Young People’s Arc (YPA) supports more than 100 children and young people facing severe life, family and mental health challenges each year.
We offer creative, life-changing opportunities to children and young people at risk and dealing with issues as varied as caring responsibilities, bereavement, bullying, neurodiversity and acute anxiety.
Our current YPA programme consists of the Shine arts studio project which we run in partnership with Beacon Counselling and a range of partnerships and commissions, with agencies across Stockport, Tameside and Oldham. MusicSpace is currently on hold. To find out more please email ypa@arc-centre.org
Shine is an arts studio project, providing young people aged 11 – 17 with a safe space in which they are able to express themselves without judgement. Over 12 weekly sessions they develop visual arts skills and create their own artwork – which boosts their confidence, increases a sense of pride and belonging, and impacts on their mental health, building resilience to help them cope. And it’s fun!
Sessions take place on Wednesdays 16:30–18:30 at Hat Works. For more information or to make a referral please contact Beacon.
Hat Works, Wellington Mill, Wellington Road South, Stockport SK3 0EU
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