This report describes the evaluation methods and outcomes of four arts on referral programmes delivered through Fresh Arts on Referral at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. Arts on referral, where people are referred to art workshops, led by a skilled arts... Read More about Arts on referral at Fresh Arts: A mixed-methods report on the efficacy of arts on prescription in a hospital setting for people experiencing chronic health conditions.
Outputs (26)
Surviving to thriving: Impact of art interventions on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence (2022)
Report
This evaluation report describes a series of art workshops designed to support the wellbeing of people who have experienced sexual violence, run through Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support (SARSAS; www.sarsas.org.uk), led by socially enga... Read More about Surviving to thriving: Impact of art interventions on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence.
Conditions for play (2022)
Physical Artefact
This co-created Manifesto poster/print is the physical output of qualitative data collected by asking UWE Arts and Design students at City Campus this question:
"What does play mean to you in your creative practice?"
Responses were gathered a... Read More about Conditions for play.
Reading and writing for well-being: A qualitative exploration of the therapeutic experience of older adult participants in a bibliotherapy and creative writing group (2020)
Journal Article
This study provides a qualitative exploration of the therapeutic mechanisms occurring within three community-based reading and writing for well-being groups attended by older adults, located in a city in England. Whilst it is increasingly accepted th... Read More about Reading and writing for well-being: A qualitative exploration of the therapeutic experience of older adult participants in a bibliotherapy and creative writing group.
Self-tracking, embodiment and resistance: A phenomenological enquiry (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
For the first time in human history we are experiencing the convergence of biology with technology at an immense socio-cultural scale, with affordable digital media devices and self-tracking technologies being ubiquitously disseminated, employed en m... Read More about Self-tracking, embodiment and resistance: A phenomenological enquiry.
Report on the 2021 networking event “Close reading, open minds: Literature for health and wellbeing”
Report
In March 2021, an emerging group of researchers at UWE Bristol organized a virtual symposium, aiming to establish a network of collaborators and work towards fundable projects. The event fostered collaboration between arts and science disciplines to... Read More about Report on the 2021 networking event “Close reading, open minds: Literature for health and wellbeing”.