Creative Health & Wellbeing Day

The Music Works is hosting a Creative Health & Wellbeing Day at their Gloucester Hub on Wednesday 11 November, from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. It's part of Creative Futures Week, and the day is built around three panel discussions and a live performance, all focused on creative health and wellbeing within the music industry.

The whole thing comes from The Music Works' own work with 'creative health' — a term that's appearing more and more in policy, the press, and across the health and cultural sectors, but one that people still disagree on. Because of that, the day is set up as a debate rather than a presentation. The programme brings together practitioners, commissioners, policymakers and young people to ask whether a shared definition of creative health is even possible, why access to creative opportunity remains so unequal, and what's actually needed to sustain wellbeing outcomes once a formal intervention ends.

There's a specific angle to it, too: it frames access to creativity not just as a matter of fairness, but as a health question in its own right. From there, it asks whether hub models — the kind that offer ongoing connection rather than a one-off project — can build more durable outcomes than a single intervention. It's a conversation that sits right at the intersection of music, health and social care, and it's aimed at anyone working in those fields, as well as those in youth work and cultural policy.

Practical side: it's at The Music Works - Gloucester Hub, on the second floor of Kings House, 27 St Aldate Street, GL1 1RP. It runs from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm, with the last entry at 2:00 pm. Entry is free for young creatives aged 16 to 30, and £10 for general admission. A complimentary lunch and refreshments are provided, so you can stay for the whole day without needing to head out for a break.