We're working with the National Museum of Wales to decorate the new Staff Haven in the UHW Lakeside Wing. Cardiff and Vale UHB Staff members have the chance to vote for their favourite theme of the five below. Please vote in the survey section of the StaffConnect app: https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/staff-information/sign-up-to-staffconnect/ Voting closes on Sunday 8th November. … Continue reading Choose the art for the Lakeside Wing Staff Haven
Month: October 2020
Cardiff & Vale Arts and Health Charity are delighted to welcome Arts & Business Cymru Intern Bex Betton to the team. Bex, who will be starting with the team in early November for 10 months, has a strong background in fundraising, events and the Arts which have been developed from working within the Welsh Arts … Continue reading Cardiff & Vale Arts and Health Charity hosts Arts & Business Cymru Intern
In January 2020, artists Paul Whittaker and Tamsin Griffiths – Four in Four, began an Arts Council of Wales funded project in collaboration with Cardiff & Vale Health Charity Arts Team, the All Wales Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre at University Hospital Llandough, and also supported by our Patient Experience team. As the Covid-19 crisis grew … Continue reading Virtual Delivery of an Arts intervention for Cystic Fibrosis patients during Lockdown – Cyflwyno ymyrraeth Gelfyddydol rithwir i gleifion Ffeibrosis Systig yn ystod y cyfnod cloi
In May 2020, Damien Hirst created Butterfly Rainbow to show support for the NHS in the Coronavirus crisis. The work is made up of bands of coloured butterfly wings, one of the artist’s best‐known motifs. A limited edition of the work was produced with all profits donated to NHS Charities Together, raising a total of £1,508,172. Damien … Continue reading Damian Hirst – “Butterfly Rainbow”
In a tightly contested awards evening, Cardiff & Vale Health Charity’s Arts team picked up the prize for Arts & Business in health for its partnership work with Rubicon Dance. The Arts & Business (A&B) Cymru Awards 2020 took place virtually on Friday 9 October with an online audience of hundreds of guests from across … Continue reading Arts for Health and Wellbeing and Rubicon Dance scoop A&B Cymru Award
A creative project offering a safe space to share your experiences and story of working during the COVID-19 crisis. Your story will be re-created into poetry and shared back to you.This unique creative method of having your story listened to, honoured and reflected as poetry may help you to process and understand your experiences and … Continue reading Unlocking the Poetry Sharing the Story
Our new display at the Hearth Gallery is a solo exhibition by local visual artist and photographer Suzie Larke. The Hearth Gallery, supported by Cardiff & Vale Health Charity are also delighted to be working in partnership with The Mental Health Foundation in Wales as part of their new arts initiative, the Green Ribbon Arts … Continue reading Unseen by Suzie Larke
We were delighted to reopen the Gallery doors again with this inspiring and wonderful exhibition that focuses on the importance of Art for our Health and Wellbeing and reflects on the continuous dedication of our NHS workers. During Covid-19 we have seen a cultural shift in the way we see art and creativity within our … Continue reading “With Thanks” – “Gyda Diolch”