2. Place based infrastructure for arts and health
Create Health is a series of micro experiments designed to test what ‘living well’ means and how arts, creativity and culture contribute to by
preventing poor health
supporting recovery from illness
and contributing towards an overall sense of belonging here
The long term aim of Create Health is that communities can access and have control over the resources they need for a vibrant art, culture and creativity offer that is every day for everyone.
So in this second micro-test we looked at what infrastructure enables a place to develop an arts and culture offer to support health and well being?
How can the right amount of funding get to right people at the right time?
Our vision for this test is: Communities design and build infrastructures that enable them to plan, fund and deliver arts and culture to support health and well being.
Two place based alliances are highlighted here. One is in Gloucester and the other in a more rural community Cam & Dursley.
Alliance 1. Matson, Robinswood & White City
Watch the film of the Culture Matson story
Read the blogs
Resources
As the group has developed they have agreed a set of structures which have been developed into a set of shared resources which you can see below. These are summarised in the groups ‘Terms of Reference’ which you can download here.
All of these resources are available for you to use, we just ask you to credit Culture Matson and Create Gloucestershire. Please note: the content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial - ShareAlike 4.0 License. View a copy of this license here.
Principles and Values
The Principles and Values document details what the group is about; how it behaves and how the meetings happen and why - so that people who are new can look at it and have a good understanding of why Culture Matson does things the way it does. Click on the image to download a copy.
Community Chest Funding Process
The Community Chest Funding process is a list of frequently asked questions for the group to refer to when thinking about applying to the chest fund. Click on the image to download a copy.
Funding application process
This is a step by step guide used by the group to illustrate the process of applying for funding. Click on the image to download a copy.
Alliance 2. Cam & Dursley Creatives
What about a Community Chest just for young people?
Moving forward we are going to keep trying and learning whether this alliance model might provide a different way to commission arts and health. We are testing the concept of a Community Chest for young people in another area of Gloucestershire, Cam & Dursley.
