The Foundation's mission is to bring the transformative potential of the arts into people's daily lives. Its first major programme of action focuses on bringing the arts into the mainstream of health and social care services.
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Dance to Health was devised and is delivered by Aesop Arts & Society, a social enterprise and charity dedicated to solving problems in society through effective and high quality arts interventions.
Through evidence-led practice and the valuing of creativity, it has come to demonstrate the potential for the creative industries to deliver key health outcomes, while valuing artistic integrity.
In 2020, Sheffield Hallam University published the findings of their three-year study on Dance to Health. Not only did it find that participants were 58% less likely to have a fall within a year, but also 87% of participants reported it makes them feel less socially isolated, and 96% said it improves their mental wellbeing.