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Flourish Magazine: Poetry – You Died by Ellie Grace
As part of each issue of Flourish Magazine, we release weekly digital content alongside our free print magazine, on the Artlift and Yes to Life blogs. This is often content we couldn’t fit into the magazine’s limited pages, or film and music, but loved and wanted to...
Flourish Magazine: Submissions open for Issue 4 on the theme of ‘Balance’
Do you take photographs, write, create art, make music, craft, dance, or do anything creative? Are you, or anyone close to you, living with cancer? We need you! We are looking for artwork, photography, creative or personal writing, film and audio for Issue 4 of...
Flourish Magazine – Movement Issue launches today!
Issue 3 of Flourish Magazine on the theme of 'Movement' launches today! Going out in print across the South West and available to view online here, we are delighted to present another incredible issue of the magazine by and for the cancer community. A joint venture...
Huge Thanks to our Chair of Trustees
It is with sadness but huge thanks that we say goodbye to our Chair Dr. Gillian Rice, who is stepping down after 7 years. Gillian, a Bristol-based GP, joined Artlift’s Board of Trustees having witnessed the positive impact of creative activities on patients...
Flourish Magazine: Call-out for submissions on the theme of ‘Movement’
Do you take photographs, write, create art, make music, craft, dance, or do anything creative? Are you, or anyone close to you, living with cancer? We need you! We are looking for artwork, photography, creative or personal writing, film and audio for Issue 3 of...
Chance to dance for adults living with chronic pain
Artlift is excited to pilot a NEW, free dance course for adults living with chronic pain. The course was carefully co-designed by people living with pain, a senior physiotherapist and dance inclusion specialists during a 2022 research project. Participants will be...
Help Shape Artlift’s Future
Do you want to make a difference to the lives of people struggling with their mental and/or physical health? Then why not join, or even lead, our Board of Trustees? Bring your invaluable skills, expertise and/or lived experience to take this pioneering Creative Health...
Gloucestershire Creative Health Consortium win at Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance awards 2022
Artlift is one of the founding members of the Gloucestershire Creative Health Consortium, together with The Music Works, Art Shape, Cinderford Artspace and Mindsong. Today we are so proud and very humbled to be winners of the Collective Power Award in the...
Referrals deadline for Artlift’s January 2023 courses – 30th November 2022
Our referrals deadline (30th November) is fast approaching, meaning it’s time to get your healthcare referrals in to us to secure that place on a course in January. We know here that attending Artlift really does change lives, so come & join us & find out for...
Men’s Health Month November 2022 – Peter’s experience
Create Well participant, 2022 Peter was referred to our Create Well Artlift Mental health support course. We spoke with Peter about how he found his Artlift experience. He attended two Artlift courses, one in Stroud (painting, photography and drawing), then a second...
Gloucestershire Creative Health Consortium – Providing Creative Health in Gloucestershire during Lockdown
NEW PAPER RELEASE Artlift are one of the five founding partners of the Gloucestershire Creative Health Consortium. Between us we offer a wide range of creative ‘Arts on Prescription’ options to individuals living in Gloucestershire, helping them to manage their health...
Meet our Trustee: Charlie Royall
Today it's Charlie's turn to tell about her experience as an Artlift Trustee: When I joined the board of Artlift I had never had much involvement in the charity sector, and I wasn’t sure what I would be able to contribute at board level. Had the Artlift team not been...
