WAHWN February Network Meeting

WAHWN

Join us for our monthly network session, this month focusing on partnership approaches to tackling health inequalities.

Thursday 19th February10 – 11.30am Partnership Approaches to Tackling Health InequalitiesJoin us for our February network meeting to learn more about how the arts are addressing health inequalities and the potential to develop arts and health focused solutions. Alongside sharing examples of arts interventions, we will be joined by Dr Kathrin Thomas, member of <a href="https://deependcymru.nhs.wales/" title="https://deependcymru.nhs.wales/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">DEEP END CYMRU</a> – a Wales wide network of GP practices and practitioners working in areas of high deprivation and committed to tackling health inequalities. About the speakersDr Daisy Fancourt<a href="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44526-daisy-fancourt" title="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44526-daisy-fancourt" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Daisy Fancourt</a>, researcher and professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology at <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/" title="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University College London </a>(UCL), widely recognised as a leading international expert on the links between social factors, arts &amp; culture, and health. social prescribing, loneliness, social isolation, and community engagement. As well as Director of the <a href="https://sbbresearch.org/projects/who-collaborating-centre-for-arts-and-health/" title="https://sbbresearch.org/projects/who-collaborating-centre-for-arts-and-health/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WHO (World Health Organisation) Collaborating Centre on Arts &amp; Health</a>, and advisor to several WHO committees and UK government bodies.Dr Kathrin Thomas, DEEP END Cymru.Dr Kathrin Thomas is a retired GP and Consultant in Public Health. Kathrin has focused on tackling health inequity, both working as a family doctor in the most deprived communities in Liverpool and the South Wales Valleys, and in a variety of strategic public health roles. She is a <a href="https://bevancommission.org/" title="https://bevancommission.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bevan Commission</a> Senior Fellow focusing on maximising the health sector contribution to tackling health inequities. She is Co-Chair of the <a href="https://www.fph.org.uk/policy-advocacy/special-interest-groups/primary-care-public-health-sig/#:~:text=The%20Primary%20Care%20and%20Public,health%20collaboration%20to%20come%20together." title="https://www.fph.org.uk/policy-advocacy/special-interest-groups/primary-care-public-health-sig/#:~:text=The%20Primary%20Care%20and%20Public,health%20collaboration%20to%20come%20together." target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">UK Faculty of Public Health Special Interest Group for Primary Care and Public Health</a> and a member of the <a href="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/about/communities-groups/health-inequalities" title="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/about/communities-groups/health-inequalities" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Royal College of General Practitioners Health Equity Special Interest Group</a>. She also has an interest in global health, as recent past Chair of the <a href="https://hubcymruafrica.wales/our-objectives/" title="https://hubcymruafrica.wales/our-objectives/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wales and Africa Health Links Network</a>, and remains involved in a long-term partnership between<a href="https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/" title="https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board</a> and the <a href="https://health.gov.ls/" title="https://health.gov.ls/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ministry of Health in Lesotho</a>.Sarah Milligan, GwellaSarah Milligan is a Creative Artist Practitioner and Director of <a href="https://gwella.org.uk/" title="https://gwella.