Arts, Health and Wellbeing Lottery Funding
The aim of this programme is to support partnerships from across the arts, health, social care and third sectors to provide high-quality creative projects that deliver health and wellbeing benefits for the people of Wales.
Arts projects aiming to improve people’s health and wellbeing by connecting them with nature are an additional, new priority for Arts Council of Wales’ Arts, Health and Wellbeing lottery funding from this autumn.
Partnerships between Wales’ arts, health and nature organisations are among those encouraged to apply for one of three levels of Arts, Health and Wellbeing Lottery funding as part of the Creative Nature Programme, an agreement between Arts Council of Wales and Natural Resources Wales that aims to cultivate the relationship between the arts and the natural environment.
Who can apply?
The Arts Health and Wellbeing Fund is open to partnership bids from across the arts, health, social care, nature, environmental and third sectors. Projects that address one or more of the following health challenges and priorities are eligible to apply:
Nature - projects that aim to improve people’s health and wellbeing by increasing their connection with nature through the arts;
Mental health - including tackling loneliness, social isolation and social prescribing schemes that aim to build resilience and support better mental health;
Health inequalities - Arts projects designed to address health inequalities by bringing health and wellbeing benefits to people from more diverse and under-represented backgrounds;
Physical health and wellbeing – arts projects that support improved physical health or keep people physically active ;
Staff wellbeing - within the healthcare and/or arts workforce.
Applications should be developed by a partnership/consortium of organisations and artists and must include both a health and arts partner (as well as a nature partner if your project focuses on Arts, Health & Nature). One of the partners will need to assume the lead, submitting the application and acting as the accountable body.
When can I apply?
The Fund will open on 29 November 2023 and will close at 5pm on 17 January 2024.
If you’re applying for £50,000 or under (including additional access costs), we’ll try and get a decision to you within 8 weeks from the deadline date.
Applications requesting over £50,000 (including additional access costs) will receive a decision within 12 weeks from the deadline.
For more information, and to apply, visit: https://arts.wales/funding/organisations/arts-health-and-wellbeing