Welcome to Arts Care
Arts Care's mission is to promote and co-ordinate the development of arts provision in Health and Social Care settings throughout Northern Ireland for the well-being of patients, clients, residents, staff and visitors.
Arts Care, founded in 1991, is a unique Arts in Health Charity based in Northern Ireland. In partnership with Health Trusts throughout Northern Ireland, Arts Care engages 21 Artists-in-Residence and 7 ClownDoctors as well as many project artists, who facilitate and co-ordinate participatory workshops and performances. Believing in the benefits of creativity to well-being, Arts Care makes all forms of art accessible to patients, clients, residents and staff in healthcare settings.
In recent years,
research has shown that Art in Healthcare can
- Develop self-confidence and self-esteem
- Positively affect the culture of hospitals
- Improve staff and patient relationships and morale
- Improve social skills
- Help communication on many levels
- Strengthen hospital communities
- Decrease social isolation
- Enhance mental and physical health and well-being
- Develop creativity in the work place
- Improve sensory awareness and physical dexterity
- Transform a challenging period in hospital into an enjoyable experience
- Provide opportunities to develop new skills
- Enhance the environment of healthcare locations
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Arts Care c/o CSA 2 Franklin Strret Belfast, BT2 8DQ Tel 028 9053 5639 Fax 028 9053 5643 Email info@artscare.co.uk |
"Little as we know about the way in which we are affected
by form, by colour and light, we do know this; they have an actual physical effect." |
