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  • My Volunteering Experience by Natasha Kitchen

    My Volunteering Experience by Natasha Kitchen

    Volunteer Natasha Kitchen discusses a summer of arts volunteering with stroke patients at Abingdon Community Hospital Read more

  • Intergenerational Creativity for Bicester Community Hospital

    Intergenerational Creativity for Bicester Community Hospital

    Bicester community hospital embraces creative health for all ages with our summer intergenerational project Read more

  • Season of Serenading

    Season of Serenading

    Between January and July 2024, there have been 40 mini-concerts and bedside serenading sessions delivered by the Orchestra of St Johns (OSJ) at 16 community and mental health wards across the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. Read more

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    Creative Joy

    Find out more about our latest Arts Impact Measured projects. Read more

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Health through Creativity

The 2021-26 Oxford Health Arts Partnership (OHAP) Strategy aims to inspire recovery, wellbeing and growth through creativity.  The partnership brings together the arts and green spaces team as well as Oxford Health Charity and community partners/funders. 

Together they are working on the following five objectives to deliver this strategy and make a difference to patients, carers and staff across the Trust:

  • Grow - Develop OHAP through collaboration, co-production and partnerships
  • Research - Actively engage and lead on research to demonstrate the impact of arts on health
  • Understand - Raise awareness of the benefits of arts interventions in healthcare settings
  • Production - To contribute to the recovery and experience of service users/patients/clients and the health and wellbeing of those in contact with Trust services
  • Inspire - To innovate and inspire creativity within healthcare and recovery

This collection of blogs highlights the impact of the projects that are being undertaken and the development of the strategy over the five years.  To support the delivery of these projects, donate via Arts in Healthcare.

Creative Joy

Creative Joy

Find out more about our latest Arts Impact Measured projects. Read more

Posted to: Health through Creativity

The 2021-26 Oxford Health Arts Partnership (OHAP) Strategy aims to inspire recovery, wellbeing and growth through creativity.  The partnership brings together the arts and green spaces team as well as Oxford Health Charity and community partners/funders. 

Together they are working on the following five objectives to deliver this strategy and make a difference to patients, carers and staff across the Trust:

  • Grow - Develop OHAP through collaboration, co-production and partnerships
  • Research - Actively engage and lead on research to demonstrate the impact of arts on health
  • Understand - Raise awareness of the benefits of arts interventions in healthcare settings
  • Production - To contribute to the recovery and experience of service users/patients/clients and the health and wellbeing of those in contact with Trust services
  • Inspire - To innovate and inspire creativity within healthcare and recovery

This collection of blogs highlights the impact of the projects that are being undertaken and the development of the strategy over the five years.  To support the delivery of these projects, donate via Arts in Healthcare.

Published: 23rd May, 2024

Author: Angela Conlan

Wonderful Wallingford

Wonderful Wallingford

Through Oxford Health Charity, Goring Arts Society, The Berkshire Nurses & Relief in Sickness Trust Local, and the Wallingford League of Friends, the Oxford Health Arts Partnership (OHAP) has supported local visual artist Tom Cross as artist in residence on St. Leonards Ward at Wallingford Community Hospital (2023-24). Read more

Posted to: Health through Creativity

The 2021-26 Oxford Health Arts Partnership (OHAP) Strategy aims to inspire recovery, wellbeing and growth through creativity.  The partnership brings together the arts and green spaces team as well as Oxford Health Charity and community partners/funders. 

Together they are working on the following five objectives to deliver this strategy and make a difference to patients, carers and staff across the Trust:

  • Grow - Develop OHAP through collaboration, co-production and partnerships
  • Research - Actively engage and lead on research to demonstrate the impact of arts on health
  • Understand - Raise awareness of the benefits of arts interventions in healthcare settings
  • Production - To contribute to the recovery and experience of service users/patients/clients and the health and wellbeing of those in contact with Trust services
  • Inspire - To innovate and inspire creativity within healthcare and recovery

This collection of blogs highlights the impact of the projects that are being undertaken and the development of the strategy over the five years.  To support the delivery of these projects, donate via Arts in Healthcare.

Published: 23rd May, 2024

Author: Angela Conlan

Season of Serenading

Season of Serenading

Between January and July 2024, there have been 40 mini-concerts and bedside serenading sessions delivered by the Orchestra of St Johns (OSJ) at 16 community and mental health wards across the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. Read more

Posted to: Health through Creativity

The 2021-26 Oxford Health Arts Partnership (OHAP) Strategy aims to inspire recovery, wellbeing and growth through creativity.  The partnership brings together the arts and green spaces team as well as Oxford Health Charity and community partners/funders. 

