February 2022 – Mindful Art Club

Evening Taster Session: Book Now

Do you work during the daytimes?

Are you wishing we’d offer a one-off evening session just so that you can try it?

Want to try Qi Gong and mindful art to see if you like it?

We get that.

We’re offering a one-off evening event in Plymouth city centre on 28th March 2022. We expect these places to sell out quickly, so contact us now if you would like to reserve your place.

This two hour session includes:

Qi Gong with Lee Squires
Mindful art with Emma Sprawson
The opportunity to chat and relax
All art materials
Coffee or tea

This one-off session will give you a taste of what you can expect on our eight week wellbeing course.

How is this evening different to other mindfulness sessions?

The focus of our work is social connection and support, and the art and mindfulness come second to that. Quiet reflection takes place during the guided mindfulness, but for the majority of the session participants will be encouraged to talk.

Benefits:

Improve your mental health
Feel more socially connected
Enjoy Qi Gong mindful movement
Learn mindfulness and art for self care

Your investment: Just £19.50

Click here to reserve your place today.

Plympton Art Course Improves Mental Health

We recently offered a six week course at Plympton Guildhall, called ‘Doodle Your Recovery’ – thanks to funding from Devon Recovery Learning Community.

Initial feedback indicates that one hundred percent of the participants enjoyed the course. When asked what they had learned on the course people wrote:

To relax and just let creativity flow
Mindfulness
To breathe better
Empathy
To give time to myself
Communication
How to think of myself as well as others
To not dwell on problems so much
To express feelings through art
That I am not alone and it’s OK to feel how I feel

Some suggestions to make the course better included:

Maybe more meditation
Qi Gong
Name badges
Increase it to two hours, with a break

One hundred percent of survey respondents said they would recommend the course to other people.

If you would like to try using creativity to improve your mental health we will be at The Brook Inn, 33 Longbrook Street, Plympton, PL7 1NJ from Thursday 3rd March 2022.

The Evening Course You’ve Been Waiting For!

Do you suffer from stress or worry?

Want to practice art for self-care?

Looking for a fun and easy way to learn mindfulness?

The waiting list is now open for our popular eight week evening course starting on Monday May 9th in Plymouth city centre.

This course will be hosted by mindful artist Emma Sprawson and Qi Gong teacher, Lee Squires.

Unique Corporate Opportunity

As a small grass roots community group, over the past two years we have consistently offered mental health support and social connection to the Plymouth community during these unprecedented challenging times.

Our Impact

69% of mindful art course participants said it had helped them with anxiety.
44% said a mindful art course helped them with depression.
40% said it helped them with another mental health issue.
59% said it helped them with loneliness or isolation.
Participants also reported being helped with physical health, low self-esteem and other issues not listed in our survey.
66% said they had increased their ability to use mindfulness.
84% said they had increased their ability to use art as a self care practice.

(Source: Collected feedback form responses, accessed 04/02/22)

I enjoy the mindfulness and art. As I do art at home it helps my acute pain. The group makes me feel rested and at ease. Emma, Lee and Peggy are wonderful.
Anonymous participant feedback.

We are grateful to our existing grant funders who share our vision of a world where peer support, mindfulness, creative activities and social connection are easily available in local communities. With their support we have helped hundreds of people since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

We have received funding and support from Devon Mind, The Sunflower Women’s Centre, Comic Relief, Shekinah, The National Lottery Community Fund, High Street Sparks Fund, Devon Recovery Learning Community and Devon Community Foundation.
We won a year’s business support from Real Ideas Organisation.
We have secured media attention from The Plymouth Herald, The Plymouth Chronicle, BBC Radio Devon, many smaller local community radio stations, and BBC Spotlight News. In the Media.

How You Can Support Us

Sponsor a course, a group or a one day retreat
Book a staff wellbeing session
Donate directly with Paypal
Sign up to a regular corporate gift
Donate a gift in kind (for example room hire or art materials)
Encourage your employees to sign up to a challenge event in aid of Mindful Art Club
Organise your own fundraising event such as a bake sale, mufti day or casual Friday – tie it in with a national mental health awareness day

You Will Be Rewarded By

Enhancing your brand as socially responsible
Securing positive PR
Attracting socially conscious customers
Showing your employees you appreciate the importance of mental health
Making you look more attractive as an employer

If your business is passionate about improving mental health and reducing social isolation then contact us now to discuss a mutually beneficial partnership.

Ask for our brochure to find out more.