Policies & Strategies
This section presents a range of policies and strategies relevant to arts and health practice.
This section presents a range of policies and strategies relevant to arts and health practice.
This sector brief is informed by the Health 2020 policy framework adopted by all Member States of the WHO European Region and the WHO Health Evidence Network synthesis report on the evidence base for arts and health interventions.
17 December, 2019
Create publishes their 2020-2025 strategy at a time of significant global change and in the firm belief that by working together, artists and communities can purposefully explore how collaborative arts engage in distinct, relevant and powerful ways with the urgent social, cultural and political issues of our times.
7 October, 2019
The Arts Council's three-year plan 2020-2022 is more externally focused, engaging more with diverse communities across Ireland, placing equality and human rights at the centre of all activities and providing opportunities for artists and arts organisations to develop their skills and capacities in innovative and new ways across the digital realm and in cross-disciplinary practice.
2 September, 2019
Developed in the context of Ireland’s contemporary diverse society and driven by the desire of the Arts Council to show leadership and bring about change in Ireland, this policy aims to ensure that everyone who lives in Ireland has the opportunity to engage with, and participate in the arts.
2 May, 2019
The National Youth Health Programme is a strategic partnership of The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI), The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) and the Health Service Executive (HSE).
25 November, 2018
The National Positive Ageing Strategy is a commitment in the Programme for Government, outlining Ireland's vision for ageing and older people and the national goals and objectives required to promote positive ageing.
18 February, 2018
Clár Éire Ildánach / Creative Ireland is the Government’s Legacy Programme for Ireland 2016 – a five-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022, which places creativity at the centre of public policy.
18 February, 2018
Arts for Health is a partnership programme based in West Cork implementing a managed arts programme for older people in healthcare settings, embedded into the community hospitals and day care services.
30 November, 2017
This Framework - which reflects the National Arts and Health Framework and the NSW Arts and Cultural Policy Framework (Create in NSW) - enables the NSW Health system to maximise the benefits of integrating the arts into the design and delivery of health services, and health messaging.
20 July, 2016
The first White Paper of the National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military (US) recommends collective actions to help increase access to the arts as tools for healing and wellness for all military service men and women, medical staff, veterans, their families, and caregivers.
29 December, 2015
The Arts Council strategy, Making Great Art Work, sets out its plan for leading the development of the arts in Ireland from 2016-2025, prioritising the artist and public engagement, and outlining a range of actions which the agency will take to deliver on its vision.
30 September, 2015
This strategy sets out to improve the lives of people with dementia in Ireland.
6 January, 2015
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