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OUR PROJECTS
Below are our current and previous projects. We offer projects on specific themes, often informed by feedback from young people and families.
We are also open to designing new bespoke projects to meet identified needs.
CURRENT PROJECTS
ARTS THERAPY SERVICE
We provide face to face and online arts therapy sessions for children and young people in Exeter with referrals welcome from across Devon. We offer funded places whenever we can thanks to donations and grants and particularly for those on lower incomes. We can also be purchased through local authorities, schools and adoption services. All our Arts Therapists are qualified and professionally registered.
Young Arts Club
We are open to applications for this supportive and nurturing arts skills and social group which is all about building confidence whilst being creative together. It is a community arts (not therapy) group and run by trauma- informed and inclusive practitioners. This group is in Exeter on Tuesdays after school at the Exeter Phoenix. No previous experience of the arts is required. For 10-13 year olds.
LGBTQ+ art
therapy group
We are seeking to run another group for young people who would like a safe and creative space to explore their thoughts and feelings around gender, sexuality and/or identity with others. This will be an online group facilitated by arts therapists.
Please contact us to join the waiting list. Previously funded by The Elmgrant Trust.
PROGRESSIONS: ARTS THERAPY TO HELP WITH ENGAGING IN EDUCATION
We offer arts therapy sessions in Exeter and East Devon which focus on helping young people to explore and overcome their unique challenges when faced with difficulties returning to school or changing schools. This often includes understanding anxiety, improving confidence to speak out, neurodiversity, recovery from bullying or other negative experiences. We offer supported communication with schools to help with inclusion and feeling more comfortable back in the classroom. Please contact us for an initial
discussion.
Theatre for change: young people's drama group
We are hoping to run a new theatre group which will bring together young people to learn acting and theatre making skills. This group will offer opportunities to make new friends and also create original pieces of theatre on issues that matter to you. Open to all those 13-16 and also welcoming
applications from young people who have experienced trauma or difficulties in their relationships with others. We are currently applying for funding. Please register your interest by contacting us.
Anxiety & Me arts therapy
A programme of 1:1 face to face or online arts therapy sessions to help young people better understand and navigate their own anxiety. Open to new referrals where funding is able to be sought and holding a waiting list for those who would require a grant-funded place. We have previously been supported by government funding, Devon Community Foundation and the Self Heal Association.
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
Frame of Mind mindful photography project
An online short course of early evening sessions run by a professional photographer and an art therapist to learn some photography tips as well as how we can use photography for wellbeing. This includes a visit to the RAMM in Exeter, our partner for this project. All you need is a cameraphone. Contact us for details about our next group.
Art Therapy & Mentoring
A series of 9 art therapy sessions, followed by 9 sessions with a youth mentor. This project helps young people and young adults address their confidence and any barriers to employment, especially those around mental health. Spaces currently available. Funding is thanks to the European Social Fund.
Coming to Terms art therapy group
An art therapy group in Exeter for teenagers who would like a safe and creative space to process their experience of the Covid-19 pandemic. This programme completed in February 2022. Fully funded thanks to Devon County Council. Contact us to join a waiting list for future groups.
