Hospital Arts Appeal 2011
The Hospital Arts programme of Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity helps to create a healing environment within Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where visual and performing arts are combined to help relieve anxiety and assist in recovery.
Since Chelsea and Westminster Hospital opened in 1993, its integrated arts programme has become internationally recognised for its pioneering activities, benefiting patients, their families, staff, visitors and the whole community. The arts are an integral part of the hospital’s holistic philosophy of healthcare.
The importance of the arts as part of the healing process has long been recognised – Florence Nightingale observed in 1859 that variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presented to patients have a powerful effect and are actual means of recovery.
Between 1998 and 2002, a pioneering research project was carried out at the hospital, which provided evidence that the integration of visual and performing arts into the healthcare environment has immense value in terms of patient wellbeing, faster recovery times, reduced need for analgesia and a reduction in stress and anxiety.
Please donate today and help to make Chelsea and Westminster Hospital a place for all the healing arts.
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Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity
Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity is a registered NHS charity and raises funds for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
The Charity is helping to improve health of the people living in local communities especially those who use the Hospital. The Charity is raising funds for a major new Paediatric Centre as well as other areas such as for the Burns Unit, the arts and supports innovation and excellence in healthcare by raising funds to purchase medical equipment and services for patients at the Hospital. This enhances rather than replaces statutory funding across the full range of public healthcare services provided at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Your support is invaluable to us, thank you. |