Arts Well is a social enterprise with the aim of championing the role of the arts, culture and creativity in improving health and wellbeing. It provides programmes of participatory creative activities, supports organisations and freelance practitioners with training, professional development and networking opportunities, provides consultancy and evaluation support to creative projects and collaborates with others to add creativity and value to their work. We are a small team of three, with a board of 4 Directors, and we work with freelance practitioners and volunteers to deliver our projects. In the year from April 2024 to March 2025 we: 1. Ran 9 online and 15 in-person professional development workshops, with a total of 102 participants covering topics such as The Five Ways to Wellbeing, Using the Quality Health Framework and Reflective Practice. These are provided at a range of price points, including a donation so that no-one is excluded on financial grounds. We have had very positive feedback from our workshops with an average score of 4.8 out of 5 for usefulness and 100% would recommend them to others. These enhance people’s knowledge and skills so that they can improve their delivery and support to others. 2. We held 3 online networking sessions and two in-person networking events attended by 41 unique attendees, free of charge. These provided opportunities for peer support and learning. 3. Sent out a monthly newsletter with information, resources, opportunities and links to other organisations and sources of support to a mailing list that grew from 670 in April 2024 to 794 by March 2025 4. Delivered a programme of creative health work with Community Wellbeing Hubs: a. Commissioned 20 artists b. Delivered 260 sessions across 9 locations in 6 months c. Recruited 26 volunteers d. 646 direct beneficiaries 5. Continued to deliver Arts Lab – in partnership with Headstart Kernow and Feast for which we delivered (by end July 2025) 39 creative activity projects in the academic year 2023-2024 and 30 projects in the academic year 2024-2025, for young people aged 10-16 focused on improving mental and emotional health and wellbeing. 6. Continued to deliver the campaign Creativity – It’s good for you! – aimed at raising awareness of the valuable role that everyday creativity plays in maintaining and improving health and wellbeing. We produced a directory of creative health opportunities across Cornwall and ran awareness-raising sessions at 20 events, reaching over 250 people. 7. Continued to develop a strategic partnership approach to creative, health and wellbeing work so that more people understand and can benefit from the links between being creative and improving their health and wellbeing. We see this work as having long-term benefits. 8. Engaged with the wider VCSE through membership of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance and the Strategic Alliance. 9. Ran a Special Study Unit for 4th Year Medical Students on Creative Health

Our stakeholders are primarily the creative and health and social care practitioners who are directly supporting people in the community. Through our newsletters and networking events we were regularly listening to their needs and concerns and tailoring our offer accordingly. During this period we ran our professional development programmes, INSPIRE and EXPLORE. Both programmes provide an opportunity for in-depth discussion with practitioners about the challenges they are facing and how Arts Well can support them most effectively. INSPIRE is open to practitioners for one-off sessions whereas EXPLORE works with a cohort of practitioners taking an action learning, peer-coaching approach. The Arts Lab programme was specifically designed with co-creation with the young people at its heart; the artists respond to the needs of the young people and each project is shaped by the young people. Our Community Hubs programme was co-designed with Hub members so that the activities responded to the needs and wishes of participants. We continue to work with our Ambassadors – these people are our ‘eyes and ears on the ground’ who can let us know what the local needs are, what are the opportunities and challenges in their communities and how can we help address them. Our newsletter invites people to let us know what would be useful to them and if there are other ways in which we can support them.

Directors’ remuneration is shown in the accounts at £19,303 (salary). There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

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