Activities that promote Health & Wellbeing:

Live Arts Cafe - a FREE weekly social and creative evening for adults who have experience of mental health issues and their families and friends (meal: £1). 

Every Wednesday from 5.30pm at Moorland Court, 33 Gawber Road, Barnsley.

Please ring Helen Boutle on 07833 936 019 for further details and if you are interested in coming along.  

Arts on Referral is a new creative project which aims to support adults (18+) and their families who are either at risk of presenting or are presenting mild to moderate stress, anxiety and depression.

Our team of artists will be working closely with GPs in the Barnsley area to promote the benefits of creative (arts based) approaches to treatment.   

If you are interested in participating please ring 01226 391 112 for further details or complete our self referral form.

If you are a GP or Health Professional in the Barnsley area who would like to be involved referring suitable participants you feel would benefit from this project please ring 01226 391 112 for further details. 

Activities suitable for adults with learning disabilities:

In the Boat Theatre Company - Every Friday in Sheffield - Please ring 01226 391 112 if you are interested in joining.

In The Boat Theatre Company's next touring theatre production entitled The Baker, will be touring in 2012. 

The Baker is a new devised piece of music theatre by Sheffield's leading learning disability theatre company.  The show is about a baker whose magic cakes excite romance in the village, and uses original songs, music, dance and film to tell its story.

If you would like to know more about the show and would like to book a performance at your venue please contact Richard Rawson, Administrator on 01226 391 112.

Cross the Sky Theatre Company - Every Wednesday in Barnsley - Please ring 01226 391 112 if you are interested in joining.

In the Boat Band - Every Tuesday in Sheffield.

Recovery projects:

Re-sound offers opportunities for recovery champions and their families and carers to enjoy creating sound and music to enhance, express and reflect on recovery.  Every Thursday evening from 5.30pm to 7.30pm at a location in Barnsley town centre.  Ring 01226 391 112 if you are interested in joining.  The sessions are FREE.

Re-play - familiar games are played to inspire poems and artwork and recovery

stories are shared.  The groups' creations will be used to make a Recovery game that will be played by others who have their own stories to tell.  Re-play takes place every Wednesday from 1.30pm to 3.30pm at the Barnsley Civic.  Ring 01226 391 112 if you are interested in joining.  The sessions are FREE.  People of all abilities are welcome, you don't need any previous experience or skills.

Children's Creative Activities:

Visibility at the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley from Monday 13 to Friday 17 February 2012 (theme: Deep in the Jungle).  This children's art and story book adventure project is funded by Barnsley Council's Aiming High for Disabled Children initiative.  

Please ring 01226 391 112 if you would like to enrol your child/ren on to this project.  For children with learning disabilities in the Barnsley area between the ages of 8 and 16.