Art in its many forms – from TV to opera – has a way of uplifting all of us, and it’s because of this the County Council is developing a plan to use creativity to promote health and wellbeing in East Sussex.

The three-year strategic plan aims to improve quality of life and healthy-life expectancy for East Sussex residents.

The goal is to use art and creativity to reduce people’s loneliness and social isolation while developing their skills and social cohesion.

The plan to support health and wellbeing through arts and creativity will be for everybody, whether you think you’re creative or not.

A meeting to kick-start the ‘Creating Healthier Lives – Arts in Public Health’ plan was held at the Towner, Eastbourne on 17 February. The event is one of a series of activities to seek feedback for the plan.

The meeting was led by the East Sussex Public Health team, Nick Ewbank Associates, Towner Eastbourne and Coastal Creative Consulting.