03/09/2026
Creativity, Culture and Healthy Neighbourhoods
Over the past two years, the Creative Health Medway Place Partnership Programme has brought together artists, communities, health and social care, universities and cultural organisations to explore exactly this question. Working particularly in Luton and Brompton, the programme was created in response to significant health inequalities in Medway and has tested how sustained, locally rooted creative activity can contribute to prevention, wellbeing and stronger communities.
On Wednesday, 16 September, 2.30 to 4.30pm at Rochester Corn Exchange, we’re bringing people together to celebrate what has been achieved, experience some of the projects first-hand, share what we have learned and look ahead.
The afternoon will feature artists and organisations involved in the programme, including Paramjot Kaur, Kate Mechedou, Live Music Now and Icon Theatre, sharing their experiences of putting Creative Health into practice. A second panel will widen the conversation, bringing together perspectives from health and wellbeing, culture, heritage and the voluntary and community sector, including Scott Elliott, Head of Health and Wellbeing Services at Medway Council, to explore place-based creativity, health inequalities and Medway’s development as a Marmot Place.
We’ll be asking: how can Creative Health become part of the way we create healthier neighbourhoods, rather than simply a series of individual projects? And what role can each of us play in making that happen?
Come and meet people working across culture, health, heritage and communities, discover some of the work taking place across Medway, and join the conversation about what comes next for Creative Health Medway.
If you would like to attend please RSVP by 12noon on Wednesday, 9 September for catering and access confirmation to [email protected]
