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
News
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”
What We Did and What We Learned From May- September 2020, Cardiff and Vale UHB took part in a Wales-wide arts in health project facilitated by Y Lab and the innovation foundation, nesta.In response to lockdown and the changes that occurred during the Covid-19 crisis, the project explored how we could improve pathways and access … Continue reading The Harp Sprint
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
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