Thanks to funding gratefully received from Healthy Minds Calderdale and Rethink Mental Illness we are now able to run our Free Wellbeing at the Weekend Sessions on Saturday mornings during 2023.
Join artist Mishka Lesayova
for a new series of Herbal Tea sessions
During these sessions we will loosely work with a different herb every week, inspired by the lore of the herbs their medicinal or healing properties, how the herbs look like, smell and taste like, and people experiences with them.
Anyone is welcome to join the sessions and work on their own art projects, there is also no requirement to drink and engage with the herbs.
Artist Sarah O'Boyle will be delivering some relaxing seasonal inspired activities including stencilling and papercrafts that can be used to create gift wrap, cards and gift tags.
Running on alternate Saturday Mornings, 10-11.30am on the following dates:
21st Oct - Herbal Tea
4th Nov - Seasonal Crafts
18th Nov - Herbal Tea
2nd Dec - Seasonal Crafts
16th Dec - Herbal Tea
Great news! New Spring term dates listed below (more details to follow)
20th January
3rd February
17th February
2nd March
16th March
To book your place, please complete the form below
Hello and welcome
To support people through difficult times during the Covid-19 pandemic, we shared a weekly wellbeing email with activities, ideas and inspiration to help people relax, rewind and recharge.
Here you can find all of those resources and access them free of charge.
Whether you need to wind down at the end of a busy week or recharge your batteries in preparation for the week to come, we think there will be something for everyone to enjoy.
Our Wellbeing at the Weekend programme includes:
Mindful activity worksheets and videos
Opportunities to showcase work in our Online Community Gallery
Inspirational news, quotes and projects
We welcome donations
We believe art is essential for our mental health and wellbeing. For over 12 years we have been developing accessible creative wellbeing solutions like this.
Donations of any size help us to continue the work we do.
Saturday 28 August
This week we’re taking a little bit of time to pause and reflect ahead of a new phase of our Wellbeing at the Weekend programme.
Our activity is from our Creative Ideas for Self Care booklet. This gentle exercise will help you to explore your thoughts and feelings and turn them into a colourful work of art.
You can download the worksheet here.
Saturday 21 August
This week we are going to explore designing with nature, creating an organic outdoor leaf garland enhanced with a sprinkling of flower trimmings. Sending a big thank you to Maureen for letting us gather a fantastic collection of leaves from her lovely garden.
You can download the worksheets here.
Saturday 14 August
This week we are going to explore the relaxing benefits of combining both nature and paper together to create beautiful items that can be used for decorating vases, jars and handmade cards.
You can download the worksheets here.
Saturday 7 August
This week we are going to introduce you to the wonders of wood. We are going to use tea paint to create a tree ring illustration, then add detail, patterns and words to your image using coloured pencils and black fine liner. You can download the worksheets here.
Saturday 31 July
This week we are going to introduce you to Pebble Painting. We are taking our inspiration from one of our very own Wellbeing at the Weekend participants, Eleanor, who has very kindly allowed us to feature some of her fantastic artwork in our activity worksheets, along with a super idea from Megan!
You can download the worksheets here.
Saturday 24 July
This week our theme is stones. We are going to take inspiration from the land artist Andy Goldsworthy and Robert Smithson’s striking Spiral Getty by creating our very own stone sculpture and garden decoration.
You can download the worksheet here.
Saturday 17 July
This week it’s time to slow things down and pause and reflect on all of the nature inspired activities we’ve explored in recent weeks. We are going to focus on the simple things in life, with a ‘My Happy List’ activity worksheet created by the very talented artist and writer Michael Powell for our new resource booklet Creative Ideas for Self Care.
Saturday 10 July
This week we are going to introduce you to ‘glue books’. We are taking our inspiration from two of our very own Wellbeing at the Weekend students, Rachel and Bex, who have very kindly allowed us to feature some of their fantastic artwork in our activity worksheets! You can download the worksheets here and here.
Worksheet one:
Worksheet two:
Worksheet one:
Worksheet two:
Saturday 26 June
This week, we are continuing with our nature theme by taking our inspiration from flowers and trying to capture their essence through a simple drawing activity.
We have a worksheet that introduces you to the continuous line drawing method, with some examples of simple flower illustrations created in this way. You can download the worksheet here.
