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Aliss
[a.n] The Artists Information Company [a.n] provides information, advice and debate for visual and applied artists. Subscription scheme applies.
Arts Hub
Artsnet! A central resource for artists and arts professionals in the West Midlands.
Arts Council England The Arts Council of England is the national development agency for the arts and as such is responsible for developing, sustaining and promoting the arts in England
Arts Council England, West Midlands West Midlands is one of nine regional offices of Arts Council England, covering Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Stoke-on-Trent and the West Midlands Metropolitan Districts.
Arts Professional Arts Professional is a leading journal for the arts and cultural industries. As well as articles about arts management, it is a key source of job opportunities for the industry. There is an online version of the magazine.
Axis An online resource for contemporary art
British Arts Gateway to a broad range of information on the visual, performing and literary arts, includes access to online arts magazines, information on funding and links to online galleries.
British Arts Festival Association This site includes a calendar and directory with contact details and dates of over 100 member festivals.
Craftspace Developing people, ideas and opportunities through contemporary craft.
Creative Stoke A directory of 800+ creatives who work in & around the city of Stoke-on-Trent
Foundation for Community Dance The national development agency for community dance. This agency has strong ties with the West Midlands and has undertaken national research into dance and health. The Foundation has contributed to national and regional initiatives in support of professional development for artists working within a health setting
Education Arts Service West Midlands Education Arts Service West Midlands is the new, free, regional resource supporting arts and cultural learning for children and young people, both in and out of school. As well as information, guidance and news, EAS West Midlands offers teachers, educators, youth workers, arts practitioners and creative industry professionals the practical tools you need to develop projects and collaborate!
Government Art Collection The Government Art Collection is a unique British cultural resource. Works of art from the Collection are displayed in British Government buildings both in the United Kingdom and around the world, playing a significant role in promoting British art and culture across diverse and international environments.
Lit Net A virtual literature centre for the West Midlands and beyond. The site includes news of festivals, events and competitions as well as a section dedicated to writing and health.
Multistory Multistory’s work is focused on the development of participatory arts projects of the highest creative standard in the fields of learning, health and regeneration to bring benefits to communities, organisations and artists in Sandwell and the West Midlands.
The Poetry Society Includes an excellent links section and information on writing resources worldwide.
The Crafts Council The Crafts Council is the UK’s national organisation for the promotion of contemporary crafts. It is an independent body funded by the Arts Council of England, responsible for promoting fine craftsmanship, encouraging high standards and increasing public awareness of contemporary crafts and applied arts.
The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) The Department for Culture Media and Sport web site includes a host of information on Government policy on the arts, and includes links to other related web sites.
The Royal Society for the Arts The RSA has a unique, wide-ranging and multidisciplinary programme that takes in the full sweep of expertise and innovation in a host of fields - from art to industry, from education to entrepreneurship, from environment to design
The Rural Media Company
The Voluntary Arts Network
British Medical Association The BMA represents all doctors from all branches of medicine all over the UK. About 80% of practising doctors are members, as are 12,000 medical students and nearly 4,000 members overseas.
Care Trusts Care Trusts work in both health and social care.
Department of Health (DoH) This site provides links to other health related sites and materials produced by and for the DOH.
The National Health Service NHS
NHS Direct 24hr phone line staffed by nurses.
RNIB Royal National Institute for the Blind
RNID Royal National Institute for the Deaf
The Nuffield Trust Grants funds for research and policy studies in the health services. Details research grants, seminars, and current and future publications.
Wellcome Trust An independent research funding charity that aims to improve human and animal health
Architects for Health Aims to achieve excellence and appropriateness in the provision of healthcare facilities. Features discussion forum, news and regular updates.
Arts and Humanities Research Board The Arts and Humanities Research Board provides funding and support in three programmes: advanced research; postgraduate research and training; and special funding for museums, galleries and collections.
Arts into Health Walsall An innovative partnership between Walsall Community Arts Team, Walsall PCT and Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council.
Borderland Voices Borderland Voices is an arts and mental health group based in the Staffordshire Moorlands which works with any interested adults.
British Association of Art Therapists The British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) provides details of news and events, careers and training, and useful courses.
CAHHM : Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine The Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine is an independent research and evaluation resource based in the University of Durham. CAHHM investigates and promotes the practical applications and benefits of arts and humanities in healthcare. CAHHM's ultimate aims are to encourage change in the way we learn, work and communicate in healthcare, and to build trusting creative partnerships between professionals and public.
Disabled Artists Advisors Network
Exeter Healthcare Arts The EHCA has three main strands: Exhibiting artists’ work in public and clinical areas within hospitals, Environmental schemes in public and clinical areas within hospitals and Live arts events for the public at large and within the wards of hospitals
Foundation for Community Dance The Foundation for Community Dance is the national development agency and industry lead body for community dance.
Full Circle Arts Full Circle Arts are a disability arts development agency. The website includes news items, advice on funding and disability equality and links to other sites.
LIME (formerly Hospital Arts) Lime’s mission is to initiate and deliver quality arts in health projects
Live Music Now Live Music Now aims to promote the enjoyment and experience of live music amongst people who would not normally have access to it and to assist gifted young professional musicians at the outset of their careers.
London Arts in Health Forum (LAHF) London Arts in Health Forum is a membership based networking organisation for health and arts professionals and health-related organisations. The Forum’s primary activity is the sharing of expertise, experience, information and ideas - face to face, on paper and online.
Mental Health Foundation The site is run by the Mental Health Foundation the leading UK charity working in mental health and learning disabilities.
Mind the Gap Formed in 1988, Mind the Gap has become the largest disability related theatre company outside of London.
Music In Hospitals Music in Hospitals is a registered charity, established in 1948, which presents live concerts throughout the UK for people of all ages in hospitals, hospices, care homes, day care centres and special needs schools.
National Disability Arts Forum NDAF aims to make the arts more accessible for disabled people and to create equality of opportunity for disabled people in all aspects of the arts
Paintings in Hospitals PIH is a registered charity providing works of art on loan to hospitals, hospices and other healthcare facilities to enhance the healing environment for the benefit of patients, staff and visitors.
PraXis Creative dialogue for participatory arts across the West Midlands.
Qube Qube is a rural arts and health focused centre located in Shropshire. It is a fully accessible creative centre which acts as a forum for ideas, an exhibition space for new work, a gallery for emerging and established artists and a link to other centres of arts learning and practice.
Sanity Fair Promotes and explores the positive aspects of mental health. Sanity Fair is an annual celebratory arts event taking place in Hanley, Stoke on Trent.
SciArt Encourages collaboration between the arts and sciences.
Shape Shape a national charity which opens up access to the arts, enabling greater participation by disabled and older people.
Sound Sense Sound Sense is the national development agency for community music.
Start Start in Manchester is an Arts and Mental Health Project for Adults
West Midlands Disability Arts Forum
The Bromley by Bow Centre The country’s first Healthy Living Centre, where artists and GPs work side by side to improve the health of the local community.
Tonic Tonic is an arts in health programme which uses the arts for the benefit of patients and staff in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Vital Arts Vital Arts delivers a programme of integrated arts projects for the comfort, healing and wellbeing of patients, staff and the wider hospital community of arts and The London NHS Trust.
Voluntary Arts Network (VAN) VAN aims to promote participation in the arts and crafts, recognising that they are a key part of our culture and that they are vital to our health, social and economic development.