Governance of Leeds Arts Health and Wellbeing Network

LAHWN is a network currently hosted by the University of Leeds Cultural Institute, which has a role in facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers and external partners for mutual benefit and a research priority in relation to arts and health. LAHWN is currently funded by a range of partners across the health sector as well as Leeds City Council. LAHWN is not constituted as an organisation but operates as a partnership project under the auspices of the Cultural Institute.

The Leeds Cultural Institute is the lead organisation for LAHWN and is responsible for the hosting, administration and management of the network, including staffing and budget management. The Reference Group was established in 2019 to provide a mechanism for key partners to support the development of the network. In 2020, a smaller Management Group, drawn from the Reference Group membership, was established to direct and oversee the activity of the network.

The Management Group is responsible for the strategic direction of LAWHN and for ensuring that activity undertaken by the Cultural Institute and the Network Co-ordinator to develop the network is consistent with its objectives. The Reference Group provides a broader function as an advisory group. It exists to advise and assist the Management Group to deliver the network’s agreed objectives. It aims to enable LAHWN to develop by connecting, championing and supporting, the agreed ways of working set out in the network’s vision and mission statement. You can find the full Terms of Reference for LAHWN here.

Reference Group and Management Group Members