💭Can simplifying language for inclusion sometimes have the opposite effect? In a new blog, Danny Sherwood explores how assumptions about what people can engage with may limit participation and why people with lived experience should decide themselves what they understand tinyurl.com/mrxrramx

ICYMI: The MCA programme, @ncch.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk & their partners hosted an insightful webinar showcasing 4 presentations that each made a case for the increasingly urgent need to build an economic case for creative health. Tune into the recording on our website ncch.org.uk/news/creativ...

❗MUST READ: A new study from the @mobcommassets.bsky.social programme and the NCCH has been published in Frontiers of Public Health. It proposes an approach to social prescribing based on data from seven Mobilising projects. Read the full study here: doi.org/10.3389/fpub...

📣𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 🗓️ 𝟮𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 Join this @mobcommassets.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk, @ncch.bsky.social 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 with @celfcymruartswales.bsky.social, @bangoruniversity.bsky.social & Edge Hill University! Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-t...

🗓️ Join us on Friday 27 March at 11:00 GMT for an MCA webinar focusing on the economics of creative health, hosted in collaboration with @ncch.bsky.social, @celfcymruartswales.bsky.social, @bangoruniversity.bsky.social & Edge Hill University. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/building-t...

🚨 Britain’s ketamine crisis is growing. New research from Blackpool shows why creative, community-based approaches should be part of the response, supporting prevention, and recovery. Read more ⤵️ ncch.org.uk/blog/britain... @mobcommassets.bsky.social Image © UCL / Creative Commons

📣 “A call to act now”: New research from Blackpool argues for a creative community-based approach to the growing crisis of ketamine use across Britain. Find out more in this blog ➡️ ncch.org.uk/blog/britain...

📘 How can creative health 🎨🎵🎤🎭🍃🧶 become part of everyday healthcare? NCCH & @mobcommassets.bsky.social's report looks at the case of Gloucestershire with positive lessons on leadership, partnership, testing ideas, data and funding. Read it here: ncch.org.uk/uploads/Embe... 📷 Credit, Leyla Ozkan

The Mobilising programme, w/ @ncch.bsky.social @coastalcch.bsky.social and Blackpool Researching Together, is proud to launch a participatory research study investigating the surge of ketamine use - and Blackpool’s powerful approach to tackle it ➡️ ncch.org.uk/uploads/Blac...

📣📣We’re proud & excited to announce the publication of our deep dive report, in collaboration with @ncch.bsky.social and NHS Gloucestershire. A brilliant exploration of how Gloucestershire ICB is embedding #creativehealth across its system. Read (& share widely!) here➡️ ncch.org.uk/blog/embeddi...

New NCCH & @mobcommassets.bsky.social report shares how Gloucestershire ICB has embedded Creative Health across its system, as part of the UKRI-funded Mobilising Community Assets programme. Read the report: ncch.org.uk/blog/embeddi... Photo credit: Leylan Ozkan

In September 2025, MobCommAssets & TheNCCH, in association with Prof. Vicky Karkou and @artswellehu.bsky.social, held a webinar about the role of creative health associates. Head over to our website for more information & a recording of the event => ncch.org.uk/news/the-rol...

Listen to 2 of our Co I's, David Moss & Teresa Salami-Oru speak at the APPG on Creative Health – Neighbourhood Health and Creative Health Roundtable held earlier this week youtu.be/ndrW1r3mnVY @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @eastsussexcc.bsky.social

📢 NCCH will be joining the MCA Team mobcommassets.bsky.social on 11 Dec for a webinar on how Creative Health has been embedded in Gloucestershire’s ICS — one of England’s most developed examples of system-wide creative health integration. Register 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/embedding-...

From the vault: The Mobilising programme held a Creative and Participatory Methods knowledge exchange workshop in March 2025. Head over to our blog for more insights on all things creative & participatory methods => ncch.org.uk/blog/knowled...

