Creative opportunities for older people
Resources
Arts and Older People
ArtWorks: Developing Practice in Participatory Settings, supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Each `pathfinder partnership' seeks to raise the standard of arts-led experiences by improving the quality and understanding of what is required from artists in participatory projects, sharing good practice and demonstrating positive outcomes. Click here to read about the North East partnership.
National Centre for Creative Ageing – Washington DC
www.creativeaging.squarespace.com
The Baring Foundation
www.baringfoundation.org.uk
Capital Age Festival, London
www.capitalagefestival.org.uk
Entelechy – participatory arts company, London
www.entelechyarts.org
Suffolk Artlink, creative activities for older people
www.suffolkartlink.org.uk/culture-club.htm
Big Telly Theatre Company - Spring Chickens workshops
www.big-telly.com/springchickens_workshop.html
Lost Chord – music for people living with dementia
www.lost-chord.org.uk
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Arts & Older People Strategy, January 2010
Creactive Care
The Bealtaine Festival, Ireland
Policy and research on Ageing
The North East Forum on Ageing (Years Ahead)
www.yearsahead.org.uk/index.html
Dignity in Care network
www.dignityincare.org.uk
Centre for Policy on Ageing
www.cpa.org.uk/index.html
Sidney de Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health
www.canterbury.ac.uk/centres/sidney-de-haan-research/
Behring Institute for Medical Research
http://www.behringinstitute.com
Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham University
http://www.dur.ac.uk/cmh
Newcastle University’s Changing Age Campaign
www.ncl.ac.uk/about/changingage/campaign
Publications
Equal Arts has a small library in its office which you are welcome to come and browse or borrow from. Please click here for a list of what's on our shelves, and give us a call on 0191 477 5775 if there's something you'd like a closer look at.
Ageing Artfully: Older People and Professional Participatory Arts in the UK, David Cutler, the Baring Foundation, 2011
http://www.baringfoundation.org.uk/AgeingArtfully.pdf
Social Prescribing within the North East:
Current programmes and challenges for the future.
Download report by Neil Johnson and Louise Ross,
North East Mental Health Development Unit 2011
Alzheimer’s Society – Publications
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/publications
Grouchy Old Men: A brief guide to help develop services that engage isolated older men and promote good mental health and wellbeing. The Mental Health Foundation, 2010
Click here to download
National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People
Case Studies
(coming soon)
Arts and Health networks
Arts and Health, Australia
Wellbeing info Directory for South of Tyne & Wear
London Arts in Health Forum
www.lahf.org.uk
North West Arts and Health Network
www.artsforhealth.org/network
Manchester Metropolitan University - Arts for Health
www.artsforhealth.org
Manchester Metropolitan University - Arts for Health blog
http://artsforhealthmmu.blogspot.com
South East Arts and Health
www.seah.org.uk
Arts and Health East
www.artsandhealtheast.org.uk
Culture and Wellbeing
National resource for wellbeing and health
www.cultureandwellbeing.org.uk
Arts for Health Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
www.artsforhealthcornwall.org.uk
Arts & Health South West
www.artsandhealthsouthwest.org.uk
Critical Connections
Arts and health development programme for Yorkshire and the Humber.
www.criticalconnections.co.uk
Older People's Charities
Campaign to end Loneliness
www.campaigntoendloneliness.org.uk
Age UK
www.ageuk.org.uk
Age Concern Gateshead
www.ageconcerngateshead.org.uk
Age Concern Newcastle
www.acnewcastle.org
Age Concern North Tyneside
www.ageuknorthtyneside.org.uk
Age Concern County Durham
www.ageconcern-durham.org.uk/portal/
Age Concern Northumberland
www.ageconcernnorthumberland.org.uk
Resources for carers
NHS Carers Direct – Information, advice and support for carers
www.nhs.uk/carersdirect/Pages/CarersDirectHome.aspx
Carers' Associations
Princess Royal Trust for Carers
www.carers.org
Gateshead Carers Association
http://www.gatesheadcarers.com/
Carers Centre Newcastle
http://www.newcastlecarers.org.uk
North Tyneside Carers Centre
http://www.northtynesidecarers.org.uk/
South Tyneside - Support and advice for carers
http://www.southtyneside.info/article/8434/Support-and-advice-for-carers
Sunderland Carers Centre
http://www.sunderland.nhs.uk/carers
Easington District Carers Support
http://www.carers.org/local-centre/easington
Durham and Chester-le-Street Carers Support
http://www.dccarers.org/
Durham Dales Action for Carers (Wear Valley)
http://www.carers.org/local-centre/wear-valley
Durham Dales Action for Carers (Teesdale)
http://www.carers.org/local-centre/teesdale
Hartlepool Carers
http://www.hartlepoolcarers.org.uk
Carers Northumberland
http://www.carersnorthumberland.org.uk/index.html
