Creative Health
Creative Health & Equity Lead - Claire
In partnership with the Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA), Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Artlink, Claire’s role is an agile and evolving role to ensure Creative Health is valued and developed equitably, including infrastructural and strategic support, across Norfolk & Suffolk.
What is Creative Health?
Creative Health can be defined as creative approaches and activities which have benefits for our health and wellbeing (National Centre for Creative Health, 2025) and includes a spectrum of activities from ‘everyday creativity‘ such as knit and natter groups or gardening within your local community, to specialised non-clinical interventions such as Dance for Parkinson’s programmes or Singing for Lung health.
Research shows that active engagement with the arts, culture and creativity is beneficial for the health and wellbeing of us all.
Following the Creative Health report that was published in 2017, the Creative Health Review, delivered in partnership with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Arts, Health and Wellbeing, was published in 2023.
Click here to find out more about the current work of the APPG on Creative Health.
Creative Health News
Blog posts
Creative Health – Two opposing prejudices
As Creative Health & Equity Lead for Norfolk & Suffolk, I like to set aside time to read content about developments within Creative Health.
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Blog posts
Creative Health Interest Meetings (CHIMe)
CHIMe is a new initiative bringing together professionals interested in Creative Health across Norfolk and Suffolk.
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Blog posts
Creative Health Landscape – Update
Changes are happening to NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) in England, due to a major shake-up of NHS management structure led by Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
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Creative Health Research Round Up 2025
The Creative Health Research Round-Up 2025 has been produced by the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) in partnership with the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).
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Keep updated about all things Creative Health
Sign up to the Norfolk & Suffolk Creative Health Mailing List to be kept informed of developments happening across the regions.
Upcoming Creative Health Interest Meetings (CHIMe)
Live Sessions
Creative Health Interest Meeting – Online
CHIMe (Creative Health Interest Meetings) is a new initiative designed to bring together professionals from the Arts & Culture, VCFSE, Healthcare, Social Care, and Public Health sectors who are interested in exploring, developing, and sustaining Creative Health practice across Norfolk and Suffolk.