We are Scotland’s creative ageing organisation. We work to ensure all older people in Scotland can enjoy high quality arts and creative activities, whatever their background and circumstances and wherever they live.
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We present a programme of live performances from touring companies and visual arts – from Scotland, the UK and the world.
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Find out about Live Life Aberdeeshire’s Arts Service.
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Ignite Theatre works with children and young people aged 6-24 from diverse backgrounds who live primarily in the North and West of Glasgow. Our members come from across the globe: Scotland, Somalia and Syria. Many of our members face multiple challenges, whether that is poverty, discrimination, being a young carer, or having additional needs.
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From grass-roots youth work to award-winning music productions, Tinderbox is building a vibrant and eclectic community of young musicians and artists in Scotland. We have a number of programmes that are open to children and young people aged 10 – 25, from complete beginners to young professionals and all levels in between.
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Youth Theatre Arts Scotland transform lives through youth theatre. We support inspiring experiences for young people by connecting and training the people who work with them.
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The Art at the Start project is a collaboration between art psychotherapist Vicky Armstrong and experimental psychologist Dr Josephine Ross. We are interested in the impact participation in art can have upon the social well-being of young children and how shared art experiences may help to build strong attachment relationships.
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Art in Hospital, based in Glasgow, is a centre for best practice in visual art and medicine, placing the artist and their practice alongside the patient and their context at the core of our contemporary visual art programme.
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The national intermediary and network for voluntary health organisations in Scotland.
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Tayside Healthcare Arts Trust was established in 2002 to develop the role of the arts in healthcare across Tayside, working to improve the health and wellbeing of people with a variety of Long Term Conditions and enhance the quality of healthcare environments.
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Artlink places artists and performers within wards and departments of 4 hospitals across Edinburgh and the Lothians, collaborating with the artists, patients, relatives, hospital staff and the local community to make positive changes within hospital and their grounds.
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Museums Galleries Scotland is the National Development Body for the Scottish museums sector.
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ECHC supports an extensive Arts Programme, providing fun, creativity and distraction by delivering a wide variety of arts activities for children throughout the hospital.
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s (NHSGGC) Arts and Health initiatives foster safe, welcoming environments and enhance the healthcare experience for patients, staff, and visitors. Through a person-centred and integrated approach, the programme leverages the positive impact of art, architecture, design, music, and nature on health and wellbeing. Programmes are evidence-based and include public art commissions, creative workshops, and integrated design strategies across clinical buildings and green spaces. Developed in collaboration with artists, educators, voluntary sector organisations, and funders, the work celebrates Scotland’s creative talent. Explore the programme highlights below, including innovative designs for clinical spaces and the role of arts in healthcare.
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GHAT arose from the simple idea that improving the hospital environment by displaying art made everyone who spent time in the buildings feel better. GHAT strives to highlight culture as a central component of wellbeing and is a sector leader in developing bespoke arts projects for people visiting, working or utilising the services within hospitals and healthcare.
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Music in Hospitals & Care spreads Joy Through Live Music across the length and breadth of the UK, from the Shetland Isles and the Highlands of Scotland to Northern Ireland, the Valleys of Wales and down to the south coast of England. From lullabies for premature babies to old favourites for those living with dementia, we operate in a wide range of healthcare environments including hospitals, hospices, care homes, day centres, special schools and community settings.
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Dance Base in Edinburgh encourages & celebrates the potential for dance in everyone. Join a class to experience the physical & emotional benefits of dance.
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Transforms Scottish healthcare settings with our extensive art collection, support artists and provide art workshops in a wide range of care environments.
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We run workshops that are relaxing, creative, person-centred, therapeutic, inclusive, empowering and fun! We believe that creativity has the potential to act as a positive agent for personal, social and cultural transformation. This has led us to develop a person-centred approach to creative practice which is based on the principles of empowerment and equality.
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The Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance is a national organisation representing everyone who believes that cultural engagement can transform our health and wellbeing.
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Offers local residents a place to relax, explore, learn, meet, share, volunteer and have fun in. Creative workshops are on offer each week, most with a family focus, alongside a wide range of other events to include exhibitions, dance shows, circus skills workshops, community theatre, poetry readings and film clubs. The venue is also home to Muirhouse Link Up and Tinderbox Orchestra who are working and connecting creatively with young people, families and adults living across the area.
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Our network is open for anyone to join, including artists, organisations, healthcare providers and researchers, and we take a broad understanding of both the arts and health.
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