Contemporary visual art and the wellbeing of older people: policy and practice
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Arts and Cultures
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| Description | Contributed to policy/practice development of Arts Council England Creative Scotland Arts Council Northern Ireland |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
| Description | Changing practice in relation to older people in cultural institutions |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Organisations adopting a more creative approach to working with older people (particularly those with dementia) - rather than focusing upon memory. It's not possible to measure the impact of this in a quantitative way. |
| Description | Follow-on Fund |
| Amount | £125,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RES/0344/7223 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2011 |
| End | 02/2012 |
| Description | Large Grant |
| Amount | £1,499,995 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/K00333X/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 08/2016 |
| Description | Working with Equal Arts - charity working with older people and the arts |
| Organisation | Equal Arts |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Set the partnership up. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They provide access to older people who wish to take part in research projects - wealth of knowledge of the field, leading practitioner. |
| Impact | The partner became a community PI for AH/Lo13274/1 |
| Description | Seminars for policy makers, practitioners, and academics working in the field of arts and wellbeing. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organised series of workshops Changed practice in cultural institutions in respect to their work with older people |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Training for community groups |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Series of training days for community groups who had been successful is applying for HLF 'All our Stories' grants. The training gave 10 local community groups the ability to produce a series of exhibitions on the heritage of their area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
| Description | Working with museums and gallereis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Following took a role in seminars, feeding into research and using the results. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Royal Academy, London, Beamish Museum, Co. Durham Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums Woodhorn Charitable Trust |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |