Overview 

Creative Australia has partnered with SANE Australia, RMIT and the CREATE Centre at the University of Sydney to deliver its Creative Health Alliance Australia project. 

The project will strengthen creative health infrastructure in Australia by developing new tools, support structures and standards that recognise the vital role of creative practitioners in supporting individual and community wellbeing. 

The partnership will work to deliver: 

• a national Creative Health Quality Framework, usable across the many settings where arts and health practice occurs. The framework will be produced through consultation and collaboration with the sector
• a practitioner toolkit and systems for using the quality framework, including ways to recognise high quality practitioners and practice
• a searchable directory of creative health practitioners. 

Creative Australia’s research and sector engagement show that creative health programs are already having powerful impacts in communities across Australia, often without the recognition and support they need.  

Creative Australia research has also shown that Community Arts and Cultural Development (CACD) practitioners and programs are highly active in the arts and health space.  

The project will help practitioners working in this field reach more people, build stronger and more connected communities, and increase visibility for this workforce within the health system. 

For enquiries and more information, email hopsadmin@creative.gov.au.

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