within this theme, we have worked closely with partners across the city reg...

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/l...

Join our Community Insights Panel! We’re looking for 8 individuals with lived or indirect experiences of inequalities, mental health challenges & marginalisation to play a pivotal role in the Consortium. For more info please email sumaty.hernandez@nhs.net #populationmentalhealth @phiuk.bsky.social

📢OPPORTUNITY: Research Associate

📅Deadline: 17 Feb
📍Manchester

Work with the English National Opera & @official-uom.bsky.social as part of ‘Tuning into Opera’ to carry out research and consultation into ENO’s move to Manchester and its engagement with local communities.

🔗 ow.ly/FeeG50UK1FU

Yours, Mine and Ours: capturing the voices of migrant communities - Centre for Cultural Value In this research project, supported by the Centre’s Collaborate fund, the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum partnered with Dr Aisling O’Boyle to explore the social role of local museums in fosteri...

How can museums work with migrant communities to develop a deeper sense of cultural inclusion?

Supported by the Centre’s Collaborate fund, the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum & Dr Aisling O’Boyle (Queen's University Belfast) explore the role of local museums in fostering cultural inclusion.

Posting about all things Care Lab Manchester & Care Aesthetics - www.thecarelab.org.uk

Today I have the pleasure of being in the room at #GMCreativeHealth conference. Looking forward to hearing from some brilliant speakers ✨

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📢 Call for proposals for our annual #CreativeAgeing symposium ✨️ at the British Society of #Gerontology Conference, 25–27 June 2025

Care, Creativity, Connection & Change

Submit Expression of Interest by 20 Dec docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Gerontology #Ageing #Creativity #CommunityOfPractice

Reporting guidelines for qualitative research: a values-based approach Evaluative tools for qualitative research need to be developed and designed in a way that allows them to be used by the research community to assess qualitative research on its own terms, and thus ...

Reporting guidelines for qualitative research (these seem quite good):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks to @researchandv.bsky.social for the spot!

How can we best capture the impact of cultural activities?

These essential reads explore what the Evaluation Principles can look like in practice.

Recommended reading for anyone wanting to carry out robust, people-centred evaluation.

www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...

Great to pop along to see the AudioVirtualizer and VRoar exhibition yesterday. Really looking forward to being involved with this project ✨

Such a treat to watch the Like Yesterday film today. Such a great example of co-created research ✨

www.edgehill.ac.uk/event/like-y...

#CreativeAgeing

Hello #CreativeAgeing folk! Sorry it took me so long to make an appearance. Thanks for the welcome @kcrgray.bsky.social 🥰