Sometimes you leave the office at just the right time

I had such a blast pulling this together for Centre for Cultural Value -it's a digest of what we know about lifelong cultural engagement (incl. what does that actually mean?) A little summary below 👇🏽 Thoughts welcome!

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🔦As a sneaky peak, before we send our #winter newsletter, check out our latest #AgeingIssues blog from #HeatherEdwards musicmirrors edited by Dr Meghánn Catherine Ward #CreativeAgeing #dementia #Spotlight Photo of Heather ageingissues.wordpress.com/2024/02/15/bsg…

We're very excited to present an exciting #webinar exploring #CreativeAgeing insights from Australia and the UK on Tuesday 12th March (9-10am GMT) FREE to join, but booking is essential 🇬🇧🇦🇺⤵️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-age… @Helenmanchester Dr Helen English Prof Evonne Miller

Louis is ready for a day of responding to reviewer comments by the looks of things!

Thank you so much to @Helenmanchester Dr Helen English for your insightful presentations at today's webinar and also to Prof Evonne Miller from our sister SIG in Australia! We look forward to continuing the conversations... #CreativeAgeing #InternationalConversations

We are recruiting a Research Fellow to work on a great dementia project based at ILD | Institute for Lifecourse Development, Uni of Greenwich jobs.gre.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

Introducing … the Evaluation Learning Space 🤩 Explore our new online resource hub sharing insights and knowledge from cultural sector evaluation. Supported by Esmée Fairbairn and led by Centre for Cultural Value with Arts Marketing Association culturehive.co.uk/evaluation-lea…

So pleased this paper is now out in the world! Such a fantastic team to work with using Ripple Effects Mapping with dance artists ✨

📢 HUGE NEWS: Greater Manchester is to become the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia hosted by Manchester Camerata! 💘 Over £1million raised from The Power of Music Fund (The National Academy for Social Prescribing, Arts Council England, The Utley Foundation) + NHS Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham. 🤝 Working

Members demonstrating new technology used for research into music and dementia #rcpsychNWdementia Chukwuma Oraegbunam @robyndowlen Dr Jennifer MacRitchie Michael Neo Dr T Lewis Nishanth Mathew Declan Hyland

A fab day centred on discussion on the role and value of music in the lives of people with dementia ✨

Yesterday we continued our Faculty of Biological Sciences funded #rippleeffectmapping of the Dance On darts programme as part of the GetDoncasterMoving strategy. Huge thanks to all who attended, excited to start the analyses with Dr Robyn Dowlen (she/her) #activeageing #dance #creativehealth

Today we’re holding our Music in mind webinar! 🎼 Fantastic to hear about the impactful research on music training for care home staff and how it contributes to wellbeing w/ UoM Biology, Medicine and Health Manchester Camerata

#openaccess THE PANDEMIC AND BEYOND series: Creative approaches to wellbeing: The pandemic and beyond Edited by Dr Karen Harman (Gray) 💙 & Victoria Tischler @YSJSocial @MTGStudios CultureBox study Performing Medicine @COVID-19CARE @pandemicbeyond Read/download/share for free: tinyurl.com/apwb72y2

Could you be our new co-chair? 🪑🪑 We're looking for someone to support our founder & co-chair Dr Emily Bradfield to lead the BSG Creative Ageing SIG into its next phase. Email [email protected] if you are interested or would like to find out more. #CreativeAgeing

So excited to share some wonderful projects across our two BSG Creative Ageing SIG symposia tomorrow ✨

Very excited to share my research on Ageing, Ageism, Applied Theatre & Ageism this afternoon at 1.15 as part of the BSG Creative Ageing SIG at the Newcastle University British Gerontology If you’re around come and join us !!! GSA University of Surrey #ageism #creativeageing #appliedtheatre

"The specificity of the research was really helpful. It was exciting to find it." Find out how English Touring Opera used our research review to develop a new programme to support young people’s mental health. culturalvalue.org.uk/how-english-to… Bradley Travis Dr Robyn Dowlen (she/her)