About the Charity

We are a charity supporting arts and community initiatives within Kentish Town Health Centre in Camden, north London. Our aim is to relieve mental and physical suffering through the use of the arts and holistic care.

We work in partnership with the James Wigg and Queens Crescent GP practices as part of a social prescribing model, meaning we take in-house referrals for registered patients. At times we are able to wider accommodate those living in the borough of Camden that are not registered patients and general public events.

We provide a range of projects and services. From arts workshops to dance classes for people with Parkinson’s, a non-medical chronic pain group, and legal advice through the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Our award winning exhibition space on the first floor displays work on themes surrounding health and well-being from various perspectives.

Our Staff

**Antonia Attwood**

*Artistic Director*
Antonia has a background as an arts & health practitioner working with a number of organisations across the UK. Antonia finished her MA in Photography at the Royal College of Art, exploring the phenomenology of mental health conditions.
**antonia@creativehealthcamden.com**

Maddie Rose

Programme and Evaluation Lead

After completing her Psychology degree, Maddie completed her MASc in Creative Health, she has over 4 years of experience in teaching people how to make things and is looking forward to bringing her knowledge into CHC. She is always found knitting or crocheting herself a new jumper and thinks everyone could benefit from getting involved in textiles.

maddie@creativehealthcamden.com

Li Williams

Project Manager

Li is a visual artist, workshop designer and facilitator. She has ten years experience working as an arts and health practitioner. Li has a background in developing creative events and teaching art to groups with a wide range of abilities and backgrounds.

li@creativehealthcamden.com

Grace Smith

Exhibition and Project Assistant

Grace is a multidisciplinary artist, joining us as an exhibition assistant. Her own practice focuses on her passion for making and interest in mental wellbeing.

grace@creativehealthcamden.com

Our Trustees

**Dr. Roy Macgregor**

*Chair of Trustees*
Roy was a GP at the James Wigg Practice, retiring in 2013, now leading FSP & promoting Social Prescribing across numerous schemes nationally. He was the lead on the development of Kentish Town Health Centre & continues to work with architects on a number of different developments.

**Dr. Sally Higginbottom**

*Trustee*
Sally is a GP who has worked in Kentish Town for 8 years. She has been interested in the links between art and health since her training and is delighted to be able to work with Creative Health Camden to bring such a varied range of activities to the community.

**Abira Hussein**

*Trustee*
Abira is a Researcher and Producer working at All Change arts and Culture& and is a PhD candidate at UCL, specialising in Somali heritage, digital archives, migration, and health. In recent years she has worked with the British Museum, British Library, London Metropolitan Archives, Refugee Council Archive, and Somali Week Festival.

Hadjer Nacer

Trustee

Hadjer is a pharmacist and a public health registrar, based at the Institute of Health Informatics at UCL. She has an interest in social prescribing as a method to address the wider factors that affect people’s health. Hadjer lives in Kentish town and is keen to work with local communities to reduce health inequalities. Hadjer is the co-chair of the London Muslim Health Network.

Trustee

Steve has been a GP partner at James Wigg and Queen’s Crescent Practices since the Olympic summer of 2012. He is a passionate supporter of the arts and social prescribing, recognising the enormous value of these activities in driving improvements in the wider determinants of health and well-being in our diverse population.