An online training programme for arts organisations who want to implement effective and sustainable wellbeing support for practitioners and staff
When: Tuesday 30 Jan 2024, 10am - 1pm AND Tuesday 6 Feb 2024, 10am - 1pm
Cost: £70 (Revenue Funded Organisations)/ £40 (Non-Revenue Funded Organisations)
We are able to have offer a small number of FREE bursaries. Please contact us if you would like to apply for one of these.
Who is this for?
The training is relevant for any arts organisation who employ freelance artists and/or have their own delivery team for participatory arts projects. In particular, the training is aimed at organisations who work in health, mental health and wellbeing settings. The course is aimed at senior staff in arts organisations and trustees who support strategic wellbeing in an organisation.
The training will help you to:
- Evaluate what you currently offer and know about wellbeing support for your delivery teams
- Explore how organisational culture, structures and practice effects practitioner wellbeing
- Learn about what best practice looks like in other arts organisations
- Develop an action plan to start your journey towards enhancing your wellbeing support offer.
- The training will take place over 2 half days on Zoom. Participants need to attend both days.
Trainer:
Your trainer will be Justine Wheatley. Justine is a freelance consultant and trainer. An arts professional for over 20 years, she was Executive Director of rurally based arts organisation Peak Cymru, until 2023 and brings a wealth of practical experience about how to creatively support delivery teams in arts and health contexts.
This training is part of the How Ya Doing? programme, funded by the Baring Foundation, which aims to support freelance artist’s mental and emotional wellbeing. WAHWN is committed to developing a thriving arts and health sector in Wales in which we prioritise the wellbeing of our creative professionals who sustain the brilliant work that takes place across the country.