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<p>In 2018’s Loneliness Strategy, Arts Council England (ACE) and DCMS committed to
ensuring arts and culture are included in the development of social prescribing and
we and ACE are working with DHSC and NHS England to ensure that the cultural sector
is well represented in this work. ACE and DCMS are members the Social Prescribing
Taskforce, and are working with NHS England and others.</p><p> </p><p>ACE also continue
to promote best practice for the role that arts and culture has in improving people’s
wellbeing through case studies and programmes such as Celebrating Age, and Creative
People and Places. The Celebrating Age programme has funded 32 projects that seek
to increase engagement of older people with the arts, some of which focus specifically
on tackling isolation. Likewise, the Creative People and Places programme also includes
projects that incorporate these issues. Research from the programmes , and individual
projects, is regularly published.</p><p> </p><p>ACE recently partnered with the APPG
for Arts, Health and Wellbeing and others to support the Southbank Centre's Creative
Health conference in June, which highlighted the role arts and culture can play in
wellbeing, including in tackling social isolation. he Southbank Centre - one of ACE’s
largest National Portfolio Organisations - announced its intention to address loneliness
as part of their health and wellbeing programming.</p><p> </p><p>ACE also seeks to
address loneliness through its investment in libraries and library-based projects.
These initiatives bring people together through reading, promote learning new skills,
and encourage participation in clubs, among several others.</p><p> </p><p>To continue
to promote best practice to tackle loneliness and social isolation, ACE continue to
participate in the APPG on Arts, Health and Wellbeing, and now sit on the APPG for
Loneliness; and has proposed the convening of a joint session between these two groups.</p>
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