During 2023, the Greater London Authority, Arts Council England and London Arts and Health asked more than 500 Londoners to initiate, build and test a model for the capital to become a Creative Health City. Three lively discussions were convened, and the process culminated in a cacophonous Unconference.
Asked to evaluate the process of co-designing London’s creative health policy, I listened carefully to what was said and filtered it through my existing knowledge of the sector. I wrote and laid out a 24-page internal report. The main messages that came through the policy-design process were that:
- The Creative Health City should be built from the inside, from the local and inter-personal, in our neighbourhoods and urban ‘villages’.
- Creative health needs to be integrated into all aspects of our lives.
- Creative health is here to stay, supporting our health and wellbeing long into the future.
I made a series of recommendations to help London to realise this vision. You can read more here.
