New in our Knowledge Bank 📚 “Creatively Minded and Becoming a Parent” by Harriet Lowe @Baring Perinatal mental health challenges affect up to 27% of mums — this blog explores how creative projects are helping 💛

Collaboration helps to achieve Wales' well-being goals. On #WorldArtDay discover our guide on working with cultural freelancers for public bodies: https://tr.ee/DTq8wem9f3

If you’re commissioning creative health, start with the right questions: What does the data tell us? How do we co-design with communities? Read more here: ncch.org.uk/blog/commiss... Image from Pixabay

Trafodaeth ar-lein (22 Ebrill, 5–7pm) ar les a datblygiad diwylliannol Cymru cyn Etholiad Senedd 2026. Clywch gan ddarpar Aelodau’r Senedd o bob plaid a chyflwynwch gwestiynau ymlaen llaw.

Online discussion (22 April, 5–7pm) on Wales’ cultural wellbeing + development ahead of the 2026 Senedd Election. Organised by The Learned Society of Wales and Wales Arts & Humanities Alliance. Hear from prospective MSs across parties & submit questions in advance.

NCCH & @mobcommassets.bsky.social report shares how Gloucestershire's ICB has embedded creative health across its system. The county’s journey shows that system change begins with early champions who hold both vision and influence. ncch.org.uk/uploads/Embe... Photo credit: Leylan Ozkan

Ydych chi wedi cofrestru eto? 👀 Ymunwch â Chyfarfod Rhwydwaith WAHWN mis Mawrth ar gyfer #DiwrnodRhagnodiCymdeithasol gyda Sandy Clubb @futuregencymru.bsky.social . Byddwn yn trafod y Lleoedd Marmot newydd yng Nghymru a beth mae hyn yn ei olygu. Mwy yma 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wahwn-marc...

Have you registered yet? 👀 Join our March WAHWN Network Meeting for #SocialPrescribingDay with Sandy Clubb of @futuregencymru.bsky.social . We’ll explore new Marmot Places in Wales & what this means for our sector. 📅 26 March | ⏰ 10–11:30am | 💻 Online | Free www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wahwn-marc...

We're thrilled to welcome the Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias on board as a new partner for our Stepping In programme! Thanks to funding from the Baring Foundation, we're expanding our programme further across Wales. More on our programme, & our call for mentees 👇 wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

📬 Our March NCCH General Newsletter is out! This month we share: • The upcoming APPG roundtable on Digital Health & CreaTech • A webinar on the economic case for creative health 📊 • Welcoming Dr Phil Hammond as our Patron 🎉 • International Women’s Day blog 🌸 Read here: mailchi.mp/ncch/march20...

Last chance to nominate yourself or someone else for the second @getthechance.bsky.social Get the Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2026! More info here! getthechance.wales/2026/02/13/l...

Great to be at the National Social Prescribing Showcase in Cardiff today. Inspiring examples of social prescribing interventions from across Wales - including singing from Superchoir, chairing from Sian Lloyd and an opening address from @Sarah Murphy MS.

Braf bod yn Arddangosfa Rhagnodi Cymdeithasol Genedlaethol yng Nghaerdydd heddiw. Enghreifftiau ysbrydoledig o ymyriadau rhagnodi cymdeithasol ledled Cymru — gyda chanu gan Superchoir, cadeirio gan Sian Lloyd ac anerchiad agoriadol gan Sarah Murphy AS.

🌿 Ymunwch â’n Cyfarfod Rhwydwaith WAHWN ym mis Mawrth ar gyfer Diwrnod Rhagnodi Cymdeithasol Cenedlaethol Byddwn yn archwilio Gwobrau Polisi Cynefin Co Lab a sut y gall ein sector helpu i lunio newid polisi yng Nghymru. 📅 26 Mawrth 🕙 10–11:30am www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wahwn-marc...

🌿 Join our March WAHWN Network Meeting for National Social Prescribing Day We’ll explore the Cynefin Co Lab Policy Awards and how our sector can help shape policy change in Wales. 📅 26 March 🕙 10–11:30am www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wahwn-marc... #ArtsHealth #SocialPrescribing #Wales

🎨 How can creative health support public health? A case study from @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social shows how creative projects helped engage communities and build a city-wide creative public health programme. Read more: ncch.org.uk/resources/im... #CreativeHealth #PublicHealth

Peidiwch ag anghofio! Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau Camu I Mewn yw am hanner dydd, 18 Mawrth 2026.

