Hello I’m Emily, a potter and basketmaker from South London and I have been running creative workshops for the community since 2011. I’m going to be honest I have found this year a massive challenge. I have worked closely with certain hospitals and elderly care homes for a number of years and feel very attached […]

Since I started Create 18 years ago at my dining room table, the last year has probably been the most demanding and rewarding. I dreamt then of a society in which every vulnerable child and adult would have access to the power of creativity in their lives. I was motivated by my longing for a […]

I have been running art sessions with care home residents since 2016. I found that many older people lack confidence when it comes to painting, saying they were never any good at it. To overcome this reluctance, I started making collages, to which each person could contribute a single element like a flower or butterfly. […]

I’m Kate Steel Jardel from Write Mind. As a child I would sit and watch my mum, a school secretary, while she typed, wide-eyed with fascination at the blank pages being transformed right in front of me. Fast forward through a life woven with words, and post-graduate study of Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, and […]

Since March 2020, I have been delivering 3 – 4 live online singing sessions a week as well as recording video for those who would prefer not to join a live session. I have also been delivering online training for Sing to Beat Parkinson’s and delivering webinars for different arts organisations including ABCD, Trinity Laban […]

Everyday Creativity Care is a six month project commissioned by Culture Shift and East Sussex Public Health. Lead by project artists Marisa Gardner, Sarah Bryant and Lucy Groenewoud the project has been co-designed with Care Staff and families from nine care homes in East Sussex to explore the impact of creative activities during lockdown on […]