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Event title

  • Creative Health Network Launch

Location

  • University of Leicester

Date

  • Wednesday 30 October 2024

Event details

The Creative Health Network is a new interdisciplinary network part of the University of Leicester Heritage Hub, which aims to promote interdisciplinary, community-based collaborations for Creative Heath, and share research resources across the region to directly benefit the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities through the arts, creativity and culture. It will foster a membership of researchers, community and civic partners, patient groups, health professionals, arts organisations and creative practitioners with a shared interest in creative health and creative approaches to tackling health inequalities.

In its first year, 2024-2025, the Network has three remits:

  • to facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration for research innovation across the University through in-person and online events and networking; 
  • to collate and share opportunities for researchers and community partners; and
  • to support research, pedagogical and enterprise initiatives focused on Creative Health. 

An initial Network event took place on 24 July 2024 in Percy Gee at the University of Leicester, and brought together over 60 academics and researchers from across the disciplines with an interest in how the arts, culture and creativity can be part of health pathways and addressing today’s health challenges. The event included an introduction to the network and a small number of presentations from current projects across the University. It provided an opportunity for cross-disciplinary networking and to establish a membership (mailing list) of interested researchers to build the Network.

The Network will formally launch on 30 October 2024 (venue details tbc) through an external-facing event that will bring together civic and community partners, public health, arts organisation, health professionals and other interested parties to collaboratively explore the question: How can we develop Creative Health for Leicester/shire?

This event aims to begin to identify opportunities for Creative Health initiatives that address health inequalities and local priorities in the Leicester/shire region, and develop new, interdisciplinary and community-based research collaborations.

Convened by the Creative Health Network, University of Leicester.