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Local government support for health and wellbeing through the arts and culture. Policy briefing
- Authors:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON ARTS, HEALTH AND WELLBEING
- Publisher:
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 3
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on some of the findings from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing Inquiry into the role of the arts and culture in health and wellbeing, this briefing sets out some of the ways in which the arts can help local government better support the health and wellbeing of its communities. This acknowledges the combined responsibilities of local government for the arts, public health, wellbeing and older people’s services as well as many factors influencing the social determinants of health. It highlights areas such as: arts on social prescription, which can help to restore people’s mental and physical health and generate cost savings; the use of arts in care homes to improve residents' quality of life; and the role of local government in unblocking barriers to cultural participation in their communities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Prevention: a shared commitment: making the case for a Prevention Transformation Fund
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
This document identifies and collates key pieces of evidence about the cost effectiveness of prevention in order to make the case for greater investment in prevention interventions. The report recommends that the Government should introduce a Prevention Transformation Fund, worth at least £2 billion annually. This would enable some double running of new investment in preventative services alongside ‘business as usual’ in the current system, until savings can be realised and reinvested into the system – as part of wider local prevention strategies. Based on the analysis of an extensive range of intervention case studies that have provided a net cost benefit, the report suggests that investment in prevention could yield a net return of 90 per cent. (Edited publisher abstract)