CIC Health & Wellbeing Forum 2025 Report

This report, published in September 2025, by the CIC Health & Wellbeing Forum and Arts Council England, sets out evidence and recommendations for strengthening initiatives that use creative and cultural activities, processes or assets to improve health and wellbeing for individuals and communities.

It finds that these programmes save the NHS money and argues they should play a critical role in the government’s efforts to shift the focus of healthcare systems away from a short-term reactive care model towards long-term health promotion, enabling more people to live well for longer.

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