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Arts for the Blues at the House of Lords

Posted by: sthurston
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June 3, 2025

Arts for the Blues co-founder Vicky Karkou (Edge Hill) appeared at Children and Young People’s Mental Health Roundtable at the House of Lords on 3rd June, hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Health and the National Centre for Creative Health. Vicky spoke to the group about the Arts for the Blues project and the work of the broader follow-up project concerned with children and young people, Arts4Us. Please see below for the full programme of speakers.

Chair:
Dr Simon Opher MP, Chair of the APPG on Creative Health

Speakers:
Context:
Professor Daisy Fancourt, Social Biobehavioural Research Group, UCL
Christopher Bailey, World Health Organisation
Baroness Anne Longfield, Centre for Young Lives
Gemma O’Brien, Lived Experience/ Research
Dr Mayura Deshpande, Royal College of Psychiatrists


Practice examples:
Malaki Patterson + Vanessa Carr, Music Works, Gloucestershire
Rod Kippen + Hafsa Hamid, 42nd Street Manchester
Professor Vicky Karkou, Arts for the Blues & Arts4Us, Edge Hill University
Dr Catherine Jenkins GP, Arts Boost, Wales
Nathan Dennis, First Class Foundation
Alexandra Brierley, Southbank Centre
Baroness Sheila Hollins, Books Beyond Words

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