Our aim is to advance the awareness and support of this area of practice in Scotland through the promotion of arts and cultural work across a range of health, social, cultural, care, and community contexts so that culture is recognised as transformative to health and wellbeing and accessible to everyone in Scotland.
We do this through running regular meetings and events, providing resources, and supporting professional development, as well as a range of other activities.
ACHWS seek to connect research, policy and practice, and to be a collective voice for arts and health in Scotland through:
The National Centre For Creative Health defines creative health as creative approaches and activities which have benefits for our health and wellbeing. Activities can include visual and performing arts, crafts, film, literature, cooking and creative activities in nature, such as gardening; approaches may involve creative and innovative ways to approach health and care services, co-production, education and workforce development. Creative health can be applied in homes, communities, cultural institutions and heritage sites or healthcare settings. It can contribute to prevention of ill health, promotion of healthy behaviours, management of long-term conditions, and treatment and recovery across the life course.
If you would like to support ACHWS and the work that we do, partner with us on a project or collaborate on a research project a research project a research project please contact us at info@achws.org
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