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BAAT HCPC why hire an art therapist?

Do check out this important  campaign on the HCPC website. As art therapists we are all registered practitioners with the Health & Care Professions Council. Fascinating case studies available.

Arts therapists

An Arts Therapist is a psychological therapist who has arts-based experience plus training in psychological interventions using drama, music or art as their primary mode of communication.

Why Hire an Arts Therapist? (WHAT?) campaign

The WHAT? campaign, launched in spring 2015, highlights the benefits of using a registered Arts Therapist to employers.

Targeting organisations such as the NHS, private health organisations, social services, the prison service, charities and Local Education Authorities, it aims to raise the profile of Arts Therapists by promoting the benefits of employing a HCPC registered professional and their work in transforming the lives of service users.

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Award for All success

Fantastic news, We are now able to share with you the announcement made in the Big Lottery Fund press release on the 25th March.

Art Therapy Yorkshire, with the project entitled ‘Scarborough – Seen through Art’  – has been awarded new funding.  This is what The Big Lottery  say…
“This is a project by a community organisation in Scarborough. The group will use funding to deliver a series of art therapy group sessions, for Polish immigrants, adults with learning disabilities and women who have suffered trauma. This will provide beneficiaries with positive activities, with the aim of building confidence and reducing social isolation”.    Thank you Big Lottery, and thanks again to Boshier-Hinton who  are co-funding this work.

Announcements soon of the details of each specific  group work project, but to register interest, or for further information  please contact us.041

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Pickering opportunity

We are pleased to announce a final Artworking group is now planned to start in Pickering, North Yorkshire. This group will begin on Tuesday the 7th April and also run for 6 weeks. We are working with our colleagues at Next Steps, Norton, and thank them for their support.  If you wish to be involved and are in the Rydale area please contact Next Steps, 7 Church St,  Norton. for further information.

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Creative crucible

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Artworking group 4 full

We have successfully recruited to our fourth Artworking group, due to start on Thursday the 9th April. We warmly welcome members of Firstlight, our local veteran’s support organisation and look forward to working with them.

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Big blue

 

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ArtWorking….Article in local press

Many thanks to our local weekly paper, The Scarborough News, for an article about our work, published this Thursday, 5 March.

Our ArtWorking group programme is now half way through, with two groups completed. We are currently seeking participants for our two final groups. The next is scheduled to begin on the 17th March (yes, it has been put back 1 week). Group participants must be 19 or over and not currently employed, or at least no more than 8 hours per week. Long term, short term unemployed… perhaps considering re-entering the job market after redundancy, looking after children or being a carer? Maybe you are recovering from illness or, having left university are unsure of your direction.  All the above have benefited from ArtWorking and completed feeling a really positive change in attitude.  Don’t put it off – contact us.

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Many Thanks Dr Boshier!

We would like to thank Dr P Boshier of the Boshier-Hinton Foundation for awarding us £2000 towards our supported adults group.This group work will be advertised shortly, but will be held in the large studio, here at The Street on Tuesday afternoon. Enquiries welcome, please contact me.

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Gold garden

 

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ArtWORKING exhibition

ATY are delighted to let you know that our first group of artists have completed the ArtWORKING programme and will be holding an exhibition of their work this Tuesday. This has been interesting work, addressing anxieties around unemployment and back to work issues but judging by the enthusiasm, engagement and perseverance of the group members,our innovative approach certainty worked. The exhibition will be held at The Street, 1.45 to 2 45 on Tuesday 24th February. artworking

If you or someone you know would like to take part in this programme, please contact us now, to arrange a chat about the project and to sign up!

 

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North Yorkshire Match Fund

Local giving will  be doubling individual donations by up to £100 per donor, just for charities in North Yorkshire and Teeside. The match fund starts on Tuesday the 10th of February and will run until Tuesday the 24th of February, or until all the available match funding has been allocated. This is your chance to really make those donations count.  Please see our How you can help page to donate. Remember your donations can give those who cannot access art therapy a very real chance of help.button_big_donate_white

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Amazing Turnout

Peter and Sue took part in the Scarborough Urban Fund Voice Your Choice event this week. we were not successful in our funding bid; however we were delighted to be a part of this event. The enthusiasm of the Scarborian residents of whom 270 turned out to vote on a fairly miserable Wednesday evening was inspiring. We were able to meet, and engage in conversations about our work and aims as well as about this particular bid to very many of those who participated, We think we must of reached personally close  to 300 people.  If you were one of those who picked up our leaflets, do follow it up, we are more than happy to take inquiries, and discuss any possibilities of working with you.

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