A key part of Newcastle Hospitals Charity, our arts programme aims to enhance the wellbeing and recovery of patients and staff across Newcastle Hospitals.
The programme supports a range of projects across all mediums, helping to engage patients and communities in the work of the hospitals and support the mental health and wellbeing of NHS staff. Watch our Arts Programme video below to find out more about the creative projects we have delivered.
Find out more about our current Arts Programme projects
Come As You Really Are
A chance for Newcastle Hospitals staff to take part in an upcoming exhibition
Handing on our History
The exhibition, Handing on our History, will be returning to both RVI and Freeman
Springbank Pavilion
Our pioneering arts and health project with Urban Green Newcastle has helped hundreds of people connect with nature through a series of creative art workshops, as well as artist-led creative activities that can be done anywhere
Writer in Residence
As part of the 75th year of the NHS anniversary celebrations, the Newcastle Hospitals Charity Arts Programme, in partnership with New Writing North, is hosting a Writer in Residence
Our National Health Stories
‘Our National Health Stories’ is an exciting UK-wide arts initiative celebrating 75 years of the NHS. The project aims to paint a portrait of the NHS through the eyes of its people. The organisation’s essential and powerful impact through the eyes of those that make it! Those who know!
To open a window into the NHS through often unheard perspectives and experiences and to celebrate the often unseen.
We were delighted to have staff from Newcastle Hospitals submit and record their stories, and represented in the live finale in Manchester in November. You can view our staff stories in the video below, or visit the Our National Health Stories website to watch the live finale.
Other recent projects have included:
🎨 Being part of a national tour of @colouringadulteczema – On display in the New Vic Wing of the RVI April – May 2023
🎨 The install of a new mural and artwork in the Leazes Wing staff Bistro
🎨 The installation of a mural in the Stone Centre waiting room at the Freeman
🎨 An exhibition of Watchful Waiting, a photography series by Johannah Churchill, at the Freeman
🎨 Performances by the National Youth Orchestra at the Great North Children’s Hospital
🎨 A photography workshop for Trust staff
🎨 A creative writing workshop for Trust staff
Above: Colouring Adult Eczema. On display in the New Victoria Wing of the RVI, April – May 2023.
Above: Young musicians with the National Youth Orchestra perform in the children’s hospital
For more information, you can contact the Arts Team on [email protected]
