Arts Health with SPAN Arts

SPAN Arts is a community arts charity based in Narberth with over 30 years of experience in programming arts events across Pembrokeshire.

During lockdown, SPAN expanded upon its arts and wellbeing work with the aim of reducing anxiety, isolation and loneliness within the local community.

Making use of the growing number of remote and hybrid events during the pandemic, SPAN programmed several projects that connected rurally isolated and housebound individuals.

Projects included online community theatre 'Theatr Soffa', 'Remote Choir' featuring residents of care homes, and 'Shared Worlds' creative writing workshops for individuals with caring responsibilities.

Many of these projects continued to evolve as the world emerged from lockdown, helping participants to adjust to the 'new normal':

“The program put together by SPAN has helped me by giving me a reason to keep my life as normal as possible, a reason to get out of bed get dressed and have a shave!”

“I felt shut away but the project has given me a whole new lease of life”

Find out more at span-arts.org.uk.