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Briefing

HARP Journal: November 2021

Welcome to the HARP Journal! Here we will share news and emerging learning from the ‘HARP’ (Health, Arts, Research, People) programme each month during 2021-22. This month’s theme is Delivery.

3 November 2021

A Decarbonisation Handbook for Wales

As the global community is meeting for the next two weeks in Glasgow to discuss climate change at

4 October 2021

New phase for Y Lab as Cardiff University becomes sole lead organisation

As our time as a partnership with Nesta comes to an end, Y Lab’s Director, James Lewis, reflects on some of the highlights and what’s coming next.

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15 March 2021

Announcing the HARP Nourish projects

Together with Arts Council of Wales, we are excited to announce 10 projects that will work on scaling and sustaining arts and health activity across the country.

Image shows two women, foster carers from Flintshire, walking in a park with a dog beside them.

5 March 2021

Sharing our learning from Innovate to Save

The Innovate to Save (I2S) Programme, run by Y Lab between 2017-2020, was an experiment in using blended finance to support innovation projects in Wales.

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Research

Data Poverty in Wales and Scotland

We are working with partners to find out more about the scale and depth of data poverty in Wales and Scotland and the impact on people's lives.

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Programme of Work

Cardiff Capital Region Challenge Fund

We are working with the Cardiff Capital Region to deliver a new challenge fund that aims to use innovation to address societal challenges.

Image shows a woman in green trousers and a blue top lying on a bed surrounded by clocks on the wall telling different times. It is by Maxine a Rengarific participant.

29 September 2020

Innovating in arts and health during a pandemic

Programme manager, Rosie Dow, talks about the challenges and joys of arts and health innovation during COVID-19.

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28 August 2020

Evaluating a programme: What have we learned so far about Innovate to Save?

How and why does innovation happen in public services?

2 June 2020

Y Lab and COVID-19

Our Academic Director, James Lewis, writes about what we are working on and how we are responding to the coronavirus pandemic.