NATIONAL CAMPAIGN · 2026

Year of Culture
Guidance
Last updated: 26 May, 2026

Connecting Arts and Culture with Care

A guide to supporting meaningful cultural engagement in care settings. Explores partnership working, inclusion and creative collaboration with care services.

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Introduction

This resource explores how arts, heritage and cultural organisations can work alongside care services to create meaningful, inclusive and impactful engagement opportunities. It highlights ways to co-create projects with care providers, develop accessible and dementia-aware resources, and support wellbeing through creative and cultural experiences. The guide outlines how NAPA supports collaboration between the arts and care sectors through consultation, training, co-production and partnership working, helping organisations design projects that are relevant, person-centred and measurable in impact.

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Guidance

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Arts Community Creative Arts Culture Dementia Inclusion Partnerships Person-centred Wellbeing