Creative Connection: How the Arts Can Tackle Loneliness

Date of recording: 19th May 2025

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As part of Creativity & Wellbeing Week 2025, this webinar brought together experts from the arts, culture, and community sectors to explore:

  • The role of the arts in reducing loneliness and social isolation
  • How arts policy and funding can support community-led solutions
  • The power of creative projects to engage and empower diverse communities
  • Real-world examples of arts initiatives tackling loneliness head-on

Speakers:

  • Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance and London Arts & Health (Victoria Hume & Anna Woolf)
  • Arts Council England (Jemma Channing)
  • Civil Society Consulting (Natasha Ereira-Guyer)
  • Metal Culture (Susie Thornberry)

Slides by Anna Woolf, Jemma Channing and Susie Thornberry.

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