Want to improve outcomes and ease pressure on health and care services? Creative health initiatives🎨🧶🪴🩰 supports prevention, mental and physical health & recovery. Many health systems are embedding it in pathways and neighbourhood care. See how it could work 👇 ncch.org.uk/how #CreativeHealth

Don't forget! The deadline for Stepping In applications is midday, 18 March 2026!

🌼 Job alert Forget Me Not Chorus are looking for a Session Co-ordinator for their Llanelli group, starting April 2026. 📍 Llanelli | 🕤 Apply by 9.30am, 9.3.26 🗓️ Interviews: 18.03.26 Support a valued community project for people living with dementia 💛 wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

📚 New Creative Health Research Round Up from @ncch.bsky.social It brings together a wide range of creative health research & practice-based evaluation, with Wales-based work included. ncch.org.uk/resources/cr... 📸 Camilla Greenwell © A Dance in Cancer Care Session by Move Dance Feel

🚨 Is 2026 the ‘seatbelt moment’ for the arts? Dr Daisy Fancourt explores why this year could be a turning point for arts and health policy in this article for Arts Professional. 📖 Read the full article and let us know your answer! www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...

📢 February Network Session Partnership Approaches to Tackling Health Inequalities 🗓 Thurs 19 Feb | ⏰ 10.00–11.30am | 📍 Online With Dr Kathrin Thomas (DEEP END CYMRU) & Sarah Milligan (Gwella)

📢 Sesiwn Rhwydwaith Mis Chwefror Dulliau Partneriaeth i fynd i’r afael ag Anghydraddoldebau Iechyd 🗓 19 Chwefror | ⏰ 10.00–11.30am | 📍 Ar-lein Gyda: Dr Kathrin Thomas (DEEP END CYMRU) & Sarah Milligan (Gwella)

Have you registered yet? 👀 There's a Creative Ageing Network meeting this Thursday at 10am online. Don't miss it! Book your free space via our Eventbrite page 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-a...

Deng mlynedd yn ôl, y mis hwn, penododd pobl Cymru Gomisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol cyntaf.    Mae Derek Walker yn myfyrio ac yn edrych ymlaen, yn y Big Issue, darllenwch yma: www.bigissue.com/opinion/a-de...

📣 Penodwyd Rebecca Hardy-Griffith yn Rheolwr Rhaglen ar gyfer Ail Gam Stepping In, sy’n cefnogi artistiaid sy’n siarad Cymraeg a’r rhai sydd heb gynrychiolaeth ddigonol mewn lleoliadau iechyd a chymunedol. Wedi’i ariannu gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, tan Rhagfyr 2026. wahwn.cymru/news/231/153...

📣 Great news Rebecca Hardy-Griffith will be Programme Manager for Phase Two of Stepping In - a programme supporting Welsh-speaking and under-represented artists to work in health and community settings. Funded by the Arts Council of Wales, the prog runs until Dec 2026. wahwn.cymru/news/231/134...

💊 "If the arts were a pill, we would be taking it every single day" 💊 For Professor Daisy Fancourt, the mounting evidence on how engaging with the arts affects our health should transform the way we think about healthcare.

🎉 Huge congratulations to Nancy Hey @worklifeyou.bsky.social on being awarded an OBE in the 2026 New Year’s Honours List. Nancy is a trustee here at NCCH and also Director of Evidence & Insight at @lr-foundation.bsky.social! Find out more: go.bsky.app/redirect?u=h... & ncch.org.uk/trustees/nan...

Yesterday, the Welsh Government published their final 2026-27 Budget, and increased culture investment for the second year on the trot 🐎

📣 Calling all artists! One of the UK’s biggest art TV series is looking for bold, original takes on landscapes — from city streets to wide open spaces 🌆🌄 Plus, casting is open for Portrait Artist of the Year 🖼️ All the info 👇 wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

Congratulations to David Cutler and David Sampson of The Baring Foundation for receiving OBEs in the New Year Honours List. A valued ally of arts and health in Wales. This recognition reflects their leadership and impact. 👏 #NewYearHonours2026 #TheBaringFoundation

❄️ 🧣 🧶🫖 From knitting and pottery to quilting and woodworking, creative health initiatives offer more than creativity, they can help to support mental wellbeing, reduce stress, and build community connections. Discover more about creative health: creativehealthtoolkit.org.uk#:~:text=What...

