The Black Lives Matter movement has highlighted to us all the issues and barriers faced everyday here and abroad by our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) patients, colleagues and friends. It has also drawn our attention to the many ways in which we need to continue to progress and change to remove these barriers. … Continue reading Black Lives Matter in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board – A Callout for Artists
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The Cardiff and Vale UHB Arts for Health and Wellbeing team are delighted to launch the Virtual Hearth Gallery. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hearth Gallery sadly had to close. However, now, as we look at beginning to safely open the physical space again we also must pay consideration to those who will not be … Continue reading Arts team launch Virtual Hearth Gallery
The Arts Team at Cardiff & Vale Health Charity has commissioned a special artwork of Welsh rugby legend, Gareth Thomas to celebrate Pride 2020 Gareth nicknamed "Alfie", is a Welsh former professional rugby player, who represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league. With 100 test match appearances he was the most capped Welsh … Continue reading Gareth Thomas Portrait by Nathan Wyburn Celebrating Pride 2020
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is delighted to receive a portrait of Gareth Thomas to celebrate Pride 2020. The portrait was created by a service user who kindly donated the artwork to the Health Board for the excellent service he’d received at Cardiff Royal Infirmary’s Department of Sexual Health and the Terence Higgins Trust. … Continue reading Service User’s Portrait of Gareth Thomas Celebrating Pride 2020
Artist Molly May Lewis, who is part of Cardiff & Vale Arts for Health and Wellbeing team has created a special installation named “Together We Move” to celebrate Pride Cymru 2020 which showcases the ongoing support and importance of inclusivity at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. The installation consists of 40 individual screen prints … Continue reading Together We Move – Installation by Molly May Lewis
The Forget-me-not Chorus is a charity based in Cardiff which supports people living with dementia, their families, and their carers through singing workshops that it hosts on a weekly basis. Adapting their programme, Forget-me-not Chorus have made a series of six professionally filmed interactive sessions as a way of supporting the community during the challenge of … Continue reading Joy through song with interactive sessions from the Forget-Me-Not Chorus
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on life in the UK with many sectors of industry having been affected by the economic downturn caused by the virus and the necessary steps such as the lockdown and physical distancing taken to mitigate it. One sector in which the social and economic consequences of the … Continue reading Arts for Health and Wellbeing in the time of COVID-19
After a call out for colourful rainbows drawn from children in the local communities, we have displayed them in staff areas around our sites to brighten and bring positivity. In particular, we have placed them in our two Staff Haven’s, created for staff wellbeing, at University Hospital Wales and University Hospital Llandough. We will continue … Continue reading Rainbow Rooms
Harmoni Cymru CIC is a not-for profit organisation bringing arts in health and music therapy services to people of all ages and to address a range of needs. Working with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Harmoni Cymru provides Arts in Health and Music Therapy Services across our hospitals throughout the year. With no current … Continue reading Harmoni Cymru
The NHS stands at the most extraordinary moment of its history as it responds to COVID-19. As part of our 70 year celebrations of the NHS in 2018, we worked with Manchester University to record stories and memories from our staff members and volunteers at University Hospital Llandough to form part of the first National … Continue reading Recording our NHS stories