Arts Care

Broker Details

Name: Arts Care
About: A leading regional arts, health and well-being organisation
Address: 11-13 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, Antrim, BT5 5AA
Primary Contact Rachel Battersby
Email: info@artscare.co.uk
Telephone: 028 9031 1122
Location(s): Antrim, Armagh, Derry~Londonderry, Down, East Belfast, Fermanagh, Greater Belfast, North Belfast, South Belfast, Tyrone, West Belfast
Clause(s): Business development and knowledge sharing, Community engagement events, Digital inclusion initiatives, Environmental initiatives, Health & wellbeing strategy for staff, Health and wellbeing initiatives, In-work progression and skills development for staff, Skills development and educational attainment, Support for the VCSE sector, Unpaid work placements, Use of social enterprises in the supply chain
Priorities: Children and young people, Looked after children / care leavers, People from a minority ethnic background, People from deprived areas, People who need support with mental or physical wellbeing, Women from socially deprived areas
Profile:

Who are we?
Arts Care is a leading regional arts, health and well-being organisation and registered charity based in Northern Ireland, founded in 1991. We deliver a wide range of innovative and impactful participatory arts projects and arts events into the heart of health, social and community care services.

Aim – to enhance the quality of the service users, staff and community’s experience of Healthcare

Objective – to provide quality arts engagement that supports health and well-being

What do we do
Arts Care provides opportunities for service users, healthcare staff and visitors to participate in a variety of art workshops, performances and events accessing high-quality arts engagement in health and community care settings including transforming clinical environments into ‘creative cared for’ spaces.

How do we do it?
Arts Care engage a highly skilled workforce of professional artists from different art disciplines and clown doctors.
These teams of arts professionals deliver arts projects, performances and art exhibitions into multiple health, social care and community settings across Northern Ireland.

Mission – ‘improving personal health and wellbeing through the Arts’.

Our Vision – is that everyone throughout Northern Ireland has an opportunity to experience the positive health and wellbeing effects of engagement with creative arts.

Core Values
Inclusive. Transformational. Transparent and open. Collaborative. Creative. Respectful

Location

Arts Care

11-13 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, Antrim, BT5 5AA