Policy Convenings

Against this backdrop, the roundtable brought together policymakers, healthcare and cultural leaders, researchers, doctors, people with lived experience and artists to explore how the arts can play a more central role in advancing health and wellbeing across the United Kingdom and beyond. This post-event policy brief outlines the key insights and actionable recommendations emerging from the roundtable.

The Healing Arts in Times of War Roundtable at UK Parliament convened a cross-sector group of defence and cultural policymakers, WHO officials, military personnel, NGOs, researchers, clinicians, and artists to discuss arts’ role in supporting military health, veteran recovery and civilian resilience during and post-conflict.