We were delighted and just a little surprised to receive a positive response to our bid to the Leathersellers  Foundation – this is not a simple process and the window of opportunity is only open for a very short while! Bravo for our success! The Foundation has given us £5000 towards our core funds enabling us to continue to offer a service free of charge.

Our fundraising whizz Sarah has arranged some great challenges for you.

The Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge and the Atlas Mountain challenge . contact her at sarah.wood@arttherapyyorkshire.org.uk for further information. This fundraising will directly give vital therapeutic interventions, through our service, for those struggling with life issues and poor mental health.

We are truly thrilled to be able to acknowledge the receipt of grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation.This amount, which will substantially cover our core costs for one year will make a huge difference to our ability to serve our community better in 2018/19 year. Updates as to the usage of this fund will come next year! So happy!

We have exciting news! Localgiving has just launched another North Yorkshire Match Fund and we’re is taking part! The initiative doubles online donations made to us through our Localgiving page by up to £50. There’s £500 available for us to claim, but to benefit we need your help.
Donate £50 through our Localgiving page and claim Gift Aid now, and we’ll receive a huge £108.58! 
You can check if you are eligible to claim Gift Aid here.
Your generous donation will enable us to offer vital art therapy interventions for vulnerable individuals at an affordable rate, possibly free of charge.
Donations are being matched by up to £50, but any amount will really make a huge difference to support the work we do. Please note that we will only receive match funding on the first donation per person through this campaign
The match fund ends either on the 28th May at 4pm OR when the £15,000 fund runs out. To help us claim our share of the fund, please consider making a donation through our Localgiving page before the campaign ends.

To donate, please go to:   https://localgiving.com/charity/arttherapyyorkshire  

Thank you so much for your continued support, we greatly appreciate it. Please feel free to get in touch if you’d like any more information about the services we provide or are interested in getting more involved – we’d love to hear from you!

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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We are really thrilled to announce the success of our recent application to Awards for All, the small grants part of the Big Lottery. once finalised, this grant will fund some innovative and exciting work.  We plan to hold a community arts project for the Polish residents in Scarborough, we also plan to repeat the success of our 20 week group for supported adults; both of these will culminate in an exhibition.

Importantly, the sum received will enable  us to continue our much needed work with those affected by trauma. If you are in, or know anyone who  may benefit from these free of charge groups, please get in touch via our contact page

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ArtWorks is funded by the European Social Fund  through the Skills Funding Agency, Humber learning Consortium and Your Consortium.

ATY has been successful in their bid to the European Social Fund through Your Consortium. This project  involves art therapy groups aimed at unemployed adults and will be launched in the New year. Local Agencies will be invited to refer into this project. There will be much more news to follow about this innovative approach.