NAPA is delighted to announce the winners of the Arts in Care Homes prizes for events registered for this year’s National Day of Arts in Care Homes.

We decided to recognise five events that responded in creative and inspiring ways to this year’s theme of Reflections as well as embodying the message of our Year of Connected Communities 2023, having teamwork and creative connections at the heart of their activities. The five winning entries will each receive £100 tokens to spend on arts materials and all finalists will receive certificates.

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NAPA is delighted to launch a new resource developed by and for care home managers. ‘A Manager’s Guide to Arts in Care Homes’ shares suggestions and inspiration from three managers doing exciting work involving the arts and creativity.

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National Day of Arts in Care Homes 2023

NAPA celebrated the fifth National Day of Arts in Care Homes in September 2023 by highlighting different aspects of arts in care provision in the run-up to the day itself. Over 100 care homes registered details of their own arts events and many more took part in online NAPA online events and shared posts on social media.

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Join us for our LIVE #AICH2023 events for National Activity Providers Association Arts in Care Week. Please come and take part in the conversations, help us shine a spotlight on this important work and and share your #Reflections on the importance of arts in care provision.

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Not long to go now until 24 September: The National Day of Arts in Care Homes (UK) and Arts and Aging Day (Canada).

We are very excited to share details of FREE online events developed for NAPA Arts in Care week by Cailey Massey from Artfull Enrichment.

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Wonderful discussion with Gail Gregory and Keith Oliver about creativity, arts and dementia.

Great insights of the importance of being given the opportunities to try new things and learn new skills for people living with dementia and some really good activity ideas for care settings too.

The National Day of Arts in Care Homes is an annual event managed by NAPA that takes place on 24 September each year.

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One of the key aims of the NAPA Arts in Care Homes programme is to work towards embedding arts and cultural participation into care provision.

Throughout 2023, NAPA will be developing work based on the recommendations from Every Care Home A Creative Home, a report published by The Baring Foundation in 2023.

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A recent blog by David Cutler Director of The Baring Foundation reflects on how bringing arts and creativity into care settings can benefit everyone including care staff.

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Thanks to The Journal of Dementia Care for including this article about The National Day of Arts in Care Homes 2022, which features some of the wonderful events and projects organisised by care settings.

As part of the NAPA Year of Creativity 2022, Arts in Cares Homes is sharing 52 weekly creative activity ideas designed specifically for people developing arts activities in care settings.

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