Creative Arts

The Creative Arts Service works with young adults at the hospice in several diverse ways with the aim of supporting autonomy, creativity, and wellbeing.  

We tailor person-centered approaches to creativity in our work with young people who have neuromuscular conditions and those who have complex Neurodisability who may communicate in ways that do not use spoken language. 

The sessions with young people who have Neurodisability are multi-sensory. We use the senses to build trust and develop positive relationships over time: what we see, hear, smell and touch. These explorative sessions take place in specially created immersive environments and involve playlists of music, live sound, light, shadow and reflective surfaces, texture, weight and temperature. We offer rich and varied imaginative experiences that are created in response to an individual's likes and dislikes.

 For young people who have neuromuscular conditions the art sessions evolve around the person’s own interests and chosen focus. This can involve drawing and painting using a range of art mediums and techniques, mouth painting, printmaking, photography, video, and sound editing and animation. We aim to make the creative process as inclusive and accessible as possible, and to support an individual to meet their full potential in whatever art form they choose.