On the 27th November, London Arts and Health invited everyone interested in the intersections of health and culture to come together for a day of exchange, reflection, boundary pushing and action planning. Together, we imagined London as a creative health capital city, laying the building blocks to see it become reality. Creative and health organisations and practitioners all see health and culture working together to address health needs across the UK’s capital city, however, for too many Londoners these activities are out of reach.

I spent the day asking people what creative health means to them, what they think about London as creative health city, how to make it a reality and what difference it would make to their work. The conversations highlight the opportunities and challenges and offer perspectives from people working on the ground with communities, across many forms of creativity.

The event was an initiative developed and funded by the Mayor of London and Arts Council England, delivered in partnership with London Arts and Health.

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Interviewees in order:

Anna Woolf London Arts and Health

Jide Ashimi Raw Material Music & Media, SLaM

Shadé Joseph Writerz & Scribez

Lydia Rose Freelance Artist

Marley Starsky Butler Freelance, New Town Culture, Hospital Rooms

Mah Rana, Artist & Academic

Dr. Paul Gilluley NHS North East London

Laura Godfrey Isaacs Artist & Midwife, Maternal Journal

Joanna Latimer London Arts and Health

Tarek Iskander Battersea Arts Centre

Lewis Pickles & Elise Harbord The Road Zine

Lwandile Nkosi & Donald Boujar Queen Mary University of London

Marlo Savin & Kirsty Collander-Brown The Albany & Sounds Like Chaos

Elizabeth Lynch CADA

Richard Ings Arts Council England

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