This week, I'm going to talk about forward thinking. In recent years, people have realized how useful the arts can be within healthcare. The idea behind forward thinking is to use the arts to promote well-being. The charity develops projects for people with special needs and health problems and also delivers training to healthcare professionals in using the arts as well as supplying them with information and advice. Forward thinking doesn't just run art and craft classes to distract people who are ill or recovering from illness, but arranges long-term projects and courses, as it's been shown that the arts can bring all sorts of positive changes in patients, including benefits such as shortening the length of stay in hospital and reducing the amounts of medicine they need. The organization's been around since 1986 and it gradually expanded during the 1990s. Then, in the new millennium, it was decided to find a memorable name, so it's been operating as Forward Thinking for several years, in fact, since 2005.