Chapple et al. - Come together
Chapple, M., Anisimovich, A., Worsley, J., Watkins, M., Billington, J., & Balabanova, E. (2023). Come together: The importance of arts and cultural engagement within the Liverpool City Region throughout the COVID-19 lockdown periods. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.
Arts and cultural engagement activities have long been found to support wellbeing within the general population. In particular, community arts and cultural involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic have been an invaluable source of mental health and wellbeing support for many individuals across the globe. The initial move to remote engagement following the first United Kingdom lockdown demonstrated the importance of hybrid provisions, with isolated and vulnerable individuals finding online provisions important for wellbeing. With restrictions on movement and service access in the United Kingdom having gradually eased from March 2021, it is now important to explore how individuals navigated the ability to engage with either remote or in-person provisions. The current study aimed to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on arts and cultural engagement during periods of restrictions and initial easings on movement within the Liverpool City Region.
Chapple et al. “Come together: The importance of arts and cultural engagement within the Liverpool City Region throughout the COVID-19 lockdown periods”