MK Arts for Health

Bringing art and culture to the staff and patients of Milton Keynes Hospital.

Photo courtesy MK Arts for Health

MK Arts for Health was awarded an Opportunities for Volunteering (OFV) grant by Attend in 2008 to help them recruit volunteers. MK Arts aims to make a difference by improving and enriching healthcare environments and making art and culture widely accessible to their local community.

MK Arts volunteers help to maintain the hospitals large art collection, stage exhibitions of work by local artists and by staff and patients at the hospital. They are also responsible for the hospitals grounds, designing, building and maintaining the courtyards and gardens and commissioning sculpture and artwork for the spaces.

The OFV grant  allowed MK Arts to recruit and train volunteers. They have been building close relationships with local schools, colleges and social enterprise to help recruit young volunteers. A group of  Explorer Scouts have been able to use their volunteering to design and build a Physiotherapy Garden as part of their GCSE project work.

Quotes

"The work in the hospital is rewarding as it is easy to see a results from just one afternoon. Volunteering and helping others in the community are some of the most important parts of Scouting.” Clare Higgins, Milton Keynes Great Ouse Explorer Scouts.

Contact

MK Arts for Health
Facilities Directorate
Milton Keynes General Hospital
Standing Way
Eaglestone
MK6 5LD
Tel: 01908 243284
Email: info@mkartsforhealth.org.uk

www.mkartsforhealth.org.uk