Partners, Health Trusts and the N.I. Hospice

There are Arts Care Committees attached to Health Trusts all over Northern Ireland. Each committee works in close partnership with the Belfast office and comprises members of the clinical, managerial, administrative and Estates Services, Health Trust staff as well as local arts enthusiasts.

There is also patient representation on some of the committees and all members sit voluntarily. Artists-in-Residence are attached to the 5 Health & Social Care Trusts and work in various settings in these Trust areas so that the people who make decisions about the art provision are the people who will 'live' with the art.

Arts Care also engages project artists who work on a project to project basis and these artists also work to the local Arts Care Committee. The Artists-in-Residence work very closely with these committees in deciding what projects to undertake and consult with staff and patients to finalise concepts and themes.

BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

Arts Care Committee - Knockbracken Healthcare Park Arts Care Group
Chairperson - Sandra McCarry
Artists-in-Residence - Dr Jenny Elliott; Brendan Popplestone; Helen Shields

Arts Care Committee - Musgrave Park Hospital
Chairperson - Dr Pamela Bell
Artist-in-Residence - Cheryl Bleakley

Arts Care Committee - Muckamore Abbey and North & West Belfast area
Chairperson - Margaret Dunlop
Artist-in-Residence - Frank Holmes

Arts Care Committee - Belfast City Hospital
Chairperson - Dr Robert Cuthbert
Artist-in-Residence - Andrea Spencer

Arts Care Committee - Mater Hospital
Chairperson - TBA
Artist-in-Residence - Patricia Lavery

Royal Group of Hospitals
No Arts Care Committee
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NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

Arts Care Committee - Causeway Hospital
Chairperson - Pauline Smylie
Artist-in-Residence - Kathryn Nelson

Arts Care Committee - Antrim Hospital
Chairperson - Jonathan Lyttle
Artist-in-Residence - Helen Bradbury

Arts Care Committee - Holywell Hospital
Chairperson - Joy Hammond
Artist-in-Residence - Ciara O'Malley

SOUTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

Arts Care Committee - Newry & Mourne area
Chairperson - Angela Corr
Artist-in-Residence - David Cunningham

Arts Care Committee - Armagh & Dungannon area
Chairperson - Kate Courtenay
Artist-in-Residence - Eddie Rafferty

Arts Care Committee - Banbridge & Craigavon area
Chairperson - Edel Bennett
Artist-in-Residence - Jill McKeown

SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

Arts Care Committee - Down Lisburn area
Chairperson - TBA
Artist-in-Residence - Colin McGookin

Arts Care Committee - Ulster Hospital
Chairperson - Darren Bradshaw
Artist-in-Residence - Ned J Smyth

WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

Arts Care Committee - Foyle / Altnagelvin area
Chairperson - Judy Houlahan
Artist-in-Residence - Hilary Doherty

NORTHERN IRELAND HOSPICE
NORTHERN IRELAND CHILDRENS HOSPICE

Chairperson - Helen Chambers
Artist-in-Residence - Clare McComish