TABLE 1.

Characteristics of included sources.

Author and source	Aim of study/report	Part of the UK covered	Research design	Sample	Data collection	Analysis
Goulding [29] Journal article	To understand how visiting contemporary art galleries and discussing the artwork affected culturally inactive participants’ social and cultural capital	North East England	Qualitative	Nineteen participants aged 64 and older; 16% were defined as non‐White	Interviews and focus groups	Constant comparison
Goulding [30] Journal article	To explore what social contexts bring to the experience of participation and how ageing produces material, physical and relational constraints to cultural participation	North East England	Qualitative	Forty participants aged 60–91 years; 22.5% non‐White: six were South Asian and three were Chinese	Interviews	Constant comparison
Hackney Caribbean Elderly Organisation [31] Report	To report on an organisation that seeks to enhance the quality of life and well‐being of older people from an African and Caribbean background by preventing isolation and building connections	London	Unclear	One hundred twenty Caribbean older people	Unclear	Unclear
Lowe [32] Report	To report on projects that set out to engage older populations seen as underserved–the first four focused on attracting older people from an ethnic minority group	London and Manchester	Unclear	African Caribbean, Chinese, South Asian–one case study referred to ethnic minority groups	Unclear	Unclear
Lynch [33] Report	To explore if multi‐art form artistic practice can help reduce stigma associated with dementia in South Asian communities and how culturally specific it needs to be	Havering, Hounslow, Leeds, Leicester, Slough and Tower Hamlets	Unclear (although seemed to be qualitative)	One hundred fourteen women aged 40–80+ and nine men 70+, including second‐generation women born in the United Kingdom, people from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka	Interviews	Unclear
Thomson et al. [34]. Journal article	To assess changes in psychological well‐being for older adults engaged in museums on prescription	London and Kent	Mixed methods	One hundred fifteen participants aged 65–94 years; 18% defined as non‐White	Questionnaires and interviews, alongside weekly reflective diaries	Multivariate analysis of variance; qualitative data not presented as themes