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Creative Health and Wellbeing

Cornwall Council

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24 Jul 2026 at 17:02

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Cornwall Council procured creative health and wellbeing services. The work uses creativity, arts and culture to support health and wellbeing, covering activities such as visual and performing arts, crafts, film, literature, cooking, gardening and other creative activities in nature. It can include creative approaches to health and care services, co-production, education and workforce development. The intended contribution spans preventing ill health, promoting healthy behaviours, managing long-term conditions, and supporting treatment and recovery for both mental and physical health across the life course. The service category is health and social work services. Delivery covers the United Kingdom, with Cornwall Council as the buying organisation. The procurement was structured as one completed lot.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. It used a below-threshold procedure, with the procurement method recorded as unknown. Arts Well UK CIC was awarded the contract for the single lot. The contract was signed on 28 September 2025 and runs from 29 September 2025 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £44,167 excluding VAT, or £53,000.40 including VAT. The award is below the applicable threshold. The contract was evaluated for the specified creative health and wellbeing requirement, covering health and wellbeing support through creative and cultural activities. No award date is provided. Cornwall Council selected Arts Well UK CIC as the supplier.

This procurement demonstrates demand from Cornwall Council for a specialist creative health service that links arts, culture and creativity with health and wellbeing outcomes. Suppliers well placed for similar work would be able to design and deliver activities across visual and performing arts, crafts, film, literature, cooking and creative work in nature, while adapting delivery to mental and physical health needs. Credibility would also come from experience in prevention, healthy behaviour promotion, long-term condition management, treatment or recovery, and from working collaboratively through co-production, education and workforce development. Organisations should be able to work across the life course and translate creative practice into structured support for health and care services. The selected supplier is an SME community interest company, showing that this requirement can suit a focused specialist organisation.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Creative Health and Wellbeing

Notice Description

Creative Health is a term used to refer to all work with creativity, arts and/or culture that supports health and/or wellbeing. Creative health is defined as creative approaches and activities that have benefits for our health and wellbeing. Activities can include visual and performing arts, crafts, film, literature, cooking and creative activities in nature, such as gardening; approaches may involve creative and innovative ways to approach health and care services, co-production, education and workforce development. Creative health can contribute to the prevention of ill-health, promotion of healthy behaviours, management of long-term conditions, and treatment and recovery across the life course, for both mental and physical health.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d3b6
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070487-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - unknown
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£44,167 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
29 Sep 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cornwall Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
TRURO
Postcode
TR1 3AY
Postcode Area
Truro
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Cornwall
Electoral Ward
Truro Boscawen & Redannick
Westminster Constituency
Truro and Falmouth

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Arts Well UK CIC

Further Information

Notice Documents

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