CREATE ARTIST RACHEL MCGIVERN ON SUPPORTING CREATIVITY AND WELLBEING IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS
To mark Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2021, we spoke to our visual artist, Rachel McGivern, about her experience of delivering…
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Creativity & Wellbeing Week – a conversation with Jenni Regan from London Arts and Health
Jenni Regan is CEO of London Arts and Health, and curates the annual Creativity & Wellbeing Week festival. We spoke…
Using creativity to help young people with mental health illnesses
“Young people don’t always have the language to describe what’s going on for them” creative:tandem is our multi-artform programme empowering…
Two case studies from our creative:tandem project
creative:tandem is our multi-artform programme empowering children and young people who have a serious mental health illness. For four years,…
“CREATIVE PROJECTS LIKE THIS ADD A FUN ELEMENT TO LIFE” – GEORGINA’S STORY
Between November 2020 and March 2021, we delivered a series of creative projects run by our professional artists with older…
“IT WAS REALLY NICE TO FIND MYSELF AGAIN”: GLASGOW-BASED CARER SARAH’S STORY
Between February and March 2021, we took our creative:voices programme for carers to Scotland for the first time, thanks to…
Let’s dance: Three young carers share their experiences of dancing over Zoom
This February we teamed up with Carers Trust to run three dynamic dance projects with young carers in the South…
Our work during the lockdown: A year of change, challenge and learning
One year since the UK’s first national lockdown, our CEO, Nicky Goulder, reflects on how we adapted our work during…
SEN Students Create “Fabulous” Art About the Environment
Between January and March 2021, we delivered 60 workshops with children with special educational needs (SEN) in Harrow through our…
Protecting Young Carers’ Futures – Young Carers Action Day at Create
Thirteen-year-old Lisa looks after her mother Paula who has been chronically ill since before Lisa was born. Paula relies on…