Imagine East Greenwich: evaluating the impact of the arts on health and well‐being
Abstract
This paper describes the qualitative evaluation of Imagine East Greenwich (IEG), a series of arts/health projects developed as part of a regeneration programme on two housing estates in a London borough. The evaluation seeks to identify (through consultation with various stakeholders) indicators for measuring the impact of arts/health on communities, and to itemise some of the key factors that appeared to influence the success of IEG's arts/health projects. The paper reflects on some of the challenges that attend arts/health evaluations and, in so doing, contributes to ongoing debates about the role and value of the arts, notably in deprived and fragmented communities.
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Citation
Callard, F. and Friedli, L. (2005), "Imagine East Greenwich: evaluating the impact of the arts on health and well‐being", Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 4 No. 4, pp. 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/17465729200500029
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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