This training is for organisations commissioning and working with creative practitioners in the field of arts and health. This could include statutory and charitable organisations delivering community arts programmes (i.e social prescribing schemes) and arts organisations that commission artists. This training is not designed for individual artists.

When?

This six hour online training course takes place over three 2-hour sessions and you should attend all three sessions. The sessions take place on:

• September 14th 2026, 2-4pm

• September 21st 2026, 2-4pm

• September 28th 2026, 2-4pm

The course takes place over Zoom. If you have any questions please contact us.

How it Works.

Training groups are capped at a maximum of 12 participants to maximise involvement in discussions. Through a combination of knowledge sharing and facilitated group conversations this training will provide you with:

• A greater understanding of supporting the needs of creative practitioners within the workplace, including working in a variety of venues with varying degrees of arts & health projects;

• An action plan identifying achievable short and long term goals specific to your organisation or institution;

• Peer-to-peer discussions exploring insights, challenges and solutions to supporting creative practitioners.

Groundwork builds on our experiences working on either side of the fence as both commissioned artists and working in commissioning roles in arts & health.

The training is comprised of three 2-hour online sessions covering the following:

Session 1.

• Defining support — exploring the various support mechanisms that can be offered to create an environment where creative practitioners can flourish;

• Exploring good and bad practice — identifying beneficial approaches and common challenges to providing sustainable support.

Session 2.

• Means of offering support — exploring diverse ways in which support can be offered to creative practitioners with an individualised approach;

• Developing a code of best practice for your organisation — considering formal and informal support, accessibility and flexibility, identifying existing and new resources.

Session 3.

• Short and long term action planning — identifying individualised and achievable actions for your organisation

• Developing a bespoke pledge to supporting creative practitioners — designing an ethos outlining your organisation’s sustainable commitment to how it supports creative practitioners.

This training was devised with consultancy support from Eve Loren.

Cost.

• Small Organisations (Annual turnover of under £30,000): £99

• Larger Organisations (Annual turnover of over £30,000): £149

About the Facilitator.

Daniel Regan is an artist and creative health consultant working across the sector, alongside being the founder of Arts & Health Hub. For over 20 years Daniel has worked across the creative health sector in a number of roles, including as a professional freelance artist, facilitator, consultant, mentor, and Director of an NHS arts charity in primary care. Daniel has been supporting artists in creative health for over a decade and spearheaded the Arts & Health Hub's Support Hub project, delivering a number ofsupport programmes for artists in creative health.

Terms & Conditions:

Places are non-refundable once purchased. If you intend to send someone in your place please contact us to update your ticket’s information. We do record each session and in the event that you’re unable to attend we will still provide you with access to the recordings and slides for up to 3 months after the final session.