Supporting wellbeing through creativity and art
At our Wellbeing Hub, we love using creative activities to build our confidence, help us relax and feel calm and to express ourselves and our emotions. This might be as part of our Chill & Chat or Time Out Tuesday sessions or in our special Creative Wellbeing sessions. Our sessions are free to attend.
Most recently, thanks to support from Platformthirty1, we have been able to give a group of children who wouldn’t ordinarily be able, the opportunity to gain an Explore/Discover Arts Award.
The small group is currently attending workshops with photographer and creative practitioner Dean Leivers. They have explored different art forms including animation and cyanotypes, create their own artwork and have researched an artist and an art organisation. As part of their research, the group visited The Pottery in Alfreton and were also able to experience working with clay. The final part of their Arts Award is the sharing and celebration of their journey.
During the school holidays, we have invited artist Lise Bennett to our hub to deliver Creative Wellbeing workshops to both children and young adults. Workshops have included making puppets and puppet theatres, mythical creatures in clay and gel plate printing.
We also visited a local community garden for a Creative Wellbeing session. Families enjoyed a wonderfully relaxed session in the garden, exploring natural objects and places with all of their senses, led expertly by Kirsty from Grow Outside CIC. Feedback showed that this session greatly increased feelings associated with wellbeing (such as interest, friendliness, motivation and positivity).
To see more about this visit and keep up to date with our latest projects visit our Instagram page:
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Previously, we have held pottery well-being workshops for home educating (or those not currently able to attend school) families at The Pottery, Alfreton where parents could chill/chat and children could paint a pot, have a go on the pottery wheel and socialise. We were able to heavily subsidise these sessions.
