Report Downloads

Evaluation reports

• Lapwing Project Evaluation : An evaluation of the ‘Live Art Practice Wellbeing Inspired Network Group’ of Kent artists: their ‘arts & wellbeing’ development training, care home / Age UK day centre creative practice programmes by F. Blair
•  Talking Trees – Project Evaluation: An evaluation of an intergenerational arts and wellbeing project  with Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School by F. Blair
• Postcards from Precious Places Evaluation Report : An evaluation of a creative writing project for those that live with dementia, supported by Kent Dementia Action Alliance by F. Blair

• A Few Words About Me : An evaluation by F. Blair of a creative writing and poetry project – with films – for those that live with dementia, led by Funder Films
• Our Work of Art 2018- With These Hands: A social documentary photography record of the “Our Work of Art Project”. This photobook was developed by a team of volunteers led by Gerry Atkinson.
• Our Work of Art 2018- Final Report: A comprehensive evaluation by Fay Blair of the project, supported by appendices – see below
• Our Work of Art 2018 – appendices to final report : A range of detailed appendices which augment the final report. Those relating to volunteer experiences are particularly relevant
• Our Work of Art Rural Outreach 2019-2020 Evaluation Summary by F.Blair
• FINAL Connected Carers Dialogue Report Fay Blair 9 Aug 2021. Evaluation summary by Fay Blair

Research & Policy

• Creative Health – The Arts for Health and Wellbeing  All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Inquiry Report, Second Edition (July 2017)
• NICE Quality Standard 137   Mental wellbeing and independence for older people (December 2016)
• NICE Quality Standard 148  Community Engagement Improving health and wellbeing (March 2017)
• Age Friendly And Inclusive Volunteering  Review of contributions in later life by the Centre for Ageing Better (2018)
• Living Well in Later Life   Age UK report into Creative and Cultural Activities and wellbeing in Later life
• Arts and Health Evaluation  Arts for Health and Wellbeing, an Evaluation Framework. A PHE report which provides  guidance on documenting and evaluating group-based arts for health and wellbeing activity(2016)
• Loneliness in Later Life   Age UK Evidence Review of loneliness in later life(2015)
• Review of creativity and dementia   A review by Camic et al of theory and practice of the relationship between creativity and dementia, on behalf of the Created Out of Mind Team (2015)
• Arts Volunteering Toolkit  Volunteering in the Arts; a toolkit created by Voluntary Arts and Volunteering England (2012)
• Volunteering and Wellbeing  WVRS report on The impact of volunteering on well-being in later life (2012)
• The-impact-of-covid-19-on-older-people. Age UK report on the impact of covid 19 on the mental and physical health of older people(2020)
• COVID-19_ Digital Service Delivery for Charities  Third Sector Lab and SCVO Digital listing of a range of information sources that have relevance during the pandemic and beyond.
• Worst-hit-Dementia-during-coronavirus-report  Alzheimer’s Society Report on impact on people living with dementia.
• Working with people experiencing Chronic-Loneliness  Ageing Better Middlesbrough Report
• Living longer caring in later working life (1)  ONS report (2019)
• Learning-report-Online-and-telephone-group-activities  Bristol Ageing Better Report(2020)
• Learning-from-lockdown-report   Centre For Ageing Better Report (2020)
• ICM-covid-19-research-2020-FINAL Report from Inspiring Change Manchester on supporting people facing  multiple disadvantage
• How-to-get-more-men-involved-in-activites-Briefing-7  An advisory leaflet from Ageing Better in Birmingham
• Help-through-crisis-engaging-people-online-factsheet  Factsheet produced by the Help Through Crisis programme (2020)
• Helping-out-taking-inclusive-age-friendly-approach-volunteering  Centre For Ageing Better Report (2020)
• Developing-social-contact-models-in-a-time-of-social-distancing-Full-Report  A Greater Manchester Ambition for Ageing Report(2020)
• Resilience-through-digital-inclusion  Bulletin from TED Ageing Better in East Lindsey(2020)
• The-fog-of-support_carers-report   An inquiry into the provision of respite care and carer’s assessments for people affected by dementia.
• Digital-inclusion-factsheet  Help Through Crisis factsheet on digital inclusion
• Maintaining-social-connections  Ageing Better in Birmingham report on maintaining social connections with older people remotely.

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