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First Joint Strategic Action Plan for Creative Arts and Health 2025

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First Joint Strategic Action Plan for Creative Arts and Health 2025

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26/06/25

First Joint Strategic Action Plan for Creative Arts and Health 2025

The first Strategic Action Plan for Arts and Health in Ireland has been developed in partnership by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (Creative Ireland), the Department of Health (Healthy Ireland/Sláintecare), the HSE and the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, with the vision that:

People living in Ireland have access to creative and cultural activity as part of an holistic health journey throughout the life course, supporting better health and wellbeing outcomes and enriching the creative and artistic landscape.

The Plan has 6 objectives around Policy, Evidence, Capacity Building, Delivery, Governance and Communications & Engagement, with key outputs in 2025 including

  • the development of training for health undergraduates
  • research on the impacts of participation in creative and cultural activity across the life course with TILDA
  • the availability of cultural social prescribing
  • developing arts and health within the HSE
  • relaunching the successful Traveller Health & Wellbeing through Creativity grant call

Read the Strategic Action plan here

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