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To thank for her contribution to the Voluntary Sector, Sue and her long suffering +1 Bill also an ex-trustee and all round supporter of our work, were invited to a garden party in the Deanery gardens  of York Minster.  hats compulsory! it was a great afternoon  very hot, and good to catch up with others within the sector. Thank you to a His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and The Archbishop of York for hosting this great event on the 28th June.

ATY surprised our retiring longstanding Art Therapist Peter Brown with a surprise event at the fabulous Fangfoss Pottery  http://fangfosspottery.co.uk/  .

We enjoyed an exciting and dynamic Raku Firing and a challenging  pot throwing attempt on the wheel. followed by a BBQ and shared lunch.

Thank you so much Lyn and Gerry for your hospitality  and Continued Processional Development does not come much better!  more pics in the gallery!

Saturday 21st we joined in the fun of the fair at Scalby, alongside many other local organisations, food stalls  and creative entrepreneurs. It was day of  brilliant sunshine with the occasional threat of showers! We entered fully into the spirit of the fairs theme SUPERHEROS – hence the costumes! Thanks to all those who supported us by chancing their hand in the lucky dips and buying raffle prizes. Congratulations to Lesley, Matt, Phil, Ben, Paul, Sue, Moira and Moyra who have all received their prizes.

The fabulous Rainbow Ctr held its inaugural charity ball last weekend and it was a great occasion. We at ATY used this for farewell, thankyou and welcome to members of our team, therapists and trustees like. It was a great chance to let our hair down ( or put it up), help the Rainbow raise money and celebrate our work with them. Above all it was simply a fabulous night out and we loved it!       Lots of fabulous pictures here therainbowcentre.org/…/the-rainbow-charity-ball-2025  .

WE had a small ceremony to thank our outgoing chair Moyra for all her hard work – over 13 years!

it was also a chance to welcome Grace as chair and also welcome our new trustee Heidi. more pics in our gallery .

We will miss you Moyra but a big night out coming up as we celebrate with the Rainbow Ctr at their upcoming charity ball!

We had a super donation of art materials from Paul, a dogwalker pal of one of our trustees. We appreciate the circumstances and thank you for thinking of us. 

We are delighted to share the news that Georgia who is soon completing her student placement with us. has organised an exciting pop up exhibition – experience here at Woodend gallery  I and all at ATY  are looking forward to enjoying this and sharing the experience. We hope to share the images produced in our gallery.

The lovely people had a poetry evening at Gallery 6, Scarborough, hosted by our recently retired trustee Leslie.

Thanks everyone for the ££38.72 raised Honestly, everything helps. So just for you, some tiny moss shoots taken this Spring at Riveaux.

I enjoyed chatting with Bex from age UK before posing with this outsized cheque – we just want a few extra zeros  please .