Memorandum of Understanding: Arts Council of Wales and Welsh NHS Confederation 2023

Key points

• The Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh NHS Confederation wish to further develop joint areas of work in furtherance of the shared goal of improving the awareness of the benefits that the arts can bring to health and wellbeing and creating a more equal, cultural and more sustainable Wales as required within the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.

• The Arts Council of Wales is the country’s official public body for funding and developing the arts. The Welsh NHS Confederation is the membership body for NHS leaders in Wales and its charitable purpose is “the relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of public health”.

• This is the third MOU between the Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh NHS Confederation following the first MOU which ran from September 2017 – September 2020 and the second MOU from November 2020 to November 2023.

• The Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh NHS Confederation wish to collaborate to promote, facilitate and implement co-operation in the following activities.