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New lovely publication. Open Access. Elmslie et al. Dance harnesses humanity in exercise: perceptions of dance following an adapted dance program for people with chronic stroke Image Mohamed Nohassi. buff.ly/4kdBhp7

The WHO Social Prescribing course is back! We've officially moved from OpenWHO to WHO Academy. ✅ Enroll today in this free, self-paced, online course:buff.ly/4bqnRCj

New research, great to see evidence emerging from the developing world. Ama de-Graft Aikinsa et al. Applying arts to health interventions and health research in Ghana: a scoping review. Image Kingsley Hemans.

Intriguing hypothesis. Constantina Theofanopoulou. Dancing towards speech improvement: Repurposing dance for motor speech deficits in neurodegenerative diseases. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2025. Open Access. Image Maksym Kaharlytskyi. buff.ly/Uwg3TIN

Saturday morning listen - an oldie but great to return to. buff.ly/2niDUQk

Out in June, + chapter from Centre for Reworlding's Jen Rae on Centering Indigenous Knowledges for Climate Justice Art. "Pedagogical Art in Activist and Curatorial Practices." Edited By Izabel Galliera, Noni Brynjolson. Routledge. Image Daniel Jensen. buff.ly/XmdY9L0

Sharing UK data this week. This synthesis brings together insights generated by 16 community-university partnerships that built cross-sectoral community research consortia to address health inequalities. Image Anne Nygård buff.ly/WWBnu8J

If you’re looking for inspiration about how to bring a ‘creative change’ to current place-based policies and programs tackling social inequity in Australia, the ARC Creative Change Project map is worth checking out! creativechange.org.au/mapping

The arts are crucial for both health and education - Kids need arts and creativity in schools for their health (and so do teachers!!!). Spread the word about the CREATE Centre's Creative Schools conference, 28 and 29 March 2025. youtube.com/watch?v=xecdrD…

Saturday morning read. Useful Facts, from Culture Counts, is an index of stats carefully drawn from over 100 recent research papers. And it is so useful even if just about the UK! Take your glance. buff.ly/qhVxEe7

New book: Inside the Contemporary Conservatoire. Routledge 2025. Reflects interesting rethinking of whether the traditional conservatoire model is beneficial for musicians. routledge.com/Inside-the-Con…

CAWRI cawri.com.au have released their March newsletter. They discuss the Audience Atlas Victoria. creative.vic.gov.au/resources/audi…

Social Prescribing Trial Launches in Queensland! Queensland Government in partnership with ten Neighbourhood Centres! Project evaluation led by AHNQ's Prof Genevieve Dingle. You might want to re-watch Prof Dingle's insights with our AHNNA President. youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

In case you missed this lovely story. Is this not art for wellbeing? abc.net.au/news/2025-03-0…

Saturday morning read - read all about our wonderful recent Arts Health Network workshop with the peerless Refugee Art Project! artshealthnetwork.com.au/ahnna-creative…

A repository of creative resources from Black Dog Institute. Body Mapping & Mental Health: Using Art to Overcome Stigma & Build Resilience. blackdoginstitute.org.au/resources-supp…

AHNNA Secretary Martha Waugh is cited in this article which many will find fascinating. Emily Cross. The neuroscience of dance takes center stage. Neuron. Volume 113, Issue 6, 19 March 2025, 808-813. Image Morgan Petroski sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Important article from the real drivers of this in Australia. Yvonne Zurynski, Leanne Wells and JR Baker. Timely calls for systematic reforms to embed social prescribing. croakey.org/timely-calls-f…

Fascinating thought. Theofanopoulou C. Dancing towards speech improvement: Repurposing dance for motor speech deficits in neurodegenerative diseases. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/13872877241313304. Image Nsey Benajah journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Saturday morning research read. Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, & colleagues. Promoting the well-being of infants and caregivers through music: insights from the lullaby project’s international convening. Arts & Health, 1–11. Image Tim Bish doi.org/10.1080/175330…