Mapping of Initiatives on Culture, Health and Well-being

The Cultural Passport follow-up project continued the work of the Cultural Passport pilot project (9 / 2014-12 / 2015). In the pilot project, the Echo Card operating model was created in Espoo. In the follow-up project, the Echo Card operating model was tested in Kainuu and the model was modified to better reflect the characteristics of less populated areas. The aim of the cultural passport follow- up project (12 / 2014-5 / 2018) was to improve the opportunities for young people, adults and families in financial difficulties to participate in cultural life and engage in the artistic activities. The Echo Card it was intended for customers of social and health professionals involved in Echo Card networks who are in a tight financial situation and are therefore unable to obtain free admission tickets or courses. With the Echo Card, they can get free admission tickets to festivals, concerts, dance performances or theatres, for example. With the card, they can also buy civic places at the Citizens' College free of charge.

Artlift offers creative space for adults living with mental health challenges, chronic pain and / or cancer. We run courses and creative projects for anyone registered with a doctor in Gloucestershire, where our experienced artists offer a personalised approach in a relaxed atmosphere through which participants can move forward. Artlift runs 3 programmes for people living with mental health challenges, long-term chronic pain and/or who are living with or moving on from cancer. Artlift also provides residencies and Workplace Wellbeing packages to support the mental health of staff in the corporate and statutory sectors in these challenging times.

Creative methods are used to practice failure and address the fear of making mistakes. Internship in an accepting atmosphere strengthens young people's life skills to make the transition to education and employment easier. The project was nationwide implemented.
Tenho was implemented in 2015–2018. Young people without an education or a job took part in the project's art workshops in six different locations in Finland. The Tenho project organized workshops on film, circus and theater. In the workshops, young people became acquainted with themselves, learned to work with other people, set goals for themselves and committed to achieving them.

Culture and Well-being Pool is an expert body consisting of national culture and well-being actors, the aim of which is to strengthen the inclusion of culture & well-being into holistic well-being, rehabilitation, preventive services, education in various fields and working life. National communities and actors who promote culture and well-being as part of holistic well-being and accept the purpose and common operating methods of the Culture and Well-being Pool can become members of the Culture and Well-being Pool. Nationwide umbrella organizations represent their own member organizations.

Development and inculcation of the attendance clown form of work into pediatric surgery in university hospitals (HYKS; TAYS; TYKS). The activity frees up the resources of the nursing staff for the actual nursing work, while the clown takes care of the emotional and preparatory part of the child and the family. Measures are speeding up because children are better prepared for the situation. Among other things, the delays caused by fear are reduced. Recovery from the procedure is faster because the form of work allows for a reduction in premedication. Situations are perceived as more pleasant, and the amount of pain experienced is less.

Socom is looking for solutions to critical points that prevent artists from finding employment in the social and health sectors. It models the artist’s place in the day-to-day activities of older people as a single content producer, including explanations of funding models, earnings logic, and taxation of the artist’s work in the social security sector. The Center of Expertise has the opportunity to transfer the expertise of the art well-being industry into the basic, special and expert services for the social centres. In addition, the Center of Expertise examines funding models and identifies problem areas in the taxation of the artist's work (especially VAT) so that the taxation corresponds to the taxation of social services in the services of the elderly.

The Lapland Hospital District Association of Municipalities' Art Reaches project disseminates art activities to various units of the Lapland Hospital District. The aim is to increase and develop co-operation between actors in the free field providing art services and the Lapland Hospital District, to try different ways to implement art activities in a medical institution, to create practices for organizing art activities and to evaluate and document practical models important for success. Art Reaches project improves the accessibility of art and incorporates art activities into the various units of the Lapland Hospital District. The artistic content of the project consists of performance and concert visits: theatre, dance, circus and music performances on community art projects/workshops: draws attention to the role and commitment of staff in the implementation of artistic activities, training in the use of art-based methods.

Aili is a network of cultural senior and elderly work formed by municipal actors. The task of the network is to strengthen the cultural work of seniors and the elderly in municipalities and future provinces by building a permanent co-operation network between experts working in different fields. The municipalities involved in the project are Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Pukkila, Turku, Tampere, Kouvola, Seinäjoki, Jyväskylä, Vaasa, Kuopio, Oulu and Rovaniemi. From each municipality, a representative from the social, health and cultural activities participates in the network.

Project in which sustainable and replicable models for implementing cultural and artistic activities are developed and tested, and regional co-operation is modelled. The activities use a variety of participatory art methods and a wide range of different art forms (including music, dance, circus, theatre and visual arts). Art and cultural activities are carried out in a participant-oriented way in different operating environments. The project is based on confidential and interactive cooperation between cultural and SOTE partners, extensive expertise in the laws of different SOTE and cultural structures, the life situations and operating environments of the participants. The activities use a variety of participatory art methods and a wide range of different art forms (including music, dance, circus, theater and visual arts). Art and cultural activities are carried out in a participant-oriented way in different operating environments; at the participants and in cultural institutions.

The aim of extending the principle of percentage art is to improve the accessibility of art and culture and thus promote the well-being effects of art. This will be done by increasing the supply and use of different arts and cultural services in the care and client work of social and health care. The long-term goal is to make arts and culture-based welfare services an established part of social and health care structures and the monitoring of well-being. The expansion of the principle of percentage art was part of Juha Sipilä's Government's flagship program Improving the Accessibility of Art and Culture. The project had two lines: development projects and guided experiments.