Building community

May 22, 2019

Social Care Institute for Excellence

SCIE, NAPA

Written in association with NAPA, the SCIE website has a dedicated page aimed at encouraging participation in the arts for people living in care homes.

Packed full of information about a wide range of arts activities including creative writing, visual arts, dance, using puppets, sculpture, music, pottery, digital arts, gardening and everyday creativity.

June 6, 2019

Entelechy Arts

Arts organisation based in Lewisham specialising in arts for older people. Entelechy and Meet Me at The Albany are holding Age Against the Machine, Festival of Creative Ageing, 13 September – 6 October.

Entelechy are running an event as part of National Day of Arts in Care Homes: A 21st Century Tea Dance at Alexander Care. Also look out for The Home: a 48-hour immersive experience which explores the care home as a place of reinvention and possibility.

May 22, 2019

Everyday Creativity in Later Life: Art, Technology and Community

Dr Jonathan Gross, 64 million Artists (The Baring Foundation)

Report summarising the activity and findings of the Do, Think, Share action research project run by 64 Million Artists in collaboration with Leicester Ageing Together (LAT). The overarching aim of this report is to examine the implications of that project for understanding the roles of creativity and digital technology in later life.