Together they are working on the following five objectives to deliver this strategy and make a difference to patients, carers and staff across the Trust:

  • Grow - Develop OHAP through collaboration, co-production and partnerships
  • Research - Actively engage and lead on research to demonstrate the impact of arts on health
  • Understand - Raise awareness of the benefits of arts interventions in healthcare settings
  • Production - To contribute to the recovery and experience of service users/patients/clients and the health and wellbeing of those in contact with Trust services
  • Inspire - To innovate and inspire creativity within healthcare and recovery

This collection of blogs highlights the impact of the projects that are being undertaken and the development of the strategy over the five years.  To support the delivery of these projects, donate via Arts in Healthcare.

Published: 18th July, 2024

Updated: 8th August, 2024

Author: Angela Conlan

Intergenerational Creativity for Bicester Community Hospital

Intergenerational Creativity for Bicester Community Hospital

Bicester community hospital embraces creative health for all ages with our summer intergenerational project Read more

Posted to: Health through Creativity

The 2021-26 Oxford Health Arts Partnership (OHAP) Strategy aims to inspire recovery, wellbeing and growth through creativity.  The partnership brings together the arts and green spaces team as well as Oxford Health Charity and community partners/funders. 

Together they are working on the following five objectives to deliver this strategy and make a difference to patients, carers and staff across the Trust:

  • Grow - Develop OHAP through collaboration, co-production and partnerships
  • Research - Actively engage and lead on research to demonstrate the impact of arts on health
  • Understand - Raise awareness of the benefits of arts interventions in healthcare settings
  • Production - To contribute to the recovery and experience of service users/patients/clients and the health and wellbeing of those in contact with Trust services
  • Inspire - To innovate and inspire creativity within healthcare and recovery

This collection of blogs highlights the impact of the projects that are being undertaken and the development of the strategy over the five years.  To support the delivery of these projects, donate via Arts in Healthcare.

Published: 16th August, 2024

Updated: 26th September, 2024

My Volunteering Experience by Natasha Kitchen

My Volunteering Experience by Natasha Kitchen

Volunteer Natasha Kitchen discusses a summer of arts volunteering with stroke patients at Abingdon Community Hospital Read more

Posted to: Health through Creativity

The 2021-26 Oxford Health Arts Partnership (OHAP) Strategy aims to inspire recovery, wellbeing and growth through creativity.  The partnership brings together the arts and green spaces team as well as Oxford Health Charity and community partners/funders. 

Together they are working on the following five objectives to deliver this strategy and make a difference to patients, carers and staff across the Trust:

  • Grow - Develop OHAP through collaboration, co-production and partnerships
  • Research - Actively engage and lead on research to demonstrate the impact of arts on health
  • Understand - Raise awareness of the benefits of arts interventions in healthcare settings
  • Production - To contribute to the recovery and experience of service users/patients/clients and the health and wellbeing of those in contact with Trust services
  • Inspire - To innovate and inspire creativity within healthcare and recovery

This collection of blogs highlights the impact of the projects that are being undertaken and the development of the strategy over the five years.  To support the delivery of these projects, donate via Arts in Healthcare.

Published: 3rd September, 2024

Corporate Green Fingers

Corporate Green Fingers

We are so grateful to the companies who give their staff time to support charities and community activities - the time they give makes such a difference to our sites, patients, carers and staff. Read more

Posted to: Health through Creativity

The 2021-26 Oxford Health Arts Partnership (OHAP) Strategy aims to inspire recovery, wellbeing and growth through creativity.  The partnership brings together the arts and green spaces team as well as Oxford Health Charity and community partners/funders. 

Together they are working on the following five objectives to deliver this strategy and make a difference to patients, carers and staff across the Trust:

  • Grow - Develop OHAP through collaboration, co-production and partnerships
  • Research - Actively engage and lead on research to demonstrate the impact of arts on health
  • Understand - Raise awareness of the benefits of arts interventions in healthcare settings
  • Production - To contribute to the recovery and experience of service users/patients/clients and the health and wellbeing of those in contact with Trust services
  • Inspire - To innovate and inspire creativity within healthcare and recovery

This collection of blogs highlights the impact of the projects that are being undertaken and the development of the strategy over the five years.  To support the delivery of these projects, donate via Arts in Healthcare.

Published: 1st November, 2024

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