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We want to inspire and help more people to connect with each other and flourish through creativity. We will support arts and cultural organisations across the south west region to collaborate and provide more creative arts activities for people who are experiencing loneliness.

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    Situation

    The national Loneliness Strategy foregrounds loneliness as a public health issue. Frequent and sustained loneliness is linked to heart disease, strokes and dementia. Loneliness is a subjective feeling a person has about the gap between their desired and actual levels of social contact or intimacy. Social isolation is more about the quantity of contacts people have. Approximately 30% of people going to their GP are lonely. Social prescribing has the potential to help meet this need.

    Solution

    Creative activities can connect people with their inner and outer worlds, helping them make meaning and expand their horizons. In groups creativity can help people to connect by sharing stories while making and learning new skills. We will work with our networks of arts & cultural providers to deliver creative sessions for people experiencing loneliness, ensure they're well informed with evidence & practical toolkits and help make connections into the developing social prescribing infrastructure

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    Categories

  • Arts/Culture/Heritage Arts/​Culture/​Heritage
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Information/Advice Information/​Advice
  • Beneficiaries

    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind