[cma-l] Conference on the effect of arts participation on informal learning, health and wellbeing

[Tamar Millen]

Conference on the effect of arts participation on informal learning, 
health and wellbeing

area - Liverpool

dates - 30 March 2010

Voluntary Arts England is presenting a free one-day national conference 
on Tuesday 30 March at FACT, Liverpool. The conference, part of the Up 
For Arts project (www.upforarts.co.uk), has been designed to celebrate 
and recognise projects, schemes and organisations that reach out to 
disadvantaged communities using arts/crafts as a vehicle for increasing 
levels of informal learning, health and wellbeing.

Throughout the day BBC News24’s Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid will 
chair discussions that will explore the major social, health, economical 
and environmental benefits in developing opportunities for and 
participation in arts and cultural activities. Keynote speakers will be 
given a platform to share creative ideas and best practice and will 
highlight exemplar projects such as:

• ‘Up for Arts’ – a high profile informal learning/arts participation 
project within BBC Radio Merseyside. Up for Arts is collaboration 
between Voluntary Arts England and the BBC.
• Liverpool’s Year of Health & Wellbeing.
• Arts Council England’s national 2010 Arts Participation Campaign.
• ‘Restoring the Balance’ – Voluntary Arts England’s latest publication 
which showcases how wellbeing, health and, in some cases, lives have 
been transformed as a result of arts participation.

The conference will be thought provoking and inspiring combining 
insightful keynote presentations and panel discussions with practical 
workshops, led by some of the most influential figures from across the 
health, local authority and voluntary arts sector.

The conference is free, but places are limited. To find out more and to 
book, visit http://restoringthebalance.eventbrite.com.

Source: Voluntary Arts Network
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Tamar Millen
Arts Co-ordinator

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