The Royal Society of Public Health has awarded Vital Arts a Certificate of Commendation for our Lullabies project with Spitalfields Music that took place earlier this year. Read more here

" The Committee were very impressed by the musical excellence and innovative character of this project and its significant and moving outcomes for all who took part. The public health implications of your work are clear and substantial. The Committee felt that your work deserves replication and objective scientific assessment, and it hopes that further work will be possible."

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Edgar Hoefs our Artist-in-Residence, has completed the first in his series of portraits of staff working at the Royal London Hospital. Read more here

PARTICIPATION PROJECTS

Looking Up!
Capturing the spirit of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games, young patients will take part in a host of arts projects from October 11 to July 2012, developed in partnership with Rich Mix and Trinity Laban. Read more here

Shake, Rattle and Roll!
We've been developing an exciting new programme of music workshops for babies, toddlers and children with special educational needs. Led by animateur Vanessa King, the London Symphony Orchestra are bringing music, dance and storytelling to young patients in long term care at the Royal London Hospital. Read more here

Fatima's Palace
Here is one of the poems created with our Poet-in-Residence Lemn Sissay and young patients as part of an anthology of poems we are producing entitled Fatima's Palace.
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New partnership
We are delighted to announce a new partnership with the Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning Department. Kicking off this autumn the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig will perform 'pocket concerts' at Barts Hospital. Read more here