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Edge Hill University
Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing Manifesto
A hybrid in-person and online event at Edge Hill University launched its new Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing. The programme included performances, workshops, and presentations to mark the centre’s founding manifesto, and its recommendations for scaling up place-based arts initiatives. The launch of this Lab-affiliated centre, which has since won a record grant of £2.5 million to help advance the arts and health in youth projects (Arts4Us), showcased groundbreaking new research proving how the arts can tackle health inequalities, with the right policy to back it. The event also highlighted the centre’s research into the role of the arts in supporting helping professionals. A keynote speech was delivered by Dr Darren Henley (CEO, Arts Council England) and Professor Vicky Karkou (Director, Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing), who said, “The work of the centre will benefit a wide range of people including individuals and communities that are disadvantaged or marginalised.”
20 June 2023 | Creative Approaches to Addressing Health Inequalities
On day 1 of the launch, Dr Nils Fietje (Founding Co-Director, JAHL) delivered a keynote speech, which was followed by a panel discussion, presentations, and a second keynote speech by Dr Darren Henley (CEO, Arts Council England).
21 June 2023 | Research Activities of the Research Centre and the Alliance
On day 2, Dr Nisha Sajnani (Founding Co-Director, JAHL) delivered a keynote speech, which was followed by discussions on the wellbeing of helping professionals and carers, panel discussions on health research, and a series of performances.
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![Nils](https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/nils.jpeg?w=360&h=360&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720020187&s=7f674fb1f3be410200a8e54bba7232c9 360w, https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/nils.jpeg?w=480&h=480&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720020187&s=860ef35485ff5f9cd782b46666734d36 480w, https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/nils.jpeg?w=960&h=960&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720020187&s=3324eadc2b20c6b5afb9c08f20a6a03f 960w, https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/nils.jpeg?w=1024&h=1024&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720020187&s=6a6b93807a1d4fde7371b821e082b112 1024w)
Dr Nils Fietje
Technical Officer, WHO Europe; Co-founder and Co-director, Jameel Arts & Health Lab
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Dr Darren Henley
CEO of Arts Council England
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Dr Nisha Sajnani
Lab Co-Director
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Dr Guila Clara Kessous
UNESCO Ambassador of Arts for Peace
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Professor Helen Chatterjee
Professor Human & Ecological Health at UCL and Research Programme, Director for Health Inequalities within AHRC/UKRI
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Alexandra Coulter
Director of the UK National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH)
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Professor Felicity Baker
Associate Dean Research, Director, International Research Partnerships at the University of Melbourne
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Dr Hod Orkibi
Psychodramatist and Associate Professor at the School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Israel
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Dr Martina de Witte
Researcher/teacher at the University of Amsterdam
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Dr Minjung Shim
PhD, BC-DMT, Department of Creative Arts Therapies, Director of Mind-Body & Movement Research for Whole Person Health Lab, Drexel University
![1175403](https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/1175403.jpeg?w=360&h=360&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720019770&s=568cde7bac6d91fae0a505b10f8f0652 360w, https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/1175403.jpeg?w=480&h=480&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720019770&s=f29cbcb53ce66a734e5f52e827c92bd0 480w, https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/1175403.jpeg?w=750&h=750&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720019770&s=1401684bcddfae8e2320460eb9108c34 750w)
Dr Joanna Omylinska-Thurston
Counselling Psychologist (IAPT) at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust and Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Salford
![77ec07 51956b5eb11a4a5585ed721ff09f8b45mv2 jpeg](https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/77ec07_51956b5eb11a4a5585ed721ff09f8b45mv2.jpeg.webp?w=360&h=360&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720019802&s=422fa5744e5b8b286eea9e9e444cd80d 360w, https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/77ec07_51956b5eb11a4a5585ed721ff09f8b45mv2.jpeg.webp?w=480&h=480&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720019802&s=dbca11daeee67508c1303676b3f5d0c6 480w, https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/77ec07_51956b5eb11a4a5585ed721ff09f8b45mv2.jpeg.webp?w=640&h=640&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720019802&s=5ab41f0dd106b4a56fcc776240bdfb2d 640w)
Prof Scott Thurston FEA
Chair in Poetry and Innovative Creative Practice, University of Salford
![1642436979117](https://crooked-antechinus.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/1642436979117.jpeg?w=200&h=200&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1720019774&s=8b63b616bfb2321c7e2bc17df8f97ab8 200w)
Clara Cornaro
MA, Research Center of the Creative Arts Therapies (RIArT), Alanus University, Bonn, Germany