Be Creative Be Well: Arts wellbeing and local communities
Marsaili Cameron, Nikki Crane and Richard Ings, Be Creative Be Well: Arts wellbeing and local communities (February 2012)
This report is an independent evaluation of the 'Be Creative Be Well' programme, looking at the impact that the quality of the arts and cultural activity can have in community engagement and in improving health and wellbeing. It tells the story of Be Creative Be Well, one of the most
ambitious grassroots arts and health programmes ever delivered in the UK and aims to:
• explore the range and depth of benefits potentially associated with artists working in close collaboration with local communities
• share new learning about factors that help – and hinder – successful collaboration of this kind
• contribute to the growing dialogue between arts and health professionals
• offer recommendations on how to ensure that the commissioning process is most likely to give rise to work that will result in a sustainable legacy