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gwella</a>, an Arts in Health and Medical Humanities organisation based in South Wales. Since founding Gwella, Sarah has delivered projects across the Swansea Bay region that support improved wellbeing and social outcomes for communities from Bridgend to Mumbles, with a strategic focus on Neath Port Talbot following the closure of TATA Steel.Sarah holds a Master’s degree in Drama and previously volunteered as a listening volunteer with Samaritans, an experience that led her into the field of Arts in Health. Her practice is particularly focused on supporting men in post-industrial, low-socioeconomic areas to build confidence and resilience. Most recently, she concluded <a href="https://wahwn.cymru/knowledge-bank/heads-up-art-for-men" title="https://wahwn.cymru/knowledge-bank/heads-up-art-for-men" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Heads Up</a>, a ten-week initiative funded by Arts Council of Wales Arts, Health and Wellbeing Lottery Fund that supported participants into positive progression, with two individuals moving on to college.Das ClarksOver the past year, Arts Council Wales, Cardiff &amp; Vale Area Planning Board and G4S have supported <a href="https://www.dasclarks.com/" title="https://www.dasclarks.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Das Clarks</a> to deliver their project, <a href="https://wahwn.cymru/knowledge-bank/creative-roots-for-wellbeing-through-art" title="https://wahwn.cymru/knowledge-bank/creative-roots-for-wellbeing-through-art" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Creative Roots</a>. Our participants include residents and staff of Parc prison and service users, friends and family members, staff and volunteers connected with drug and alcohol recovery services in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Creative Roots aims to nurture and improve the mental wellbeing of those involved by engaging them in creative, mindful and enjoyable activities within the supportive company of others. The project lives in the relationships between people, hands, materials, imagination and the various places we call ‘the studio’ for the duration of each session. Exhibitions are an important part of the project since they elevate, celebrate and share out participant’s and our own artwork. Our next major exhibition launches at the Wales Millenium Centre on Sunday 22 February. The Das Clarks Creative Roots team, a collective of Newport-based freelance artists including Gareth Clark, DAR Rogers, Marion Cheung, Bill Chambers, Jo Haycock and Marega Palser. - Dydd Iau 19 Chwefror10 – 11.30am Dulliau Partneriaeth ar gyfer Mynd i’r Afael ag Anghydraddoldebau IechydYmunwch â ni yng nghyfarfod rhwydwaith mis Chwefror i glywed mwy am y ffordd y mae’r celfyddydau’n mynd i’r afael ag anghydraddoldebau iechyd a’r potensial i ddatblygu datrysiadau’n canolbwyntio ar y celfyddydau ac iechyd. Ochr yn ochr â rhannu ymyriadau celfyddydol, bydd Dr Kathrin Thomas yn ymuno â ni. Mae hi’n aelod o <a href="https://deependcymru.nhs.wales/" title="https://deependcymru.nhs.wales/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">DEEP END CYMRU</a> – rhwydwaith Cymru gyfan o feddygfeydd a meddygon teulu sy’n gweithio mewn ardaloedd o amddifadedd uchel ac sy’n ymrwymo i fynd i’r afael ag anghydraddoldebau iechyd. Am y siaradwrDr Daisy Fancourt<a href="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44526-daisy-fancourt" title="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44526-daisy-fancourt" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Daisy Fancourt</a>, ymchwilydd ac athro Seicobioleg ac Epidemioleg yng <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/" title="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ngholeg y Brifysgol Llundain</a> (UCL), a gydnabyddir yn eang fel arbenigydd rhyngwladol blaenllaw ar y cysylltiadau rhwng ffactorau cymdeithasol, y celfyddydau a diwylliant, ac iechyd, presgripsiynu cymdeithasol, unigedd, ynysu cymdeithasol ac ymgysylltu cymunedol. Yn ogystal â <a href="https://sbbresearch.org/projects/who-collaborating-centre-for-arts-and-health/" title="https://sbbresearch.org/projects/who-collaborating-centre-for-arts-and-health/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chyfarwyddwr Canolfan Gydweithredol ar y Celfyddydau ac Iechyd Sefydliad Iechyd y Byd (WHO)</a>, ac ymgynghorydd i nifer o bwyllgorau’r WHO a chyff llywodraethol yn y DU.Dr Kathrin Thomas, DEEP END CymruMae Dr Kathrin Thomas wedi ymddeol fel meddyg teulu ac Ymgynghorydd Iechyd Cyhoeddus. Mae Kathrin wedi canolbwyntio ar fynd i’r afael ag anghydraddoldeb iechyd, drwy weithio fel meddyg teulu yng nghymunedau mwyaf difreintiedig Lerpwl a chymoedd de Cymru, ac mewn amrywiol rolau strategol ym maes iechyd cyhoeddus. Mae hi’n Uwch Gymrawd gyda <a href="https://bevancommission.org/cy/" title="https://bevancommission.org/cy/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chomisiwn Bevan</a> yn