Our impact

Paintings in Hospitals works to transform the UK’s health by using art to inspire wellbeing. Our artworks and creative workshops make a difference to the lives of millions of people every year. Here’s a snapshot of our work…

• 315 partnerships with care organisations

  We work with patients and carers in 315 care organisations, including hospitals, care homes, hospices, mental health centres, GP surgeries and SEN schools, to bring the benefits of art into their daily lives.

• 2,173 artworks on public display

  Over 60% of our art collection is out on display in public care spaces, providing inspiration for patients and care staff across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. An estimated 2 million people see our exhibitions in hospitals each year.

• Sector advocacy and knowledge sharing

  • • We are a Strategic Alliance Member of the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance, aiming to develop and promote the role of arts and culture in supporting the country’s health and wellbeing.
    • We work with Nesta the innovation agency for social good monitoring our impact and using the findings to develop our work so that more people may benefit.

• Expanding our reach across the UK

• • • Our Art Meets Book project in Public Libraries engaged a diverse range of participants in the West Midlands and London.  At the start of the project, 45% of participants felt confident about discussing art and 36% did not. At the end of the project, 85% felt confident to do so. There was high level of satisfaction with the project: 82% found the sessions ‘worthwhile and valuable’ and 85% would recommend them to friends and family.
    • Our OASIS (Art for the socially isolated scheme) project worked with those at the end-of-life stage and who attended a Sue Ryder day hospice. participants were invited to rate the statement ‘the sessions improved my feelings/mood at the time’. This was highly rated by all participants and reflected a positive experience of the sessions. Participants were facing some existential issues potentially affecting them emotionally, engagement in the process gave them some space to take their minds off this, and although this was temporary, it provided a welcome relief. One participant said ‘Doing something different, gave me a chance to concentrate and try something new. Time flew by and conversation flowed easily whilst we were working.

Find out more about our impact in cases studies of our recent work…