Art in Healthcare
We make the benefits of art available to everyone in Scotland, supporting health and wellbeing.
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Charity name: Art in Healthcare
Charity address: 18 York Place, Edinburgh. EH1 3EP
Charity Number: SC036222 (Scotland)
Art in Healthcare’s mission is to provide engaging and impactful creative opportunities to support and improve the mental and physical health and wellbeing of individuals in Scotland. Many of these activities take place in community, health and social care settings.
We know that art can help people to feel better and believe that everyone should have the opportunity to experience art. As inequalities in society and within access to healthcare grow, Art in Healthcare is providing services that are needed more than ever, and demand for our services is high.
Creativity is not a nice to have, but central to supporting people to live well, and in the creation of healthier, happier and economically flourishing communities.
We share our art collection and art workshops with individuals and communities that are under-served by mainstream arts provision. We work across Scotland. We place our large art collection in non-gallery spaces like hospitals and take art workshops to people in their communities, both in person and online. This approach allows us to work with individuals and communities who would otherwise not be engaging with art, artists or creative activities. All workshops are free at the point of delivery.
Legacies, along with other forms of support, allow us to offer over 300 free workshops each year – ensuring that art and creativity are available to all. They also ensure all health and social care settings in Scotland have access to our art collection providing comfort, interest and distraction for patients, residents, staff and visitors at times of need.