The Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance conference theme for 2026 is Common Ground and we will be learning from people in our own and related fields about how we can come together to effect deep and much-needed systemic change.

Our opening speakers and panel chairs will help us explore the ‘edges’ of creative health – how it relates to healthcare systems, planetary health, the economy, and shifting cultures.

Thahmina Begum, Artist-Researcher and Art Psychotherapist | Helen Chatterjee, Professor, Human & Ecological Health, UCL | Prof Kevin Fenton, Regional Public Health Director, Department of Health and Social Care | Darren Henley, Chief Executive of Arts Council England | Hollie Smith-Charles, Director, Creative Health & Change Lead, Arts Council England.

Bursary places are available to creative practitioners based in Barnsley, West Yorkshire, north east England and London.

More information and bookings at: 

culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/chwa-conference-2026