Enabling

Public Service Pioneers 2021: Reaching and Sustaining New Horizons was a virtual, month-long learning event that happened in March 2021. 

Y Lab’s Sofia Vougioukalou was successful in securing a British Academy Innovation Fellowship to look at creative ageing and social prescribing in Wales

By now, we know the story—the climate crisis is here, there, and everywhere, and it is terr

We recently ran an all-day event on Zoom for our HARP projects to share their work.

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 recently collaborated with people who have lived experience of dementia care to produce short films illustrating their experience.

This year,  Alzheimer's Society Cymru launched a Dementia Friendly Diversity Awards 2021 (Wales) and the winner was announced in their

The Cardiff Capital Region has recently launched a Challenge Fund to ‘harness the power of innovation in procurement’.

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

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.

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

What are the limitations in the system that mean funding isn't more equal?

Y Lab has launched a survey that aims to find out more about how arts and health can address challenges and improve access to online delivery. 

We are launching a public involvement and patient experience in research group (PIPER) for Arts and Health in Wales. Read more about what it will do and how to join. 

How can the arts support people living through lockdown? How can access to arts interventions be improved? Our sprint challenge aimed to build our knowledge to support more people in Wales. 

Alexis Palá explains more about our event: What is it and why should you come?

In April 2019, we announced a new Arts and Health programme with Arts Council of Wales and Welsh NHS Confederation.

We know that the innovation can’t happen with just funding alone.

Mindsets greatly affect the tools we use and the outcomes we achieve; it’s time for governments and those working with public services to confront this reality.

Leonard Cheshire will use a loan of £1million to develop and scale their Innovate to Save project across Wales.

Research shows that gender influences the outcome of innovation funding applications. How can we understand this better and test ways to guard against unconscious bias?