First national festival of the arts in palliative care

Barclays Bank has seconded one of its strategy and change managers to work with Rosetta Life, an artist-led organisation that enables hospice-based patients to work with a variety of artforms.

Johanna Christie-Smith has worked with the charity for a year co-ordinating Rosetta: Live!, the first national festival of the arts in palliative care which will run from June 30 to July 7 at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, featuring the work of hospice users (pictured). A spokesperson for Barclays said, “This sponsorship has continued to evolve and people are now involved from across the bank. It has been incredibly valuable to them all, both from a personal perspective and in giving them the opportunity to employ their business skills outside the traditional banking environment.”