ICYMI: Art4Us celebrated a year of achievements earlier this summer at an event held at Edge Hill University which gathered young people, academics and project partners. Catch up on the event on our blog ncch.org.uk/blog/mca-art...

NCCH is delighted to be joining the MCA Team @mobcommassets.bsky.social on 13 Nov, 2- 3.30pm, for a webinar looking at the programme’s relevance & foresight in relation to the Government’s 10 Year Health plan & within the ever-evolving landscape of the healthcare system.Join us tinyurl.com/3y458mdv

Committed to bringing about lasting systemic change in mental health and empowering local communities, The Abundance Project has developed a Theory of Change to ‘offer a counter-narrative: one that insists abundance is possible’. Find out more here ➡️ ncch.org.uk/blog/chartin...

ICYMI: Read this thorough overview of the MCA’s workshop on creative planetary health in association with Dr Zoe Moula and Arts4Us, addressing the fundamental need for a creative health approach to ‘tackle the environmental, commercial and social determinants of health’. ncch.org.uk/blog/mca-cre...

Creative Health-our latest Blackpool Discussion Forum included a great rendition of Hey Jude & an opportunity to hear about the work of Blackpool's diverse & talented community organisations coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/ @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Watch our live scribe video by Liam Calllebout from our Weston-super-Mare community meeting last month. Plenty of discussion as you can see! @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

New @mobcommassets.bsky.social Blog - Overview of the Abundance Project’s Theory of Change, connecting lived experience with theory & practice to cultivate equitable systemic change in mental health ncch.org.uk/blog/chartin... Part of the MCA @ukri.org funded Programme, in p'ship w/ UCL & NCCH.

Spearheading an urgent investigation into the growing misuse of ketamine, Mobilising Community Assets & NCCH - along with Coastal Communities & Blackpool Researching Together - make a case for a ‘coordinated, multi-sector response’ to this increasingly devastating issue. ncch.org.uk/blog/ketamin...

Evaluating Programmes & Creative Engagement Initiatives. Register for our Collaborative workshop exploring methods for evaluating creative engagement initiatives and participatory methods for evaluating programmes www.eventbrite.com/e/evaluating... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

A new report, which features Mobilising projects, published by the Creative Industries Council & Arts Council England highlights how creativity is improving the nation’s health & wellbeing - and saving the NHS money. www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk/download-hub/health-wellbeing-forum-report

Interested in the connection between human health & planetary health? ncch.org.uk/blog/mca-cre.... A knowledge exchange event foregrounding Phase 3 @mobcommassets.bsky.social (MCA) projects’ took place in Spring 2025, MCA's Blog explores this event's key Q's around Creative Planetary Health.

Join our online capacity building workshop, "Co-creating Services: Stakeholder Engagement from Design to Evaluation", Tue 16 Sep 1-3pm. Free registration here: lnkd.in/eTqe3Zth @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

Creative Health Associates: The role of Creative Health Connectors 10 Sept 2025, 10:30am - 12pm, online. Join us as we will present at a forthcoming @mobcommassets.bsky.social webinar exploring job roles that connect health systems with creative health Register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-h...

Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities (MCA) @mobcommassets.bsky.social is a Research Programme, coordinated by UCL & NCCH, UKRI funded. Each of the 12 projects have been holding events offering insights into the work. Discover more via MCA blogs ncch.org.uk/mobilising-c...

NCCH is delighted to announce that Dr Jane Hearst joins our staff team as Research & Policy Manager from 1 Aug. Jane’s role is split between NCCH research & policy activities, & the @mobcommassets.bsky.social research programme at UCL. Read more about Jane >> ncch.org.uk/news/new-res...

