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nalgao National Seminar: “Arts, Health & Wellbeing”
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Monday 19th (evening) and Tuesday 20th July 2010 (9.30 – 5.00)
Venue: Bolton School, Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4PA
In partnership with Bolton at Home and in association with Manchester Metropolitan University Arts for Health, the National Culture Forum, the Chief Culture & Leisure Officers Association, Bolton MBC and Breakthrough Arts & Mental Health Forum.
This next seminar in our professional development programme is aimed at officers involved in both policy and practice related to arts and health commissioning and service provision. Our training needs survey and previous seminar feedback indicated that arts officers across the country are engaged in and keen to learn more this area of work.
The seminar will start with an evening social and artistic programme on Monday 19th July, illustrating best practice arts and health organisations in the Bolton area. This will give delegates an excellent networking opportunity prior to the main event on 20th July and a chance to take part in a series of activities illustrating arts, health and wellbeing. Guests will be welcomed by George Caswell, who championed the ground-breaking Housing Percent for Art scheme in Bolton.
The following day will explore the many ways that local arts development and delivery supports crosscutting agendas. The seminar will demonstrate how working with health initiatives, organisations and communities can increase participation and access to the arts; which in turn promotes wellbeing and increases confidence and ability, and also supports community development and social cohesion, bringing groups of disadvantaged or hard to reach people to increase their quality of life.
The day will allow delegates to hear about policy and practice from a range of informed speakers and presenters, also allowing delegates to visit arts projects as part of a study tour programme in the afternoon.
The morning will include an introduction by Jon Lord OBE, CEO of Bolton at Home and a major keynote presentation from Clive Parkinson, Director of Arts for Health at Manchester Metropolitan University, followed by a series of breakout sessions with presenters drawn from good practice case studies from a national prospective with opportunities for debate and information sharing. Following the morning seminar, the afternoon offers delegates a choice of study tours with visits to different arts projects in the Great Manchester area with a practical opportunity to experience arts practice at first hand.
We very much hope that you will be able to join us for an enlightening and informative day that should enable you to support better arts practice with groups and communities in your own areas.
The delegate fee for this two day event is just £120 (accommodation not included) for nalgao members, or £100 if you attend for Tuesday only. Please also note our special offer with a two delegate place for a specially discounted price of £160 (or £140 for Tuesday only) if you attend with your line manager or portfolio holder, offering a major saving on the cost of two delegate places.