ARU Magic Me - ARCH Project - Dare To Imagine

Full Report 3 Contents Section 1: ARCH Aims Aims of the ARCH programme 5 The original timeline 5 Section 2: The Partners Magic Me 7 Excelcare 8 Gecko 10 curious directive 11 New Adventures 12 Fevered Sleep 13 Section 3: The Programme Background and context 15 Setting up the partnerships 15 Getting started 16 Covid-19 disruption 18 Legacy phase 19 Section 4: The Residencies Lime Court and Gecko 21 Longfield and curious directive 25 St Fillans and New Adventures 30 Sherrell House and Fevered Sleep 34 Section 5: The Research Research aims 41 Research methods 41 Section 6: The Research Findings Power of the participatory arts 44 Setting up for success 46 Artists and care home staff collaboration 50 Creative practice in care home contexts 55 Legacy and embedding 60 Section 7: Conclusions Key learning and recommendations 68 References 71

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