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Restoring the Balance – the effect of arts participation on wellbeing and health

Voluntary Arts England's publication on arts and wellbeing is now available.

In addition to a foreword from Culture Minister Margaret Hodge, Restoring the Balance: the effect of arts participation on wellbeing and health includes contributions from Lord Howarth (former Minster for the Arts), Kevin Brennan (Minister for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs), and Professor Louis Appleby (the Department of Health’s joint lead on arts and health).

In addition, people from a wide range of backgrounds explain how their wellbeing, their health and, in some cases, their lives have been transformed as a direct result of arts participation.

To download a copy of Restoring the Balance or to request a hard copy please visit www.vaengland.org.uk/cgi-bin/website.cgi?tier1=england&tier2=publications&fp=true