Community Arts

We are delighted to announce that a Denbighshire bid to Comic Relief for a 2 year grant for the Care Home Challenge Fund has been successful. As a result the three care homes in Denbighshire will receive regular workshops with NEW Dance and with musicians from Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias Music Centre, co-ordinated by Denbighshire Arts Service.  Artistic practitioners will work closely with care home staff to upskill them and to build in sustainability to the project. As well as participating in all sessions, staff will also undertake specific training sessions.

We anticipate the project helping to enhance the health and wellbeing of care home residents, reducing the risk of falls, to decrease isolation and increase engagement with the community including local primary schools and third sector providers and to increase the confidence of the carers and staff in the homes. We are looking forward to involving families and carers and having a lot of fun in the process.

Three members of the team attended the start-up meeting at Comic Relief HQ in London where they were introduced to them to the world of Comic Relief and learnt how we will work with them over the lifetime of the grant.  This was a great opportunity to meet other successful projects, to consider how to measure the impact of the project and to learn about how Comic Relief will be evaluating this funding initiative.