Guidelines & Toolkits
These guideline documents and toolkits encourage best practice in the planning and delivery of arts and health projects.
Found: 40 posts
Adapting and implementing arts and health interventions: A thinking tool
This thinking tool has been developed by Jameel Arts & Health Lab and UCL to highlight key considerations that can be taken when adapting existing arts and health interventions to different cultural contexts.
5 April, 2025
Performing Anxiety: A resource for audience-facing arts projects about mental health
Performing Anxiety is a good practice resource for anyone who wants to make live artistic work about mental health, from autobiographical shows about anxiety and depression to participatory projects working with vulnerable people.
20 October, 2024
Homemade Circus Toolkit for Care Home Environments
The Homemade Circus Toolkit is designed to equip carers and activity coordinators with the skills and confidence to lead inspiring circus activity sessions in care home settings.
9 July, 2024
Assessing the Impact of Arts and Creativity Interventions for Older People: A Public Health Evaluation Toolkit
This toolkit by the all-Ireland Institute of Public Health aims to support the arts and creativity sector to design, plan, conduct, assess and report on evaluations of arts and creativity programmes and interventions within a public health context.
29 April, 2024
HSE Model of Care for Dementia in Ireland
The HSE Model of Care for Dementia sets out a range of targets and practical advice on assessment, diagnosis, treatment, care and support of people with dementia. The Post-Diagnostic Model of Care includes the role of the arts, and creative arts therapies, in supporting cognition and emotional wellbeing.
17 April, 2024
A Guide for Care Settings: Engaging an Artist and Sourcing Funding
This guide produced by Age & Opportunity addresses two of the biggest queries relating to arts for older people in care settings: how to engage an artist and where to source funding in Ireland.
12 March, 2024
What Next? Arts and Ageing Resources
This e-publication brings together a set of findings, recommendations, reflections and references informed by a Podcast and Workshop series held in 2022 that revisited the project Creative Enquiry: Arts and Older People.
22 December, 2023
Creative Health Quality Framework
The Creative Health Quality Framework outlines a set of principles articulating good practice for creative and cultural initiatives that aim to support people's health and wellbeing.
2 November, 2023
I Love Museums but they Don’t Love Me: Age and Disability Arts Access Info Sheet
This information sheet presents the opinions of arts venues and older people, including those who also identify as people with disabilities, in how to better engage with older audiences. It has been developed by Age & Opportunity and Arts & Disability Ireland.
22 October, 2023
Arts & Creative Charter for Older People
The Arts & Creative Charter for Older People sets out the arts sector’s commitment to promoting key values and guiding principles in engaging with older people.
3 January, 2023
Arts Council Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit
The Arts Council's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit has been produced to support arts organisations to prepare and produce their Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and Action Plans.
3 July, 2022
Sustaining the Self Toolkit
A self-reflection toolkit designed by artist Marie Brett to support self-care among those working in arts and health.
14 May, 2022
