At ATY we are happy to announce that this year we will be holding a Halloween Craft Fair and Tearoom at Hackness Village Hall on Sunday 29th October from 10.30am to 3.00pm.
We hope you can join us for this upcoming spooky event to raise funds for ATY.
ATY would like to thank North Yorkshire Council, working through Stronger Communities, for a grant of £1000 to help support our work with Children and Young People.
The Inspire grant has also been awarded , another £1000 which will go towards growing back our group programme.
As always this support from the council is much appreciated , 
ATY is very happy to announce that we are an intervention partner on the new RISE project.
RISE (Reducing Inequalities, Supporting Employment), is a adults support programme in York and North Yorkshire. For those who are currently not working and have barriers preventing them engaging with employment and/or training.
Through RISE, individuals receive tailored 1-2-1 mentoring, advice and employability support, and have access to specific interventions designed to help break down barriers. This support is designed to improve people’s health (both mental and physical health, confidence, skills, circumstances and ultimately their employability, moving them closer towards a position where they are thriving in their life and in work.
RISE is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity fund (UKSPF). The programme began mid-May 2023 and initially runs to the end of March 2024 with the possibility of continuation funding.
Participants on the RISE programme can be referred to Art Therapy Yorkshire for Art Therapy Intervention. Those who are referred can receive between 10 sessions of Art Therapy. With an additional 5 sessions if needed. Art Therapy through RISE is total confidential and is delivered by a trained, qualified and registered Art Therapist.
If you are currently a RISE participant and are interested please as your Keyworker to refer you. If you are not a current RISE participant but believe you meet the criteria please visit www.betterconnect.org.uk to make a referral.
Big news! Funded by players of the Peoples Postcode Lottery, The Postcode Neighbourhood Trust have granted us a large sum which will enable us to continue to offer our service of Art Psychotherapy to adults within our region. This goes without saying is extremely good news and we are very grateful for their support .
In January we hosted a visit from the notable writer and broadcaster Horatio Clare as he continues his research into effective and alternative/complementary therapies for mental health conditions. He was able to sit in on a session and interview a client , and we are very grateful to them for giving such an honest and open insight to their world .
He commented ‘There should be 10 of you in every town’ and as creative and passionate Art Therapists we have to agree.
Thank you Horatio and please come back.
Late in 2022 we received a visit from the Allen lane Foundation, where we discussed our proposal for group work.
Following which we were delighted to receive a grant of £5000 – this enables us to offer our small group programme into 2013 .
A very big Thank You !!
A big thank you from the ATY team to The Jack Brunton Charitable Trust for their kind donation for £1,000. This grant donation will go towards the continuation of our interventions we deliver within the local community, to those in need.
ATY team members Peter and student Jodie visited the TEC college on Tuesday 8th November to deliver a workshop about Art Therapy and what we do at Art Therapy Yorkshire. After a short presentation delivered by Peter and Jodie, the students were invited to take part in explorational art making exercise. The workshop was a great success, thank you for having us TEC.
