Anne Gallacher describes the impact of an ongoing relationship between Luminate, Scotland’s creative ageing festival, and Ag…

When Jim Mulligan joined Spare Tyre's workshops for older people, little did he know that he would go on to write four plays f…

Susan Jones explains how innovative arts housing can enable older people to express themselves creatively late into life.

How many older people do you expect to see in a contemporary art gallery? Clare Hankinson tells how Fabrica’s older audience…

Daycare centres may not be grand venues, but that doesn’t mean art events staged in them should not be ambitious, says …

Older people want to be part of an intergenerational community not a ‘crinklies camp’. Stephanie Fuller shares this an…

When will all commissioners recognise that activities like dancing and singing help maintain older people’s quality of…

What better place to learn about using the arts to help older people and those with dementia than in Japan, where a quarter of peo…

Is it worth explaining conceptual contemporary art to ‘old age’ pensioners? Anna Goulding’s research sugges…

Linden Rowley explores who the commissioners of public services are, where to find them and how arts and cultural organisations ca…

A number of challenges face arts and cultural organisations trying to show their impact on public service outcomes. Jessica Harris…

In a new series exploring opportunities for arts organisations, museums and library services to engage in public service commissio…

Culture Minister pours scorn on fundraising challenges in the arts, but a Parliamentary inquiry concludes that structural factors…

Four projects will provide greater access to the arts for people living in residential and nursing homes.

The money will support partnerships involving arts organisations and residential care providers to deliver four major projects.

The Courtyard in Herefordshire is the first arts venue to sign up to the Dementia Action Alliance and Alice Saunders hopes it lead…

Jane Coyle tells how DU Dance’s inter-generational programme has recently seen a dance performance by women of all ages, inc…

Although there is increasing interest from health and social care providers in engaging older people in arts activity, a huge chal…

Paul Cann believes that the longstanding exclusion of older people from the arts will be changing thanks to a new online initiativ…

Philip Thomas spent five weeks on a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust travel fellowship researching the American senior theatre mov…

Lowri Evans explains how the Library Theatre Company is engaging older people with memory loss through storytelling

By collaborating with staff at local doctors’ surgeries, Dulwich Picture Gallery has found a sustainable channel for reaching ou…