Join colleagues from health, social care, community and creative organisations to explore how arts and creativity can improve health and wellbeing. These neighbourhood learning sessions will share practical examples, evidence, and opportunities for collaboration, helping participants understand how creative approaches can support individuals, communities, and local services.
Please select the session that makes most sense in terms of where you predominantly work.
If you have no link to a specific part of Trafford, choose the option you prefer.
- Central Trafford, 6th October 2026, 9:30am – 1:00pm at Salvation Army Church, Sale, M33 6NP
- West Trafford, 13th October 2026, 12:30pm – 4:30pm at Urmston Library, Urmston, M41 0NA
- North Trafford, 21st October 2026, 1:00pm – 4:30pm at St. John’s Centre, Old Trafford, M16 7GX
- South Trafford, 23rd October 2026, 9:30am – 1:00pm at The Vine Methodist Church, Hale, WA15 9HQ
Reasons to come
- Opportunity to learn more about the value of arts in health
- A chance to network
- Time to explore how you could include art and creativity in your practice
- It will be fun!
90 day sprint
- Explore your ideas for arts in health in more detail
- Agree on a creative activity and a cohort of people to test your idea with
- Use your funding to “Commission” your creative partner and plan your 90 day pilot project for your neighbourhood
The agenda will look something like the below. So it’s Network, Showcase, Creative Sprint:
- Network and get to know each other – 40 mins
- Arts in Health – the power of it – 20 mins
- BREAK – 20 mins
- Showcase – 20 mins
- Creative Sprint – 60 mins
- Next Steps – 10 mins
Arts in Health Briefing for health and social care professionals [PDF, 3.9MB]
Arts in Health Briefing [Word doc, 18KB]
