The Institute for Creative Health
‘Proving that arts contribute to health and wellbeing’
www.instituteforcreativehealth.org.au
About Us
The Institute for Creative Health is an independent non-profit Australian organisation with the mission to prove that the arts, in all its guises, are essential to the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. The Institute, established in 2006, was formerly known as the Arts and Health Foundation.
The Institute’s objective is to establish long term support for arts and health advocacy, research and practice across all areas of health and to embed the arts in the nation’s approach to health and wellbeing.
We want people to put into practice the very best ideas.
What We Do
The Institute for Creative Health draws its support from the health and arts sectors and works to:
1.Develop, and advocate for, policies which promote individual and community health and wellbeing;
2.Sponsor and support research which demonstrates how the arts positively contribute to good health and wellbeing;
3.Encourage best practice by providing a community platform to enable the sharing of research, stories and information; and
4.Partner with organisations to acknowledge best practice and promote the further expansion of successful initiatives.
