Creative approaches to wellbeing

Introduction - Victoria Tischler and Karen Gray

Part I: Isolation and connection

1 Community COVID: How can community assets redress health inequities? - Rabya Mughal, Linda J. Thomson, Helen J. Chatterjee

2 Together while apart: Interrogating togetherness in the context of COVID-19 and online community arts practice - Matthew Reason

Part II: Places and spaces

3 Just walking: Creative methods towards pedestrian equity - Dee Heddon, Maggie O'Neill, Clare Qualmann, Morag Rose, Harry Wilson

4 Nature's affordances: Challenges and opportunities - Qian Sun, Amy Corcoran, Anna Jorgensen

5 Community resilience and recovery: The 'Restorative Museum' and responses to COVID-19 - Breda Friel, David Farrell-Banks, Philip McDermott

6 'It's OK to be closed': Harnessing the power of nature, enhancing resilience and learning lessons from the literary heritage sector - David Rudrum, Helen Williams

Part III: Lessons for practice

7 Remote cultures: Using arts activities to support staff working with people with dementia in care homes - Chloe Asker, Victoria Tischler, Hannah Zeilig

8 Communicating through COVID: Arts-based approaches to supporting healthcare workers through a pandemic - Suzy Willson, Graham Easton, Sandra Nicholson, Bella Eacott, Eliz Hassan, Pedro Rothstein, Paul Heritage

9 Arts for health's sake: Mapping innovation in arts provision in the Liverpool City Region - Josie Billington, Ekaterina Balabanova, Joanne Worsley, Antonina Anisimovich, Melissa Chapple

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