Artist Wellbeing

OUR MISSION

The Artist Wellbeing Company exists to champion and nurture the wellbeing of artists and creative teams. We provide specialist support, training, and resources that empower individuals and organisations to build compassionate, resilient, and healthy creative environments. Through reflective practice, collaboration, advocacy, and education, we make wellbeing an integral part of the creative process — not an afterthought.

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WHO CAN WE HELP?

Artist Wellbeing can support anyone who works in the creative industries.

Artist Wellbeing can support anyone who identifies as an "artist"; such as actors, dancers, writers, directors, performance artists, visual artists and more.

Artist Wellbeing can support those who work alongside & in collaboration artists; such as producers, crew members, stage-managers, lighting/sound technicians, venue members and more.

Whether an emerging artist / practitioner or established in your craft, we believe everyone has the right to feel supported throughout their careers.

We believe in systemic care, so we strive to support all of those involved in bringing stories to life.

OUR STORY AND FUTURE VISION

In 2012, Founder and Director - Lou Platt, was asked by a friends theatre company to support them when going through a crisis. She invited them to sit round her dining room table and - with vulnerability and bravery - they dug into the depths of themselves both as individuals and a collective. The support seemed essential. And so the word spread - more artists started to realise that there was something missing in their practice - support and reflection.

It was a collective waking up too. Other health practitioners in the UK were filling this gap and attending to this need too. The wider movement of Artist Wellbeing was growing.

In 2020, Lou decided that she wanted those who were doing the work of Artsit Wellbeing - and those interested - to be connected: to share approaches & techniques, to investigate what it is that we do together, and to keep each other company. So The Artist Wellbeing Company began.

We are a small but mighty team of advanced practitioners, all with a passion for supporting those who tend to society's health by creating art.

OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE:

A healthy and thriving arts and culture sector that supports the wellbeing and happiness of those that make it happen.