📢 We’re recruiting! We’re looking for a Wales-based freelance Programme Manager for Phase 2 of Stepping In. You’ll have experience delivering multi-partner projects and care about broadening access to the arts & health workforce. 🗓 Deadline: 12.1.26 wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

📢 Rydym yn recriwtio! Rydym yn chwilio am Reolwr Rhaglen llawrydd yng Nghymru ar gyfer cam dau o 'Cami i Mewn' Profiad o brosiectau aml-bartner a diddordeb mewn celfyddydau ac iechyd. 🗓 12.1.26 wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

Great to see how other European countries are utilising social prescribing and the power of using creative approaches, well done to our NCCH Trustee Debs Teale for this highlight on a German Culture Time segment www.3sat.de/kultur/kultu...

📣 📽️Galwad agored am wneuthurwr ffilmiau 🎬 Mae prosiect Ymbarél yn erbyn y Glaw ceisio penodi gwneuthurwr ffilmiau i ddogfennu effaith y prosiect ar y gyfranogwyr wrth gefnogi neu o bosibl wella eu lles trwy greadigrwydd. Mwy wybodaeth yma ⬇️ wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

📣 📽️Open call for film maker 🎬 An Umbrella Against the Rain - a creative wellbeing project with people experiencing mental health challenges - is seeking to appoint a filmmaker to document the impact of the project on participants' wellbeing More info👇 wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

📣 FUNDING OPP | CYFLE ARIANNU 📣 The @ScottishPower Annual Grants Programme is now open! 💡🌍 Deadline: 12pm, Fri 18 July Criteria linked to STEM, climate/biodiversity, arts or social impact listed at the link below. 👉 Apply & learn more 👇 wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

📣Cyfle Cymunedau Creadigol Creu Conwy: Ymarferydd Creadigol! Mwy wybodaeth yma 👇 wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

Ahead of the Wednesday 18 June Senedd debate on “Arts & Culture: nice to have or integral to Wales’ future?”, share how arts boost wellbeing in your area with your MS. Let’s spotlight the impact! 👉 Find your MS here -> senedd.wales/find-a-membe...

🎤 Thrilled to welcome Sarah Murphy MS, Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, as keynote for #Weave2025! With a background in AI & data ethics, Sarah brings bold insights on systems, creativity & care. Join us! wahwn.cymru/programme-2025

🎤 Wrth ein bodd i groesawu Sarah Murphy AS, y Gweinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant, yn brif siaradwr yn #Gwehyddu2025! Gyda chefndir mewn AI a moeseg data, mae gan Sarah ddealltwriaeth eofn o systemau, creadigrwydd a gofal. Ymunwch â ni ! wahwn.cymru/cy/cynhadled...

📣 We've extended the deadline for our remaining TWO International Creative Ageing Go & See bursaries. 🗓️ New deadline: midnight on Friday 30 May 2025 🚨 Maximum of 2 bursaries available. ⌛ Get your application in asap. 🔗 More info: wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

📣 Rydym wedi ymestyn y dyddiad cau ar gyfer ein DAU fwrsariaeth Heneiddio Creadigol Rhyngwladol Mynd i Weld sy'n weddill.🥳 🗓️ Hanner nos ddydd Gwener 30 Mai 2025 🚨 Uchafswm o 2 fwrsariaeth ar gael. ⌛ Anfonwch eich cais cyn gynted â phosibl. 🔗 wahwn.cymru/opportunitie...

Ydych chi'n gweithio i fusnes neu elusen? Eisiau defnyddio'r Gymraeg i helpu'ch cwsmeriaid? Beth am fynd am y #CynnigCymraeg fel y gwnaethon ni? Am fwy o wybodaeth ewch i wefan @ComyGymraeg buff.ly/3o0GZAd

Do you work for a business or charity? Want to use Welsh to help your customers? Why not go for the #CynnigCymraeg like we did? For more information visit Comisiynydd y Gymraeg Welsh Language Commissioner website buff.ly/3o0GZAd

📣 LIMITED FREE Creative Reflective Practice Sessions available 📣 Facilitated by visual artist and facilitator Celeste Burr Herrera and creative producer and coach, Tom Bevan. 📍 G39 Library Space, Cardiff 💰 FREE pilot sessions. ⏰ Just 10 spaces. g39.org/cgi-bin/webs...

📣 Sesiynau Ymarfer Myfyriol Creadigol AM DDIM CYFYNGEDIG ar gael 📣 Wedi'i hwyluso gan yr artist gweledol a'r hwylusydd Celeste Burr Herrera a'r cynhyrchydd a hyfforddwr creadigol, Tom Bevan. 📍 G39, Caerdydd 💰 Sesiynau peilot AM DDIM. ⏰ Dim ond 10 lle #freetraining g39.org/cgi-bin/webs...