29 September 2020 Programme manager, Rosie Dow, talks about the challenges and joys of arts and health innovation during COVID-19. I joined the Y Lab Arts and Health programme in January 2020 after working in arts and health delivery across…
Put your money where your mouth is: Improving diversity in funding
23 November 2020 What are the limitations in the system that mean funding isn’t more equal? Rob Callaghan is looking at Nesta’s recent data to understand more about who is applying for their funding and why data matters. For most…
Next of Kin: a performance and discussion about dementia, D/deaf communication and healthcare
18 December 2020 As part of the 2020 Festival of Social Science, Y Lab presented the performance of a new play ‘Next of Kin’ alongside a discussion about dementia, hearing loss and the role of family in health equalities. ‘Next…
Sharing our learning from Innovate to Save
5 March 2021 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 that had the potential to both: improve public services, and generate cashable…
HARP Nourish
15 March 2021 Responding directly to the needs arising out of the pandemic, and recognising that innovation is taking place throughout the sector at the moment, we are aiming to learn more about how the arts can help health and…
HARP Seed
15 March 2021 In partnership with Arts Council of Wales, the HARP Seed programme is about collaborating to generate – or ‘seed’ – those initial great ideas and innovate at pace In the face of COVID-19 we know new ideas and…
Announcing the HARP Nourish projects
15 March 2021 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. We are excited to announce ten projects receiving funding and…
Dementia Friendly Diversity Awards 2021
7 May 2021 This year, Alzheimer’s Society Cymru launched a Dementia Friendly Diversity Awards 2021 (Wales) and the winner was announced in their annual conference which took place 17-18 March. The Diversity award in collaboration with Welsh Government sought to identify an individual and…
Challenge upon challenge: Three things to avoid when running a challenge fund
4 May 2021 The Cardiff Capital Region has recently launched a Challenge Fund to ‘harness the power of innovation in procurement’. Emyr Williams took a supporting role in this process and did rapid background research exploring some of the critical…
New report highlights innovative work in arts and health in Wales
10 September 2021 Rosie Dow outlines why we’re delighted to see the Baring Foundation highlight some of the brilliant work happening in Wales’ innovative arts and health sector. We’re delighted that the Baring Foundation have recently released a report, ‘Creatively…