canolbwyntio ar gynyddu cyfraniad y sector iechyd i fynd i’r afael ag anghydraddoldebau iechyd. Mae’n cyd-Gadeirio <a href="https://www.fph.org.uk/policy-advocacy/special-interest-groups/primary-care-public-health-sig/#:~:text=The%20Primary%20Care%20and%20Public,health%20collaboration%20to%20come%20together." title="https://www.fph.org.uk/policy-advocacy/special-interest-groups/primary-care-public-health-sig/#:~:text=The%20Primary%20Care%20and%20Public,health%20collaboration%20to%20come%20together." target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Grŵp Diddordeb Arbennig Cyfadran Iechyd Cyhoeddus y DU ar Ofal Sylfaenol ac Iechyd Cyhoeddus</a> ac yn aelod o <a href="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/about/communities-groups/health-inequalities" title="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/about/communities-groups/health-inequalities" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Grŵp Diddordeb Arbennig Coleg y Meddygon Teulu ar Gydraddoldeb Iechyd</a>. Mae ganddi ddiddordeb hefyd mewn iechyd byd-eang, fel cyn-Gadeirydd diweddar<a href="https://hubcymruafrica.cymru/ein-hamcanion/" title="https://hubcymruafrica.cymru/ein-hamcanion/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Rhwydwaith Cysylltiadau Iechyd Cymru ac Affrica</a>, ac mae’n parhau i ymwneud â phartneriaeth tymor hir rhwng <a href="https://bipbc.gig.cymru/" title="https://bipbc.gig.cymru/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr </a>a’r <a href="https://health.gov.ls/" title="https://health.gov.ls/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Weinyddiaeth Iechyd yn Lesotho.</a>Sarah Milligan, GwellaArtist Ymarferydd Creadigol yw Sarah Milligan ac mae hefyd yn Gyfarwyddwr <a href="https://gwella.org.uk/currentprojects" title="https://gwella.org.uk/currentprojects" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gwella</a>, sefydliad Celfyddydau mewn Iechyd a Dyniaethau Meddygol yn ne Cymru. Ers sefydlu Gwella, mae Sarah wedi cyflwyno prosiectau ar draws rhanbarth Bae Abertawe sy’n cefnogi gwell llesiant a chanlyniadau cymdeithasol i gymunedau o Ben-y-bont i’r Mwmbwls, gyda ffocws strategol ar Gastell Nedd Port Talbot yn dilyn cau TATA Steel. Mae gan Sarah radd Meistr mewn Drama a chyn hyn bu’n gwirfoddoli fel gwrandäwr gyda’r Samariaid, profiad a’i harweiniodd at faes y Celfyddydau mewn Iechyd. Mae ei hymarfer yn canolbwyntio’n benodol ar gefnogi dynion mewn ardaloedd ôl-ddiwydiannol, economaidd-gymdeithasol isel i feithrin hyder a gwydnwch. Yn fwyaf diweddar, cwblhaodd <a href="https://wahwn.cymru/knowledge-bank/heads-up-art-for-men" title="https://wahwn.cymru/knowledge-bank/heads-up-art-for-men" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Heads Up</a>, menter dros ddeg wythnos a gyllidwyd gan Gronfa Loteri Celfyddydau, Iechyd a Llesiant Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru i gefnogi cyfranogwyr i gyflawni dilyniant cadarnhaol, gyda dau unigolyn yn symud ymlaen i’r coleg.Das ClarksDros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf mae Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, Bwrdd Cynllunio Ardal Caerdydd a’r Fro a G4S wedi cefnogi <a href="https://www.dasclarks.com/" title="https://www.dasclarks.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Das Clarks</a> i gyflawni eu prosiect, <a href="https://wahwn.cymru/knowledge-bank/creative-roots-for-wellbeing-through-art" title="https://wahwn.cymru/knowledge-bank/creative-roots-for-wellbeing-through-art" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gwreiddiau Creadigol</a>. Mae’r cyfranogwyr yn cynnwys preswylwyr a staff carchar y Parc a defnyddwyr gwasanaeth, ffrindiau ac aelodau teulu, staff a gwirfoddolwyr sy’n gysylltiedig â gwasanaethau adfer cyffuriau ac alcohol yng Nghaerdydd a Bro Morgannwg. Nod Gwreiddiau Creadigol yw meithrin a gwella llesiant meddwl y rhai sy’n cymryd rhan drwy ymwneud â gweithgareddau creadigol, meddylgar a difyr yng nghwmni cefnogol pobl eraill. Mae’r prosiect yn byw yn y berthynas rhwng pobl, dwylo, deunyddiau, dychymyg a’r amrywiol lefydd rydyn ni’n eu galw’n ‘stiwdio’ am hyd y sesiwn. Mae arddangosfeydd yn rhan bwysig o’r prosiect gan eu bod yn dyrchafu, dathlu a rhannu gwaith celf y cyfranogwyr a’n gwaith ni. Bydd yr arddangosfa fawr nesaf yn lansio yng Nghanolfan y Mileniwm ddydd Sul 22 Chwefror. Tîm Gwreiddiau Creadigol Das Clarks, cydweithfa o artistiaid llawrydd yng Nghasnewydd sy’n cynnwys Gareth Clark, DAR Rogers, Marion Cheung, Bill Chambers, Jo Haycock a Marega Palser."

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