1. Promoting synergies in arts, health, and economics: A Public Engagement Foundation, CASE-funded programme networking three arts for health research initiatives Chair: Stephen Clift Director: Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health Trustee: Public Engagement Foundation

2. Founded in 2010. Main aims: creating arts in health social enterprises; developing a robust and expanding evidence base; dissemination and impact; develop the policy environment for arts in health. Lankellychase funding to support the newUK Arts and Health Research Network Wellcome Trust funding to run a seminar on methodological challenges in arts and health research 18 June 2013 - key note address from Professor Dame Sally Macintyre

3. CASE Programme CASE is a joint programme of strategic research led by DCMS in collaboration with Arts Council England, English Heritage and Sport England. The CASE database provides policy makers with access to research on a given topic. Database can be used to help make decisions based on evidence in published research.

4. Aims of the PEF/CASE project PEF offered added value to three independent research projects in arts and health Project teams brought together to share experiences and learning Additional health economics support not originally part of the research plans Organisation of joint dissemination events Promoting of the outcomes from the research to policy makers, commissioners and providers