Dyma gasgliad o’r ystadegau a’r ymchwil sy’n amlygu’r sefyllfa iechyd meddwl i weithwyr creadigol yng Nghymru.
Ymchwil Cyffredinol
Yr heriau sy’n wynebu gweithlu’r diwydiant creadigol
Yn yr adroddiad hwn, mae Senedd Cymru yn nodi nifer o argymhellion y credant fydd yn helpu i sicrhau bod y diwydiannau creadigol yn parhau i dyfu mewn modd teg a chynaliadwy.
Archwiliad o weithlu’r diwydiannau creadigol at sylw’r Pwyllgor Diwylliant, Cyfathrebu, y Gymraeg, Chwaraeon a Chysylltiadau Rhyngwladol.
Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru 2021: Covid-19 yng Nghymru: Yr effaith ar iechyd meddwl a lles
Nod yr ymchwil oedd i fesur effaith y pandemig, y cyfnodau clo a chyfyngiadau cymdeithasol ar iechyd meddwl yng Nghymru.
Ymchwil y Rhwydwaith iechyd a llesiant celfyddydau Cymru
Casgliad o ymchwil a phapurau sy’n ymwneud â maes y celfyddydau, iechyd a lles, gan gynnwys adran ar gyfer yr iaith Gymraeg.
Sefydliad Materion Cymreig – Croesffyrdd Creadigol: Cynaliadwyedd a Llesiant yn Sector Creadigol Cymru
Mae’r papur hwn yn adrodd ar ddigwyddiad a drefnwyd gan y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig gyda chefnogaeth Cymru Greadigol yng Nghanolfan y Mileniwm, yng Nghaerdydd, ar 7 Tachwedd 2023. Yn dwyn y teitl ‘Croesffyrdd Creadigol: Cynaliadwyedd a Llesiant yn Sector Creadigol Cymru’, archwiliodd y digwyddiad heriau cyllido, ansicrwydd parhaus, a chynaliadwyedd yn y sector creadigol yng Nghymru..
UK
Emerge | Bournemouth University
Experimental Media Research Centre (EMERGE) is a creative, practice-led research centre, sharing critical concerns in relation to experimental media practices that engage directly with social and cultural innovation.
2018 Ulster University: Mental ill health in the creative industries in NI
New research from wellbeing charity Inspire and Ulster University has found people working in the creative industries in NI are almost three times more likely to suffer from mental ill health than the general population.
2023 University College London: The Impact of Arts and Cultural Engagement on Population Health
This report summarises findings from a series of studies conducted between 2017 and 2022 that examined the relationship between arts and cultural engagement and health and wellbeing outcomes using UK and US cohort studies.
Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority – Upholding and improving standards of behaviour across the creative industries
The Interim CIISA Team
Music ?
Musicians Census
Further report findings from the first ever UK Musicians’ Census show that almost a third of professional musicians in the UK are experiencing poor mental wellbeing, due to factors such as low pay, career barriers and witnessing or experiencing discrimination.
2016 Help Musicians UK: Can Music Make You Sick?
Research from Help Musicians exploring the working experiences of musicians and the impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority: UK music supports new body to tackle bullying and harassment
March 2023: UK Music, and its music industry members, are backing a proposed new organisation that would lead work in the creative industries to prevent and tackle workplace bullying and harassment.
Black Lives in Music: Unseen, Unheard
Race and disability – black disabled experience in the UK’s music industry. A report that brings together survey findings and first-hand insights of intersectional prejudice.
Black Lives in Music: Being Black in the Music Industry Report
The results of the largest ever survey of data focused on the experiences of Black musicians and industry professionals.
Performance ?
2022 Equity: Performing arts mental health
Equity have published a global scoping review of 111 academic studies related to mental health and wellbeing in students and professionals within the performing arts.
Writing ?
2023 Bookseller Survey: Debut authors struggle with lack of support
More than half of authors (54%) responding to a survey by The Bookseller on their experiences of publishing their debut book have said the process negatively affected their mental health.
2023 Nottingham Trent University: Poetry and COVID-19: the benefit of poetry
Reading, writing and sharing poetry can help people cope with loneliness or isolation and reduce feelings of anxiety and depression, a new study shows.
1999 Journal of Clinical Psychology, University of Texas: Forming a story: the health benefits of narrative
Writing about important personal experiences in an emotional way for as little as 15 minutes over the course of three days brings about improvements in mental and physical health. This finding has been replicated across age, gender, culture, social class, and personality type.
Film/TV ?
Bectu welcomes latest Looking Glass report and urges further collaboration to tackle poor mental health
Bectu has welcomed the publication of the Film and TV Charity’s Looking Glass ’22 report.
2022 Film and TV Charity: The Looking Glass Report
The Looking Glass report is research commissioned by The Film and TV Charity, exploring the experiences of people who have had a mental health problem while working in Film and TV.
Bectu lends its voice to campaign for healthy working practices in film and TV
Bectu is proud to support the Film and TV Charity’s The Whole Picture Toolkit: For Mentally Healthy…
British Film Institute: Screen industries unite to reinvigorate action against bullying, harassment and racism
The BFI and BAFTA launch practical employer action list backed by over 40 organisations across film, games and television including new endorsement from The Casting Directors’ Guild, Coalition for Change and talent agencies.
Welsh production companies encouraged to take part in WellBeing Facilitator pilot to improve mental health in film and TV
Film and TV production companies in Wales are being offered a unique…
Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority: UK TV & Film Industry “Failing Employees” In Its Approach To Tackling Sexual Harassment, Says Report –
The UK’s film and TV industry is “failing employees” in its approach to tackling sexual harassment six years on from #MeToo, according to a first-of-its-kind study.