Read the latest blog on our website about the ripple effects of our project in the North West. Healthwatch Blackpool have witnessed significant changes in their daily work through being part of CC&CH coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/#ripple... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

Watch our capacity-building workshops "A changing landscape and the need for complexity-informed approaches" and "Trauma-informed practice: Tools, stories, and strategies for impact" coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/capacity-bui... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @buketkara.bsky.social

Last week we had our annual in-person team meeting in Weston. Lovely to welcome colleagues from across sectors from Blackpool/the NW and Hastings/the SW and show them around Weston in the sunshine! Blog here coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/#WSM-me... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

Life in a Coastal Town: New exhibition explores mental health and community through art. Read about our exhibition opening next week at Weston Museum. coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/press-releas... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

Eleanor Lockley's thought-provoking blog about advocacy for Creative Health investigates how to widen the reach of Creative Health, in Doncaster and beyond. Head over to the Creative Health Boards' website to have a read - creativehealthboards.org.uk/advocacy-for...

As part of our project, we are running creative workshops supporting mental health in our 3 focus areas: young people’s mental health, substance use, serious illness and bereavement. Read more coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/project-acti... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

NCCH Research & Policy Manager FT/fixed term, £42,000 p/a, home-based (some travel required) We're looking for a dynamic Research & Policy Manager to contribute to NCCH activities, & work with the UCL research team on our partner project @mobcommassets.bsky.social Info ncch.org.uk/news/ncch-re...

This week is Mental Health Awareness week. The CC&CH project aims to generate evidence and resources to improve mental health in our focus areas by enhancing and widening access to community assets. Read more coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

Our NCCH Programme Manager will be speaking at the Creative Dementia Conference on Thurs 3 June in Bristol, hosted by Creative Dementia Arts Network & Dementia Community. Helping set the scene for Creative Health: the context for Creative Dementia. journalofdementiacare.co.uk/one-day-conf...

Read about our second discussion forum and World Cafe held in Weston-super-Mare last month coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/#WsMDis... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

Our last knowledge exchange event saw all twelve MCA projects get together to share insights & experiences one year into Phase 3. An invigorating moment of collaboration and dialogue captured in an insightful blog by @ncch.bsky.social & stunning illustration by Temujen ncch.org.uk/blog/mobilis...

NCCH is seeking a freelance Communications Officer for 6 month's (PT - 8 hrs per week) to work remotely, delivering across our communications & engagement channels. Find out more ncch.org.uk/news/brief-f.... Applications close: 12 noon, 7 May 2025

Last week, we hosted an online knowledge exchange with all 12 Phase 3 MCA projects. The event was insightful and inspiring, highlighting many connecting themes such as systems approaches, lived experience, and creative methods. Check out the excellent summary sketches from the sessions:

Great opportunity in creative health research! A Research Associate will be hosted at the University of Manchester on the team leading on the Creative Health GM Place Partnership, & working with the wider Population Health team at NHS Greater Manchester. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Fantastic essay by Kiz Manley & Celeste Ingrams from our @mobcommassets.bsky.social Programme, exploring the challenges, practical insights, & recommendations, to ensure lived experience experts flourish in the traditional research system. www.britishscienceassociation.org/essay-1-ucl-...

Read CCCH Co-Investigator Kristof Santa's paper on collaborative networks in community-based health & social care services link.springer.com/article/10.1... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

A fantastic series of essays on community-engaged research from @britsciassoc.bsky.social, featuring our own Kiz Manley and Celeste Ingram's essay 'A lived experience journey in health inequalities research'

Exciting news! 🎉 Our lived experience producer, Kiz Manley, and advisory group member, Celeste Ingrams, have been published by @britsciassoc.bsky.social! Their essay explores the lived experience journey in health inequalities research — check it out www.britishscienceassociation.org/essay-1-ucl-...

How can we build a stronger partnership between Government & Civil Society? Our latest blog breaks down our response to the government consultation on the Civil Society Covenant—exploring key lessons from the MCA programme: ncch.org.uk/blog/resetti... #CivilSociety #PolicyChange

Check out this video with MCA Programme Director, Prof. Helen Chatterjee @h_chatterjee as she discusses creative and community-based approaches to health! 🎥✨ #CreativeHealth #HealthInequalities www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXVO...