Events

Invites to Core Arts events, special socials, cultural and artistic activities scheduled weekly with additional opportunties available: exhibtions, social, Jams, Games, speakers, and tickets to arts or music group activities.

Attend your choice of Core Arts live zoom classes running Tuesday-Friday across our departments: art, music, multimedia and gardening, and access our catalogue of over 600 pre-recorded classes on vimeo.

For enhancing participants' self-esteem levels this workshop will include warm-up and bonding games, role-playing, small and large group discussions, and information transfer. Turkish speaking - Adults with low self-esteem, struggling with isolation, and/or those with mild depression.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Essential class to develop artistic skills. Create artworks in response to ideas and themes which inspire you. Explore a wide range of art medium including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and sculpture.

Draw the human form whilst observing a life model. Learn to use a range of art materials such as chalks, charcoal and inks and develop your techniques as a figurative artist.

High energy rhythm session. Come and explore the world of rhythm, play any instrument of your choice. From African djembe to congas or tambourine… bass, guitar, keys or drums. Let's improvise and write songs together.

Managing Anger and Difficult Emotions is a 2 session group for people who are actively struggling with anger and intense emotions, and who are not yet in a place where they can commit to a more structured 8-week mental health course. MADE helps people to understand the neuroscience of anger/intense emotions and to reduce emotional suffering by learning and practicing techniques such as ‘Emotional Balance’, ‘Creating Space’ and ‘True Strength’. Research into components of MADE has shown improved emotional regulation and reduced self-harm and crisis episodes.

Personal Development Group offer an opportunity for you to experience what happens in a Gestalt group. It’s a safe, supportive space in which you can explore personal issues alongside other people who also want to understand themselves better. By participating in gestalt group work you may find opportunities to: · Develop a greater awareness of how you relate to yourself and others, including opportunity to explore identity processes. · Discover patterns you have developed for dealing with your life and decide whether these strategies are still useful to you. · Work with what are sometimes experienced as ‘difficult’ emotions, fear, vulnerability, anxiousness, anger and sadness etc. · Learn ways of giving and receiving clear comments about yourself and others through understanding of your own process. · Develop awareness by regularly meeting over time with the same group of people, this enhances the possibility of personal development and understanding.

Educational group for women aged 30-70 to learn how to take care of their brains through crucial periods like menopause, with the aim of preventing dementia. Open Access women aged 30-70 (prioritise Turkish speakers)

Immerse yourself in a world of vibrant colours by exploring washes, and tonal values, mixing colours and glazes. With plenty of hands-on exercises, this course will introduce you to all that you need to know about watercolours. You will learn specific techniques by looking at watercolour artists so that by the end of the course, you will have the skill set that allows you to continue independently with your work. The course is suitable for complete beginners and those who would like to build on their existing skills.

Knit, crochet and chat, suitable for beginners to advance level. Experienced peer facilitator, skill sharing. Materials provided (wool). Bring own knitting crochet needles. For those aged 50 and over, bring own knitting/ crochet needles. Wool provided.

The aim of this course is to create and record music, using music technology (Apple/ Logic) assisted by the tutor. You will develop existing skills or learning from scratch using state of the art equipment.

Explore a different song or genre each week developing your technique as a guitarist. Learn to tune your guitar, name the open string and play fingerpicking patterns.

A structured session for developing, writing and rehearsing songs. Meet other musicians and influence one another, sharing talents and skills to develop performance skills in the hope to be ready for a club core performance.

Develop your painting techniques in brushwork, colour mixing and composition design. Learn how to skillfully paint in all media to create portraits, still life and how to interpret famous paintings into your own transcriptions. Journey through the History of Art in paintings as you learn about artists in our group discussions.

Explore your imagination and bring your thoughts of world around you to life through creative writing and poetry performances. Develop your literacy skills, improve your confidence and read your prose aloud in these group sessions.

Create a collection of textiles ranging from garments to soft furnishings. Learn the skills of appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knit and printmaking to create artwork you can wear, use or display.

It is a flow of mindfulness based, trauma sensitive yoga and breathing exercises and incorporates somatic movements. Turkish Speaking - Women only

Meet outside Sebright Children's centre in Haggerston Park off Queensbridge road, Museum of Home, E2 8NP; gentle walk, plenty of rest stops to a green space. People aged 18+ who live in Hackney or who are registerd with a Hackney/City GP

Supportive space for pregnant women or mums with babies. Peer support sharing experiences, taking care of yourself and baby. Community information. No session in school holidays.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Explore the instrument that is your singing voice and strengthen your vocal chords through enjoyable sessions exploring popular songs.

From our beautiful rooftop garden, learn new skills such as herbs for window sills, organic gardening techniques and making new plants from old.

Fun lighted-hearted RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. Sing along and harmonise from home.

Derman’s Handcraft Group is women only and run weekly. The aim of this group is to help women from our communities break their isolation and to regain their self confidence, self esteem and re-validate their skills through craft activities. Womens Only / Turkish speaking

Psycho-educational group sessions to provide an overview of depression and develop coping strategies. Turkish speaking

Our creative writing sessions have become a beloved staple at the Centre for Better Health, and if you haven't had the chance to join us yet, consider this your invitation! Writing is know to help you process emotions, make sense of experiences, improve mood and help with managing mental health. These classes cater to everyone, from seasoned wordsmiths to those who may not yet see themselves as writers. You will be guided through structured writing activities and games to enable you to create and share a mixture of fictional and true stories based on your own experiences and ideas. Each session starts with engaging warm-up activities and before you know it, you'll find yourself with pages of expressive text, optionally sharing your creations with fellow attendees and departing the session feeling uplifted. Groups are kept small to help create a more intimate and supportive environment. All abilities are welcome and the goal is not to create a perfectly worded masterpiece, but to enable creative ways to communicate and understand your own thoughts and emotions while having fun !

With guided tuition, develop your pottery skills further by making objects out of clay on the potters wheel inspired by Japanese forms and techniques. Refine your skills to make cups, bowls, plates, dishes and jars, and increase your understanding and knowledge of surface decoration, using slips, sgraffito, glaze decorations and different forms of Japanese decoration (Mentori and Kurinuki techniques).

For those aged 50 and over: Fun peer-supported art group meet to learn new techniques, experiment and create. No experience necessary.

Monthly Singing Together, sing together in a group, prerequisite all level welcome. Accompanied by professional acoustic guitar musicians. Have fun singing songs from all genre, improve vocal projection and speech, improve lungs. Song requests welcome. Novice to advance level, ideal for anyone who likes to sing, regardless of singing ability. For those aged 50 and over.

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

Bring a practical knowledge of functional ceramics together with the spirit of play in this course geared to a more experimental approach to hand building. We’ll get to grips with the various techniques of hand building vessels before really going to town on the decorative features to really stretch the idea of function! Create the perfect piece for a future curiosity shop window! This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

Frame your flowers by creating the perfect vessel for your future plants! Over 8 weeks we’ll aim to grow some plants from seedlings to adorn the planters & hanging baskets we’ll be making. You’ll be using various hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling and pinching, as well as how to use moulds to create the forms. We’ll be decorating with materials, carving & stamps to create pattern, followed by underglaze and glaze methods to decorate. This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

In this course learners will explore the art of relief print, using reduction or multi block techniques to produce an edition of their own design incorporating 2-3 different colours. The result will be producing a box-set of finished work and developing at a pace which suits your skill level.

Invites to Core Arts events, special socials, cultural and artistic activities scheduled weekly with additional opportunties available: exhibtions, social, Jams, Games, speakers, and tickets to arts or music group activities.

Attend your choice of Core Arts live zoom classes running Tuesday-Friday across our departments: art, music, multimedia and gardening, and access our catalogue of over 600 pre-recorded classes on vimeo.

For enhancing participants' self-esteem levels this workshop will include warm-up and bonding games, role-playing, small and large group discussions, and information transfer. Turkish speaking - Adults with low self-esteem, struggling with isolation, and/or those with mild depression.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Essential class to develop artistic skills. Create artworks in response to ideas and themes which inspire you. Explore a wide range of art medium including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and sculpture.

Draw the human form whilst observing a life model. Learn to use a range of art materials such as chalks, charcoal and inks and develop your techniques as a figurative artist.

High energy rhythm session. Come and explore the world of rhythm, play any instrument of your choice. From African djembe to congas or tambourine… bass, guitar, keys or drums. Let's improvise and write songs together.

The group will be an in person 6 week creative therapy group, exploring the theme of endings, using art, story-telling, music, embodiment, group connection and discussion and community building. This group has been designed to work with those coming to the end of their time with the WBN, this time of transition can be challenging, and creative methods have been shown to help in constellating and processing these feelings. Each week we will explore the theme of endings using personal material or experiences of endings, building knowledge and expanding experiences each week throughout the course of the sessions. We will engage with the difficult feelings that can be present with endings, as well the hope that can be found in new beginnings, and the cycle of life. In creative therapy we work with these feelings through artistic expression, this non-confrontational approach often allows those taking part to work with difficult emotions from a place of security. Creative therapies offer participants a space to reflect on their experiences in new ways, to express themselves in a way that feels meaningful for them, and with opportunities to connect in an active way with others. Previous participants have spoken about the feeling of community in the group, the warmth created in this creative environment, and how they felt able to express themselves safely. Practitioners are trained creative arts therapists, evidence-based practices including drama and movement therapy, with experience of leading groups with a range of presentations including depression, anxiety and enduring mental health needs.

Personal Development Group offer an opportunity for you to experience what happens in a Gestalt group. It’s a safe, supportive space in which you can explore personal issues alongside other people who also want to understand themselves better. By participating in gestalt group work you may find opportunities to: · Develop a greater awareness of how you relate to yourself and others, including opportunity to explore identity processes. · Discover patterns you have developed for dealing with your life and decide whether these strategies are still useful to you. · Work with what are sometimes experienced as ‘difficult’ emotions, fear, vulnerability, anxiousness, anger and sadness etc. · Learn ways of giving and receiving clear comments about yourself and others through understanding of your own process. · Develop awareness by regularly meeting over time with the same group of people, this enhances the possibility of personal development and understanding.

Immerse yourself in a world of vibrant colours by exploring washes, and tonal values, mixing colours and glazes. With plenty of hands-on exercises, this course will introduce you to all that you need to know about watercolours. You will learn specific techniques by looking at watercolour artists so that by the end of the course, you will have the skill set that allows you to continue independently with your work. The course is suitable for complete beginners and those who would like to build on their existing skills.

Knit, crochet and chat, suitable for beginners to advance level. Experienced peer facilitator, skill sharing. Materials provided (wool). Bring own knitting crochet needles. For those aged 50 and over, bring own knitting/ crochet needles. Wool provided.

The aim of this course is to create and record music, using music technology (Apple/ Logic) assisted by the tutor. You will develop existing skills or learning from scratch using state of the art equipment.

Explore a different song or genre each week developing your technique as a guitarist. Learn to tune your guitar, name the open string and play fingerpicking patterns.

A structured session for developing, writing and rehearsing songs. Meet other musicians and influence one another, sharing talents and skills to develop performance skills in the hope to be ready for a club core performance.

Develop your painting techniques in brushwork, colour mixing and composition design. Learn how to skillfully paint in all media to create portraits, still life and how to interpret famous paintings into your own transcriptions. Journey through the History of Art in paintings as you learn about artists in our group discussions.

Explore your imagination and bring your thoughts of world around you to life through creative writing and poetry performances. Develop your literacy skills, improve your confidence and read your prose aloud in these group sessions.

Create a collection of textiles ranging from garments to soft furnishings. Learn the skills of appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knit and printmaking to create artwork you can wear, use or display.

It is a flow of mindfulness based, trauma sensitive yoga and breathing exercises and incorporates somatic movements. Turkish Speaking - Women only

This course is aimed at providing a space for complete beginners to be exposed to the foundations of making with clay. This course will focus on hand building in particular, and the various methods used to create hand-built pots. Gain an understanding of the entire process of working with clay, and building confidence to further explore this medium. Over the 8-weeks you will learn to make beautifully glazed pots, mugs, vases or even plant pots ! This course offers a space for mindfulness, creativity and conversation.

Meet outside Sebright Children's centre in Haggerston Park off Queensbridge road, Museum of Home, E2 8NP; gentle walk, plenty of rest stops to a green space. People aged 18+ who live in Hackney or who are registerd with a Hackney/City GP

Supportive space for pregnant women or mums with babies. Peer support sharing experiences, taking care of yourself and baby. Community information. No session in school holidays.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Explore the instrument that is your singing voice and strengthen your vocal chords through enjoyable sessions exploring popular songs.

From our beautiful rooftop garden, learn new skills such as herbs for window sills, organic gardening techniques and making new plants from old.

Fun lighted-hearted RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. Sing along and harmonise from home.

Derman’s Handcraft Group is women only and run weekly. The aim of this group is to help women from our communities break their isolation and to regain their self confidence, self esteem and re-validate their skills through craft activities. Womens Only / Turkish speaking

Psycho-educational group sessions to provide an overview of depression and develop coping strategies. Turkish speaking

Our creative writing sessions have become a beloved staple at the Centre for Better Health, and if you haven't had the chance to join us yet, consider this your invitation! Writing is know to help you process emotions, make sense of experiences, improve mood and help with managing mental health. These classes cater to everyone, from seasoned wordsmiths to those who may not yet see themselves as writers. You will be guided through structured writing activities and games to enable you to create and share a mixture of fictional and true stories based on your own experiences and ideas. Each session starts with engaging warm-up activities and before you know it, you'll find yourself with pages of expressive text, optionally sharing your creations with fellow attendees and departing the session feeling uplifted. Groups are kept small to help create a more intimate and supportive environment. All abilities are welcome and the goal is not to create a perfectly worded masterpiece, but to enable creative ways to communicate and understand your own thoughts and emotions while having fun !

With guided tuition, develop your pottery skills further by making objects out of clay on the potters wheel inspired by Japanese forms and techniques. Refine your skills to make cups, bowls, plates, dishes and jars, and increase your understanding and knowledge of surface decoration, using slips, sgraffito, glaze decorations and different forms of Japanese decoration (Mentori and Kurinuki techniques).

For those aged 50 and over: Fun peer-supported art group meet to learn new techniques, experiment and create. No experience necessary.

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

Bring a practical knowledge of functional ceramics together with the spirit of play in this course geared to a more experimental approach to hand building. We’ll get to grips with the various techniques of hand building vessels before really going to town on the decorative features to really stretch the idea of function! Create the perfect piece for a future curiosity shop window! This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

Frame your flowers by creating the perfect vessel for your future plants! Over 8 weeks we’ll aim to grow some plants from seedlings to adorn the planters & hanging baskets we’ll be making. You’ll be using various hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling and pinching, as well as how to use moulds to create the forms. We’ll be decorating with materials, carving & stamps to create pattern, followed by underglaze and glaze methods to decorate. This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

In this course learners will explore the art of relief print, using reduction or multi block techniques to produce an edition of their own design incorporating 2-3 different colours. The result will be producing a box-set of finished work and developing at a pace which suits your skill level.

Invites to Core Arts events, special socials, cultural and artistic activities scheduled weekly with additional opportunties available: exhibtions, social, Jams, Games, speakers, and tickets to arts or music group activities.

Attend your choice of Core Arts live zoom classes running Tuesday-Friday across our departments: art, music, multimedia and gardening, and access our catalogue of over 600 pre-recorded classes on vimeo.

For enhancing participants' self-esteem levels this workshop will include warm-up and bonding games, role-playing, small and large group discussions, and information transfer. Turkish speaking - Adults with low self-esteem, struggling with isolation, and/or those with mild depression.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Essential class to develop artistic skills. Create artworks in response to ideas and themes which inspire you. Explore a wide range of art medium including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and sculpture.

Draw the human form whilst observing a life model. Learn to use a range of art materials such as chalks, charcoal and inks and develop your techniques as a figurative artist.

High energy rhythm session. Come and explore the world of rhythm, play any instrument of your choice. From African djembe to congas or tambourine… bass, guitar, keys or drums. Let's improvise and write songs together.

The group will be an in person 6 week creative therapy group, exploring the theme of endings, using art, story-telling, music, embodiment, group connection and discussion and community building. This group has been designed to work with those coming to the end of their time with the WBN, this time of transition can be challenging, and creative methods have been shown to help in constellating and processing these feelings. Each week we will explore the theme of endings using personal material or experiences of endings, building knowledge and expanding experiences each week throughout the course of the sessions. We will engage with the difficult feelings that can be present with endings, as well the hope that can be found in new beginnings, and the cycle of life. In creative therapy we work with these feelings through artistic expression, this non-confrontational approach often allows those taking part to work with difficult emotions from a place of security. Creative therapies offer participants a space to reflect on their experiences in new ways, to express themselves in a way that feels meaningful for them, and with opportunities to connect in an active way with others. Previous participants have spoken about the feeling of community in the group, the warmth created in this creative environment, and how they felt able to express themselves safely. Practitioners are trained creative arts therapists, evidence-based practices including drama and movement therapy, with experience of leading groups with a range of presentations including depression, anxiety and enduring mental health needs.

Personal Development Group offer an opportunity for you to experience what happens in a Gestalt group. It’s a safe, supportive space in which you can explore personal issues alongside other people who also want to understand themselves better. By participating in gestalt group work you may find opportunities to: · Develop a greater awareness of how you relate to yourself and others, including opportunity to explore identity processes. · Discover patterns you have developed for dealing with your life and decide whether these strategies are still useful to you. · Work with what are sometimes experienced as ‘difficult’ emotions, fear, vulnerability, anxiousness, anger and sadness etc. · Learn ways of giving and receiving clear comments about yourself and others through understanding of your own process. · Develop awareness by regularly meeting over time with the same group of people, this enhances the possibility of personal development and understanding.

Immerse yourself in a world of vibrant colours by exploring washes, and tonal values, mixing colours and glazes. With plenty of hands-on exercises, this course will introduce you to all that you need to know about watercolours. You will learn specific techniques by looking at watercolour artists so that by the end of the course, you will have the skill set that allows you to continue independently with your work. The course is suitable for complete beginners and those who would like to build on their existing skills.

Knit, crochet and chat, suitable for beginners to advance level. Experienced peer facilitator, skill sharing. Materials provided (wool). Bring own knitting crochet needles. For those aged 50 and over, bring own knitting/ crochet needles. Wool provided.

The aim of this course is to create and record music, using music technology (Apple/ Logic) assisted by the tutor. You will develop existing skills or learning from scratch using state of the art equipment.

Explore a different song or genre each week developing your technique as a guitarist. Learn to tune your guitar, name the open string and play fingerpicking patterns.

A structured session for developing, writing and rehearsing songs. Meet other musicians and influence one another, sharing talents and skills to develop performance skills in the hope to be ready for a club core performance.

Develop your painting techniques in brushwork, colour mixing and composition design. Learn how to skillfully paint in all media to create portraits, still life and how to interpret famous paintings into your own transcriptions. Journey through the History of Art in paintings as you learn about artists in our group discussions.

Explore your imagination and bring your thoughts of world around you to life through creative writing and poetry performances. Develop your literacy skills, improve your confidence and read your prose aloud in these group sessions.

Create a collection of textiles ranging from garments to soft furnishings. Learn the skills of appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knit and printmaking to create artwork you can wear, use or display.

It is a flow of mindfulness based, trauma sensitive yoga and breathing exercises and incorporates somatic movements. Turkish Speaking - Women only

This course is aimed at providing a space for complete beginners to be exposed to the foundations of making with clay. This course will focus on hand building in particular, and the various methods used to create hand-built pots. Gain an understanding of the entire process of working with clay, and building confidence to further explore this medium. Over the 8-weeks you will learn to make beautifully glazed pots, mugs, vases or even plant pots ! This course offers a space for mindfulness, creativity and conversation.

Meet outside Sebright Children's centre in Haggerston Park off Queensbridge road, Museum of Home, E2 8NP; gentle walk, plenty of rest stops to a green space. People aged 18+ who live in Hackney or who are registerd with a Hackney/City GP

Supportive space for pregnant women or mums with babies. Peer support sharing experiences, taking care of yourself and baby. Community information. No session in school holidays.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Explore the instrument that is your singing voice and strengthen your vocal chords through enjoyable sessions exploring popular songs.

From our beautiful rooftop garden, learn new skills such as herbs for window sills, organic gardening techniques and making new plants from old.

Fun lighted-hearted RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. Sing along and harmonise from home.

Derman’s Handcraft Group is women only and run weekly. The aim of this group is to help women from our communities break their isolation and to regain their self confidence, self esteem and re-validate their skills through craft activities. Womens Only / Turkish speaking

Psycho-educational group sessions to provide an overview of depression and develop coping strategies. Turkish speaking

Our creative writing sessions have become a beloved staple at the Centre for Better Health, and if you haven't had the chance to join us yet, consider this your invitation! Writing is know to help you process emotions, make sense of experiences, improve mood and help with managing mental health. These classes cater to everyone, from seasoned wordsmiths to those who may not yet see themselves as writers. You will be guided through structured writing activities and games to enable you to create and share a mixture of fictional and true stories based on your own experiences and ideas. Each session starts with engaging warm-up activities and before you know it, you'll find yourself with pages of expressive text, optionally sharing your creations with fellow attendees and departing the session feeling uplifted. Groups are kept small to help create a more intimate and supportive environment. All abilities are welcome and the goal is not to create a perfectly worded masterpiece, but to enable creative ways to communicate and understand your own thoughts and emotions while having fun !

With guided tuition, develop your pottery skills further by making objects out of clay on the potters wheel inspired by Japanese forms and techniques. Refine your skills to make cups, bowls, plates, dishes and jars, and increase your understanding and knowledge of surface decoration, using slips, sgraffito, glaze decorations and different forms of Japanese decoration (Mentori and Kurinuki techniques).

For those aged 50 and over: Fun peer-supported art group meet to learn new techniques, experiment and create. No experience necessary.

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

Bring a practical knowledge of functional ceramics together with the spirit of play in this course geared to a more experimental approach to hand building. We’ll get to grips with the various techniques of hand building vessels before really going to town on the decorative features to really stretch the idea of function! Create the perfect piece for a future curiosity shop window! This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

Frame your flowers by creating the perfect vessel for your future plants! Over 8 weeks we’ll aim to grow some plants from seedlings to adorn the planters & hanging baskets we’ll be making. You’ll be using various hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling and pinching, as well as how to use moulds to create the forms. We’ll be decorating with materials, carving & stamps to create pattern, followed by underglaze and glaze methods to decorate. This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

In this course learners will explore the art of relief print, using reduction or multi block techniques to produce an edition of their own design incorporating 2-3 different colours. The result will be producing a box-set of finished work and developing at a pace which suits your skill level.

Invites to Core Arts events, special socials, cultural and artistic activities scheduled weekly with additional opportunties available: exhibtions, social, Jams, Games, speakers, and tickets to arts or music group activities.

Attend your choice of Core Arts live zoom classes running Tuesday-Friday across our departments: art, music, multimedia and gardening, and access our catalogue of over 600 pre-recorded classes on vimeo.

For enhancing participants' self-esteem levels this workshop will include warm-up and bonding games, role-playing, small and large group discussions, and information transfer. Turkish speaking - Adults with low self-esteem, struggling with isolation, and/or those with mild depression.

Managing Anger and Difficult Emotions is a 2 session group for people who are actively struggling with anger and intense emotions, and who are not yet in a place where they can commit to a more structured 8-week mental health course. MADE helps people to understand the neuroscience of anger/intense emotions and to reduce emotional suffering by learning and practicing techniques such as ‘Emotional Balance’, ‘Creating Space’ and ‘True Strength’. Research into components of MADE has shown improved emotional regulation and reduced self-harm and crisis episodes.

BAM! is a fusion of non-contact boxing and mindfulness, using physical exercise and simple, powerful mindfulness practices to improve physical and mental health. BAM! was awarded the national Innovations in Mindfulness Award 2022. These online sessions will be run by a trained BAM! practitioner. You are welcome to come along to all three workshops to help you get the most out of BAM!, or to join whichever ones you can. These online sessions are suitable for beginners and will involved moderate physical activity.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Essential class to develop artistic skills. Create artworks in response to ideas and themes which inspire you. Explore a wide range of art medium including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and sculpture.

Draw the human form whilst observing a life model. Learn to use a range of art materials such as chalks, charcoal and inks and develop your techniques as a figurative artist.

High energy rhythm session. Come and explore the world of rhythm, play any instrument of your choice. From African djembe to congas or tambourine… bass, guitar, keys or drums. Let's improvise and write songs together.

The group will be an in person 6 week creative therapy group, exploring the theme of endings, using art, story-telling, music, embodiment, group connection and discussion and community building. This group has been designed to work with those coming to the end of their time with the WBN, this time of transition can be challenging, and creative methods have been shown to help in constellating and processing these feelings. Each week we will explore the theme of endings using personal material or experiences of endings, building knowledge and expanding experiences each week throughout the course of the sessions. We will engage with the difficult feelings that can be present with endings, as well the hope that can be found in new beginnings, and the cycle of life. In creative therapy we work with these feelings through artistic expression, this non-confrontational approach often allows those taking part to work with difficult emotions from a place of security. Creative therapies offer participants a space to reflect on their experiences in new ways, to express themselves in a way that feels meaningful for them, and with opportunities to connect in an active way with others. Previous participants have spoken about the feeling of community in the group, the warmth created in this creative environment, and how they felt able to express themselves safely. Practitioners are trained creative arts therapists, evidence-based practices including drama and movement therapy, with experience of leading groups with a range of presentations including depression, anxiety and enduring mental health needs.

Personal Development Group offer an opportunity for you to experience what happens in a Gestalt group. It’s a safe, supportive space in which you can explore personal issues alongside other people who also want to understand themselves better. By participating in gestalt group work you may find opportunities to: · Develop a greater awareness of how you relate to yourself and others, including opportunity to explore identity processes. · Discover patterns you have developed for dealing with your life and decide whether these strategies are still useful to you. · Work with what are sometimes experienced as ‘difficult’ emotions, fear, vulnerability, anxiousness, anger and sadness etc. · Learn ways of giving and receiving clear comments about yourself and others through understanding of your own process. · Develop awareness by regularly meeting over time with the same group of people, this enhances the possibility of personal development and understanding.

Immerse yourself in a world of vibrant colours by exploring washes, and tonal values, mixing colours and glazes. With plenty of hands-on exercises, this course will introduce you to all that you need to know about watercolours. You will learn specific techniques by looking at watercolour artists so that by the end of the course, you will have the skill set that allows you to continue independently with your work. The course is suitable for complete beginners and those who would like to build on their existing skills.

Knit, crochet and chat, suitable for beginners to advance level. Experienced peer facilitator, skill sharing. Materials provided (wool). Bring own knitting crochet needles. For those aged 50 and over, bring own knitting/ crochet needles. Wool provided.

The aim of this course is to create and record music, using music technology (Apple/ Logic) assisted by the tutor. You will develop existing skills or learning from scratch using state of the art equipment.

Explore a different song or genre each week developing your technique as a guitarist. Learn to tune your guitar, name the open string and play fingerpicking patterns.

A structured session for developing, writing and rehearsing songs. Meet other musicians and influence one another, sharing talents and skills to develop performance skills in the hope to be ready for a club core performance.

Develop your painting techniques in brushwork, colour mixing and composition design. Learn how to skillfully paint in all media to create portraits, still life and how to interpret famous paintings into your own transcriptions. Journey through the History of Art in paintings as you learn about artists in our group discussions.

Explore your imagination and bring your thoughts of world around you to life through creative writing and poetry performances. Develop your literacy skills, improve your confidence and read your prose aloud in these group sessions.

Create a collection of textiles ranging from garments to soft furnishings. Learn the skills of appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knit and printmaking to create artwork you can wear, use or display.

It is a flow of mindfulness based, trauma sensitive yoga and breathing exercises and incorporates somatic movements. Turkish Speaking - Women only

This course is aimed at providing a space for complete beginners to be exposed to the foundations of making with clay. This course will focus on hand building in particular, and the various methods used to create hand-built pots. Gain an understanding of the entire process of working with clay, and building confidence to further explore this medium. Over the 8-weeks you will learn to make beautifully glazed pots, mugs, vases or even plant pots ! This course offers a space for mindfulness, creativity and conversation.

Meet outside Sebright Children's centre in Haggerston Park off Queensbridge road, Museum of Home, E2 8NP; gentle walk, plenty of rest stops to a green space. People aged 18+ who live in Hackney or who are registerd with a Hackney/City GP

Supportive space for pregnant women or mums with babies. Peer support sharing experiences, taking care of yourself and baby. Community information. No session in school holidays.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Explore the instrument that is your singing voice and strengthen your vocal chords through enjoyable sessions exploring popular songs.

From our beautiful rooftop garden, learn new skills such as herbs for window sills, organic gardening techniques and making new plants from old.

Fun lighted-hearted RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. Sing along and harmonise from home.

Derman’s Handcraft Group is women only and run weekly. The aim of this group is to help women from our communities break their isolation and to regain their self confidence, self esteem and re-validate their skills through craft activities. Womens Only / Turkish speaking

Psycho-educational group sessions to provide an overview of depression and develop coping strategies. Turkish speaking

Our creative writing sessions have become a beloved staple at the Centre for Better Health, and if you haven't had the chance to join us yet, consider this your invitation! Writing is know to help you process emotions, make sense of experiences, improve mood and help with managing mental health. These classes cater to everyone, from seasoned wordsmiths to those who may not yet see themselves as writers. You will be guided through structured writing activities and games to enable you to create and share a mixture of fictional and true stories based on your own experiences and ideas. Each session starts with engaging warm-up activities and before you know it, you'll find yourself with pages of expressive text, optionally sharing your creations with fellow attendees and departing the session feeling uplifted. Groups are kept small to help create a more intimate and supportive environment. All abilities are welcome and the goal is not to create a perfectly worded masterpiece, but to enable creative ways to communicate and understand your own thoughts and emotions while having fun !

With guided tuition, develop your pottery skills further by making objects out of clay on the potters wheel inspired by Japanese forms and techniques. Refine your skills to make cups, bowls, plates, dishes and jars, and increase your understanding and knowledge of surface decoration, using slips, sgraffito, glaze decorations and different forms of Japanese decoration (Mentori and Kurinuki techniques).

For those aged 50 and over: Fun peer-supported art group meet to learn new techniques, experiment and create. No experience necessary.

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

3rd Thursday of the Month All IRIE Mind Clients are welcome to attend and get involved in how we run our Service, Recruit, Design, Train, and help us to serve you best and better. Come and Have Your Say!

Bring a practical knowledge of functional ceramics together with the spirit of play in this course geared to a more experimental approach to hand building. We’ll get to grips with the various techniques of hand building vessels before really going to town on the decorative features to really stretch the idea of function! Create the perfect piece for a future curiosity shop window! This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

Frame your flowers by creating the perfect vessel for your future plants! Over 8 weeks we’ll aim to grow some plants from seedlings to adorn the planters & hanging baskets we’ll be making. You’ll be using various hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling and pinching, as well as how to use moulds to create the forms. We’ll be decorating with materials, carving & stamps to create pattern, followed by underglaze and glaze methods to decorate. This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

In this course learners will explore the art of relief print, using reduction or multi block techniques to produce an edition of their own design incorporating 2-3 different colours. The result will be producing a box-set of finished work and developing at a pace which suits your skill level.

Invites to Core Arts events, special socials, cultural and artistic activities scheduled weekly with additional opportunties available: exhibtions, social, Jams, Games, speakers, and tickets to arts or music group activities.

Attend your choice of Core Arts live zoom classes running Tuesday-Friday across our departments: art, music, multimedia and gardening, and access our catalogue of over 600 pre-recorded classes on vimeo.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks online via Zoom. You will also have practitioner contact for up to 9 weeks via weekly post-session email throughout the duration of the course. The Radical Self-Care approach has been designed to support people with the possibility of becoming more accepting, caring and reassuring in their relationship to themselves when life feels challenging. The theoretical underpinnings are evidence-based approaches such as Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Compassion Focused Therapy. The course supports individuals to enhance their natural capacities for mindful awareness and caring and compassionate responses, towards themselves.The content will support understanding of difficult emotions, for example anger and shame, and supports participants in managing difficult emotions in more helpful ways. The course supports understanding and enhancing emotion regulation through psychological education and experientially through practices and reflections. The course will utilise psychological education, mindfulness and compassion practices, exercises and reflections. Participants will work on their own, in pairs or small groups as well as in the larger group. Participants are free to not participate in the exercises or group discussion if they do not wish to do so at any given point. Practices and reflections will be encouraged in their own time between sessions. The RadSec courses are delivered by practitioners with experience of and training in the evidence-based methodologies that the course is founded on. The group consists of 10-14 participants.

For enhancing participants' self-esteem levels this workshop will include warm-up and bonding games, role-playing, small and large group discussions, and information transfer. Turkish speaking - Adults with low self-esteem, struggling with isolation, and/or those with mild depression.

Managing Anger and Difficult Emotions is a 2 session group for people who are actively struggling with anger and intense emotions, and who are not yet in a place where they can commit to a more structured 8-week mental health course. MADE helps people to understand the neuroscience of anger/intense emotions and to reduce emotional suffering by learning and practicing techniques such as ‘Emotional Balance’, ‘Creating Space’ and ‘True Strength’. Research into components of MADE has shown improved emotional regulation and reduced self-harm and crisis episodes.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Essential class to develop artistic skills. Create artworks in response to ideas and themes which inspire you. Explore a wide range of art medium including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and sculpture.

Draw the human form whilst observing a life model. Learn to use a range of art materials such as chalks, charcoal and inks and develop your techniques as a figurative artist.

High energy rhythm session. Come and explore the world of rhythm, play any instrument of your choice. From African djembe to congas or tambourine… bass, guitar, keys or drums. Let's improvise and write songs together.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks online via Zoom. You will also have practitioner contact for up to 9 weeks via weekly post-session email throughout the duration of the course. The Radical Self-Care approach has been designed to support people with the possibility of becoming more accepting, caring and reassuring in their relationship to themselves when life feels challenging. The theoretical underpinnings are evidence-based approaches such as Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Compassion Focused Therapy. The course supports individuals to enhance their natural capacities for mindful awareness and caring and compassionate responses, towards themselves.The content will support understanding of difficult emotions, for example anger and shame, and supports participants in managing difficult emotions in more helpful ways. The course supports understanding and enhancing emotion regulation through psychological education and experientially through practices and reflections. The course will utilise psychological education, mindfulness and compassion practices, exercises and reflections. Participants will work on their own, in pairs or small groups as well as in the larger group. Participants are free to not participate in the exercises or group discussion if they do not wish to do so at any given point. Practices and reflections will be encouraged in their own time between sessions. The RadSec courses are delivered by practitioners with experience of and training in the evidence-based methodologies that the course is founded on. The group consists of 10-14 participants.

The group will be an in person 6 week creative therapy group, exploring the theme of endings, using art, story-telling, music, embodiment, group connection and discussion and community building. This group has been designed to work with those coming to the end of their time with the WBN, this time of transition can be challenging, and creative methods have been shown to help in constellating and processing these feelings. Each week we will explore the theme of endings using personal material or experiences of endings, building knowledge and expanding experiences each week throughout the course of the sessions. We will engage with the difficult feelings that can be present with endings, as well the hope that can be found in new beginnings, and the cycle of life. In creative therapy we work with these feelings through artistic expression, this non-confrontational approach often allows those taking part to work with difficult emotions from a place of security. Creative therapies offer participants a space to reflect on their experiences in new ways, to express themselves in a way that feels meaningful for them, and with opportunities to connect in an active way with others. Previous participants have spoken about the feeling of community in the group, the warmth created in this creative environment, and how they felt able to express themselves safely. Practitioners are trained creative arts therapists, evidence-based practices including drama and movement therapy, with experience of leading groups with a range of presentations including depression, anxiety and enduring mental health needs.

Personal Development Group offer an opportunity for you to experience what happens in a Gestalt group. It’s a safe, supportive space in which you can explore personal issues alongside other people who also want to understand themselves better. By participating in gestalt group work you may find opportunities to: · Develop a greater awareness of how you relate to yourself and others, including opportunity to explore identity processes. · Discover patterns you have developed for dealing with your life and decide whether these strategies are still useful to you. · Work with what are sometimes experienced as ‘difficult’ emotions, fear, vulnerability, anxiousness, anger and sadness etc. · Learn ways of giving and receiving clear comments about yourself and others through understanding of your own process. · Develop awareness by regularly meeting over time with the same group of people, this enhances the possibility of personal development and understanding.

Immerse yourself in a world of vibrant colours by exploring washes, and tonal values, mixing colours and glazes. With plenty of hands-on exercises, this course will introduce you to all that you need to know about watercolours. You will learn specific techniques by looking at watercolour artists so that by the end of the course, you will have the skill set that allows you to continue independently with your work. The course is suitable for complete beginners and those who would like to build on their existing skills.

Knit, crochet and chat, suitable for beginners to advance level. Experienced peer facilitator, skill sharing. Materials provided (wool). Bring own knitting crochet needles. For those aged 50 and over, bring own knitting/ crochet needles. Wool provided.

The aim of this course is to create and record music, using music technology (Apple/ Logic) assisted by the tutor. You will develop existing skills or learning from scratch using state of the art equipment.

Explore a different song or genre each week developing your technique as a guitarist. Learn to tune your guitar, name the open string and play fingerpicking patterns.

A structured session for developing, writing and rehearsing songs. Meet other musicians and influence one another, sharing talents and skills to develop performance skills in the hope to be ready for a club core performance.

Develop your painting techniques in brushwork, colour mixing and composition design. Learn how to skillfully paint in all media to create portraits, still life and how to interpret famous paintings into your own transcriptions. Journey through the History of Art in paintings as you learn about artists in our group discussions.

Explore your imagination and bring your thoughts of world around you to life through creative writing and poetry performances. Develop your literacy skills, improve your confidence and read your prose aloud in these group sessions.

Create a collection of textiles ranging from garments to soft furnishings. Learn the skills of appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knit and printmaking to create artwork you can wear, use or display.

It is a flow of mindfulness based, trauma sensitive yoga and breathing exercises and incorporates somatic movements. Turkish Speaking - Women only

This course is aimed at providing a space for complete beginners to be exposed to the foundations of making with clay. This course will focus on hand building in particular, and the various methods used to create hand-built pots. Gain an understanding of the entire process of working with clay, and building confidence to further explore this medium. Over the 8-weeks you will learn to make beautifully glazed pots, mugs, vases or even plant pots ! This course offers a space for mindfulness, creativity and conversation.

Meet outside Sebright Children's centre in Haggerston Park off Queensbridge road, Museum of Home, E2 8NP; gentle walk, plenty of rest stops to a green space. People aged 18+ who live in Hackney or who are registerd with a Hackney/City GP

Supportive space for pregnant women or mums with babies. Peer support sharing experiences, taking care of yourself and baby. Community information. No session in school holidays.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Explore the instrument that is your singing voice and strengthen your vocal chords through enjoyable sessions exploring popular songs.

From our beautiful rooftop garden, learn new skills such as herbs for window sills, organic gardening techniques and making new plants from old.

Fun lighted-hearted RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. Sing along and harmonise from home.

Derman’s Handcraft Group is women only and run weekly. The aim of this group is to help women from our communities break their isolation and to regain their self confidence, self esteem and re-validate their skills through craft activities. Womens Only / Turkish speaking

Psycho-educational group sessions to provide an overview of depression and develop coping strategies. Turkish speaking

Our creative writing sessions have become a beloved staple at the Centre for Better Health, and if you haven't had the chance to join us yet, consider this your invitation! Writing is know to help you process emotions, make sense of experiences, improve mood and help with managing mental health. These classes cater to everyone, from seasoned wordsmiths to those who may not yet see themselves as writers. You will be guided through structured writing activities and games to enable you to create and share a mixture of fictional and true stories based on your own experiences and ideas. Each session starts with engaging warm-up activities and before you know it, you'll find yourself with pages of expressive text, optionally sharing your creations with fellow attendees and departing the session feeling uplifted. Groups are kept small to help create a more intimate and supportive environment. All abilities are welcome and the goal is not to create a perfectly worded masterpiece, but to enable creative ways to communicate and understand your own thoughts and emotions while having fun !

With guided tuition, develop your pottery skills further by making objects out of clay on the potters wheel inspired by Japanese forms and techniques. Refine your skills to make cups, bowls, plates, dishes and jars, and increase your understanding and knowledge of surface decoration, using slips, sgraffito, glaze decorations and different forms of Japanese decoration (Mentori and Kurinuki techniques).

For those aged 50 and over: Fun peer-supported art group meet to learn new techniques, experiment and create. No experience necessary.

Monthly Singing Together, sing together in a group, prerequisite all level welcome. Accompanied by professional acoustic guitar musicians. Have fun singing songs from all genre, improve vocal projection and speech, improve lungs. Song requests welcome. Novice to advance level, ideal for anyone who likes to sing, regardless of singing ability. For those aged 50 and over.

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

Bring a practical knowledge of functional ceramics together with the spirit of play in this course geared to a more experimental approach to hand building. We’ll get to grips with the various techniques of hand building vessels before really going to town on the decorative features to really stretch the idea of function! Create the perfect piece for a future curiosity shop window! This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

Frame your flowers by creating the perfect vessel for your future plants! Over 8 weeks we’ll aim to grow some plants from seedlings to adorn the planters & hanging baskets we’ll be making. You’ll be using various hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling and pinching, as well as how to use moulds to create the forms. We’ll be decorating with materials, carving & stamps to create pattern, followed by underglaze and glaze methods to decorate. This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

In this course learners will explore the art of relief print, using reduction or multi block techniques to produce an edition of their own design incorporating 2-3 different colours. The result will be producing a box-set of finished work and developing at a pace which suits your skill level.

Invites to Core Arts events, special socials, cultural and artistic activities scheduled weekly with additional opportunties available: exhibtions, social, Jams, Games, speakers, and tickets to arts or music group activities.

Attend your choice of Core Arts live zoom classes running Tuesday-Friday across our departments: art, music, multimedia and gardening, and access our catalogue of over 600 pre-recorded classes on vimeo.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks online via Zoom. You will also have practitioner contact for up to 9 weeks via weekly post-session email throughout the duration of the course. The Radical Self-Care approach has been designed to support people with the possibility of becoming more accepting, caring and reassuring in their relationship to themselves when life feels challenging. The theoretical underpinnings are evidence-based approaches such as Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Compassion Focused Therapy. The course supports individuals to enhance their natural capacities for mindful awareness and caring and compassionate responses, towards themselves.The content will support understanding of difficult emotions, for example anger and shame, and supports participants in managing difficult emotions in more helpful ways. The course supports understanding and enhancing emotion regulation through psychological education and experientially through practices and reflections. The course will utilise psychological education, mindfulness and compassion practices, exercises and reflections. Participants will work on their own, in pairs or small groups as well as in the larger group. Participants are free to not participate in the exercises or group discussion if they do not wish to do so at any given point. Practices and reflections will be encouraged in their own time between sessions. The RadSec courses are delivered by practitioners with experience of and training in the evidence-based methodologies that the course is founded on. The group consists of 10-14 participants.

For enhancing participants' self-esteem levels this workshop will include warm-up and bonding games, role-playing, small and large group discussions, and information transfer. Turkish speaking - Adults with low self-esteem, struggling with isolation, and/or those with mild depression.

BAM! is a fusion of non-contact boxing and mindfulness, using physical exercise and simple, powerful mindfulness practices to improve physical and mental health. BAM! was awarded the national Innovations in Mindfulness Award 2022. These online sessions will be run by a trained BAM! practitioner. You are welcome to come along to all three workshops to help you get the most out of BAM!, or to join whichever ones you can. These online sessions are suitable for beginners and will involved moderate physical activity.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Essential class to develop artistic skills. Create artworks in response to ideas and themes which inspire you. Explore a wide range of art medium including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and sculpture.

Draw the human form whilst observing a life model. Learn to use a range of art materials such as chalks, charcoal and inks and develop your techniques as a figurative artist.

High energy rhythm session. Come and explore the world of rhythm, play any instrument of your choice. From African djembe to congas or tambourine… bass, guitar, keys or drums. Let's improvise and write songs together.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks online via Zoom. You will also have practitioner contact for up to 9 weeks via weekly post-session email throughout the duration of the course. The Radical Self-Care approach has been designed to support people with the possibility of becoming more accepting, caring and reassuring in their relationship to themselves when life feels challenging. The theoretical underpinnings are evidence-based approaches such as Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Compassion Focused Therapy. The course supports individuals to enhance their natural capacities for mindful awareness and caring and compassionate responses, towards themselves.The content will support understanding of difficult emotions, for example anger and shame, and supports participants in managing difficult emotions in more helpful ways. The course supports understanding and enhancing emotion regulation through psychological education and experientially through practices and reflections. The course will utilise psychological education, mindfulness and compassion practices, exercises and reflections. Participants will work on their own, in pairs or small groups as well as in the larger group. Participants are free to not participate in the exercises or group discussion if they do not wish to do so at any given point. Practices and reflections will be encouraged in their own time between sessions. The RadSec courses are delivered by practitioners with experience of and training in the evidence-based methodologies that the course is founded on. The group consists of 10-14 participants.

The group will be an in person 6 week creative therapy group, exploring the theme of endings, using art, story-telling, music, embodiment, group connection and discussion and community building. This group has been designed to work with those coming to the end of their time with the WBN, this time of transition can be challenging, and creative methods have been shown to help in constellating and processing these feelings. Each week we will explore the theme of endings using personal material or experiences of endings, building knowledge and expanding experiences each week throughout the course of the sessions. We will engage with the difficult feelings that can be present with endings, as well the hope that can be found in new beginnings, and the cycle of life. In creative therapy we work with these feelings through artistic expression, this non-confrontational approach often allows those taking part to work with difficult emotions from a place of security. Creative therapies offer participants a space to reflect on their experiences in new ways, to express themselves in a way that feels meaningful for them, and with opportunities to connect in an active way with others. Previous participants have spoken about the feeling of community in the group, the warmth created in this creative environment, and how they felt able to express themselves safely. Practitioners are trained creative arts therapists, evidence-based practices including drama and movement therapy, with experience of leading groups with a range of presentations including depression, anxiety and enduring mental health needs.

Personal Development Group offer an opportunity for you to experience what happens in a Gestalt group. It’s a safe, supportive space in which you can explore personal issues alongside other people who also want to understand themselves better. By participating in gestalt group work you may find opportunities to: · Develop a greater awareness of how you relate to yourself and others, including opportunity to explore identity processes. · Discover patterns you have developed for dealing with your life and decide whether these strategies are still useful to you. · Work with what are sometimes experienced as ‘difficult’ emotions, fear, vulnerability, anxiousness, anger and sadness etc. · Learn ways of giving and receiving clear comments about yourself and others through understanding of your own process. · Develop awareness by regularly meeting over time with the same group of people, this enhances the possibility of personal development and understanding.

Knit, crochet and chat, suitable for beginners to advance level. Experienced peer facilitator, skill sharing. Materials provided (wool). Bring own knitting crochet needles. For those aged 50 and over, bring own knitting/ crochet needles. Wool provided.

The aim of this course is to create and record music, using music technology (Apple/ Logic) assisted by the tutor. You will develop existing skills or learning from scratch using state of the art equipment.

Explore a different song or genre each week developing your technique as a guitarist. Learn to tune your guitar, name the open string and play fingerpicking patterns.

A structured session for developing, writing and rehearsing songs. Meet other musicians and influence one another, sharing talents and skills to develop performance skills in the hope to be ready for a club core performance.

Develop your painting techniques in brushwork, colour mixing and composition design. Learn how to skillfully paint in all media to create portraits, still life and how to interpret famous paintings into your own transcriptions. Journey through the History of Art in paintings as you learn about artists in our group discussions.

Explore your imagination and bring your thoughts of world around you to life through creative writing and poetry performances. Develop your literacy skills, improve your confidence and read your prose aloud in these group sessions.

Create a collection of textiles ranging from garments to soft furnishings. Learn the skills of appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knit and printmaking to create artwork you can wear, use or display.

This course is aimed at providing a space for complete beginners to be exposed to the foundations of making with clay. This course will focus on hand building in particular, and the various methods used to create hand-built pots. Gain an understanding of the entire process of working with clay, and building confidence to further explore this medium. Over the 8-weeks you will learn to make beautifully glazed pots, mugs, vases or even plant pots ! This course offers a space for mindfulness, creativity and conversation.

Meet outside Sebright Children's centre in Haggerston Park off Queensbridge road, Museum of Home, E2 8NP; gentle walk, plenty of rest stops to a green space. People aged 18+ who live in Hackney or who are registerd with a Hackney/City GP

Supportive space for pregnant women or mums with babies. Peer support sharing experiences, taking care of yourself and baby. Community information. No session in school holidays.

From our beautiful rooftop garden, learn new skills such as herbs for window sills, organic gardening techniques and making new plants from old.

Derman’s Handcraft Group is women only and run weekly. The aim of this group is to help women from our communities break their isolation and to regain their self confidence, self esteem and re-validate their skills through craft activities. Womens Only / Turkish speaking

Psycho-educational group sessions to provide an overview of depression and develop coping strategies. Turkish speaking

Our creative writing sessions have become a beloved staple at the Centre for Better Health, and if you haven't had the chance to join us yet, consider this your invitation! Writing is know to help you process emotions, make sense of experiences, improve mood and help with managing mental health. These classes cater to everyone, from seasoned wordsmiths to those who may not yet see themselves as writers. You will be guided through structured writing activities and games to enable you to create and share a mixture of fictional and true stories based on your own experiences and ideas. Each session starts with engaging warm-up activities and before you know it, you'll find yourself with pages of expressive text, optionally sharing your creations with fellow attendees and departing the session feeling uplifted. Groups are kept small to help create a more intimate and supportive environment. All abilities are welcome and the goal is not to create a perfectly worded masterpiece, but to enable creative ways to communicate and understand your own thoughts and emotions while having fun !

For those aged 50 and over: Fun peer-supported art group meet to learn new techniques, experiment and create. No experience necessary.

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

Bring a practical knowledge of functional ceramics together with the spirit of play in this course geared to a more experimental approach to hand building. We’ll get to grips with the various techniques of hand building vessels before really going to town on the decorative features to really stretch the idea of function! Create the perfect piece for a future curiosity shop window! This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

Frame your flowers by creating the perfect vessel for your future plants! Over 8 weeks we’ll aim to grow some plants from seedlings to adorn the planters & hanging baskets we’ll be making. You’ll be using various hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling and pinching, as well as how to use moulds to create the forms. We’ll be decorating with materials, carving & stamps to create pattern, followed by underglaze and glaze methods to decorate. This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

In this course learners will explore the art of relief print, using reduction or multi block techniques to produce an edition of their own design incorporating 2-3 different colours. The result will be producing a box-set of finished work and developing at a pace which suits your skill level.

Invites to Core Arts events, special socials, cultural and artistic activities scheduled weekly with additional opportunties available: exhibtions, social, Jams, Games, speakers, and tickets to arts or music group activities.

Attend your choice of Core Arts live zoom classes running Tuesday-Friday across our departments: art, music, multimedia and gardening, and access our catalogue of over 600 pre-recorded classes on vimeo.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks online via Zoom. You will also have practitioner contact for up to 9 weeks via weekly post-session email throughout the duration of the course. The Radical Self-Care approach has been designed to support people with the possibility of becoming more accepting, caring and reassuring in their relationship to themselves when life feels challenging. The theoretical underpinnings are evidence-based approaches such as Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Compassion Focused Therapy. The course supports individuals to enhance their natural capacities for mindful awareness and caring and compassionate responses, towards themselves.The content will support understanding of difficult emotions, for example anger and shame, and supports participants in managing difficult emotions in more helpful ways. The course supports understanding and enhancing emotion regulation through psychological education and experientially through practices and reflections. The course will utilise psychological education, mindfulness and compassion practices, exercises and reflections. Participants will work on their own, in pairs or small groups as well as in the larger group. Participants are free to not participate in the exercises or group discussion if they do not wish to do so at any given point. Practices and reflections will be encouraged in their own time between sessions. The RadSec courses are delivered by practitioners with experience of and training in the evidence-based methodologies that the course is founded on. The group consists of 10-14 participants.

BAM! is a fusion of non-contact boxing and mindfulness, using physical exercise and simple, powerful mindfulness practices to improve physical and mental health. BAM! was awarded the national Innovations in Mindfulness Award 2022. These online sessions will be run by a trained BAM! practitioner. You are welcome to come along to all three workshops to help you get the most out of BAM!, or to join whichever ones you can. These online sessions are suitable for beginners and will involved moderate physical activity.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Essential class to develop artistic skills. Create artworks in response to ideas and themes which inspire you. Explore a wide range of art medium including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and sculpture.

Draw the human form whilst observing a life model. Learn to use a range of art materials such as chalks, charcoal and inks and develop your techniques as a figurative artist.

High energy rhythm session. Come and explore the world of rhythm, play any instrument of your choice. From African djembe to congas or tambourine… bass, guitar, keys or drums. Let's improvise and write songs together.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks online via Zoom. You will also have practitioner contact for up to 9 weeks via weekly post-session email throughout the duration of the course. The Radical Self-Care approach has been designed to support people with the possibility of becoming more accepting, caring and reassuring in their relationship to themselves when life feels challenging. The theoretical underpinnings are evidence-based approaches such as Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Compassion Focused Therapy. The course supports individuals to enhance their natural capacities for mindful awareness and caring and compassionate responses, towards themselves.The content will support understanding of difficult emotions, for example anger and shame, and supports participants in managing difficult emotions in more helpful ways. The course supports understanding and enhancing emotion regulation through psychological education and experientially through practices and reflections. The course will utilise psychological education, mindfulness and compassion practices, exercises and reflections. Participants will work on their own, in pairs or small groups as well as in the larger group. Participants are free to not participate in the exercises or group discussion if they do not wish to do so at any given point. Practices and reflections will be encouraged in their own time between sessions. The RadSec courses are delivered by practitioners with experience of and training in the evidence-based methodologies that the course is founded on. The group consists of 10-14 participants.

The group will be an in person 6 week creative therapy group, exploring the theme of endings, using art, story-telling, music, embodiment, group connection and discussion and community building. This group has been designed to work with those coming to the end of their time with the WBN, this time of transition can be challenging, and creative methods have been shown to help in constellating and processing these feelings. Each week we will explore the theme of endings using personal material or experiences of endings, building knowledge and expanding experiences each week throughout the course of the sessions. We will engage with the difficult feelings that can be present with endings, as well the hope that can be found in new beginnings, and the cycle of life. In creative therapy we work with these feelings through artistic expression, this non-confrontational approach often allows those taking part to work with difficult emotions from a place of security. Creative therapies offer participants a space to reflect on their experiences in new ways, to express themselves in a way that feels meaningful for them, and with opportunities to connect in an active way with others. Previous participants have spoken about the feeling of community in the group, the warmth created in this creative environment, and how they felt able to express themselves safely. Practitioners are trained creative arts therapists, evidence-based practices including drama and movement therapy, with experience of leading groups with a range of presentations including depression, anxiety and enduring mental health needs.

Personal Development Group offer an opportunity for you to experience what happens in a Gestalt group. It’s a safe, supportive space in which you can explore personal issues alongside other people who also want to understand themselves better. By participating in gestalt group work you may find opportunities to: · Develop a greater awareness of how you relate to yourself and others, including opportunity to explore identity processes. · Discover patterns you have developed for dealing with your life and decide whether these strategies are still useful to you. · Work with what are sometimes experienced as ‘difficult’ emotions, fear, vulnerability, anxiousness, anger and sadness etc. · Learn ways of giving and receiving clear comments about yourself and others through understanding of your own process. · Develop awareness by regularly meeting over time with the same group of people, this enhances the possibility of personal development and understanding.

Immerse yourself in a world of vibrant colours by exploring washes, and tonal values, mixing colours and glazes. With plenty of hands-on exercises, this course will introduce you to all that you need to know about watercolours. You will learn specific techniques by looking at watercolour artists so that by the end of the course, you will have the skill set that allows you to continue independently with your work. The course is suitable for complete beginners and those who would like to build on their existing skills.

Knit, crochet and chat, suitable for beginners to advance level. Experienced peer facilitator, skill sharing. Materials provided (wool). Bring own knitting crochet needles. For those aged 50 and over, bring own knitting/ crochet needles. Wool provided.

The aim of this course is to create and record music, using music technology (Apple/ Logic) assisted by the tutor. You will develop existing skills or learning from scratch using state of the art equipment.

Explore a different song or genre each week developing your technique as a guitarist. Learn to tune your guitar, name the open string and play fingerpicking patterns.

A structured session for developing, writing and rehearsing songs. Meet other musicians and influence one another, sharing talents and skills to develop performance skills in the hope to be ready for a club core performance.

Develop your painting techniques in brushwork, colour mixing and composition design. Learn how to skillfully paint in all media to create portraits, still life and how to interpret famous paintings into your own transcriptions. Journey through the History of Art in paintings as you learn about artists in our group discussions.

Explore your imagination and bring your thoughts of world around you to life through creative writing and poetry performances. Develop your literacy skills, improve your confidence and read your prose aloud in these group sessions.

Create a collection of textiles ranging from garments to soft furnishings. Learn the skills of appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knit and printmaking to create artwork you can wear, use or display.

This course is aimed at providing a space for complete beginners to be exposed to the foundations of making with clay. This course will focus on hand building in particular, and the various methods used to create hand-built pots. Gain an understanding of the entire process of working with clay, and building confidence to further explore this medium. Over the 8-weeks you will learn to make beautifully glazed pots, mugs, vases or even plant pots ! This course offers a space for mindfulness, creativity and conversation.

Meet outside Sebright Children's centre in Haggerston Park off Queensbridge road, Museum of Home, E2 8NP; gentle walk, plenty of rest stops to a green space. People aged 18+ who live in Hackney or who are registerd with a Hackney/City GP

Supportive space for pregnant women or mums with babies. Peer support sharing experiences, taking care of yourself and baby. Community information. No session in school holidays.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Explore the instrument that is your singing voice and strengthen your vocal chords through enjoyable sessions exploring popular songs.

From our beautiful rooftop garden, learn new skills such as herbs for window sills, organic gardening techniques and making new plants from old.

Fun lighted-hearted RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. Sing along and harmonise from home.

Derman’s Handcraft Group is women only and run weekly. The aim of this group is to help women from our communities break their isolation and to regain their self confidence, self esteem and re-validate their skills through craft activities. Womens Only / Turkish speaking

This course is suitable for both beginners who want to learn basic ceramic skills and for people with some previous experience. During the course you will gain and develop various hand building techniques while working with clay, including coiling, pinching and slabbing. You will also learn and/or develop your tecnique in throwing on the potters wheel. Try your hand at making beautiful creative and practical objects out of clay in a creative and relaxed environment. You will also be able to explore various decorative techniques including sgraffito, slip decoration and glaze decoration

With guided tuition, develop your pottery skills further by making objects out of clay on the potters wheel inspired by Japanese forms and techniques. Refine your skills to make cups, bowls, plates, dishes and jars, and increase your understanding and knowledge of surface decoration, using slips, sgraffito, glaze decorations and different forms of Japanese decoration (Mentori and Kurinuki techniques).

For those aged 50 and over: Fun peer-supported art group meet to learn new techniques, experiment and create. No experience necessary.

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

Bring a practical knowledge of functional ceramics together with the spirit of play in this course geared to a more experimental approach to hand building. We’ll get to grips with the various techniques of hand building vessels before really going to town on the decorative features to really stretch the idea of function! Create the perfect piece for a future curiosity shop window! This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

Frame your flowers by creating the perfect vessel for your future plants! Over 8 weeks we’ll aim to grow some plants from seedlings to adorn the planters & hanging baskets we’ll be making. You’ll be using various hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling and pinching, as well as how to use moulds to create the forms. We’ll be decorating with materials, carving & stamps to create pattern, followed by underglaze and glaze methods to decorate. This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

In this course learners will explore the art of relief print, using reduction or multi block techniques to produce an edition of their own design incorporating 2-3 different colours. The result will be producing a box-set of finished work and developing at a pace which suits your skill level.

Invites to Core Arts events, special socials, cultural and artistic activities scheduled weekly with additional opportunties available: exhibtions, social, Jams, Games, speakers, and tickets to arts or music group activities.

Attend your choice of Core Arts live zoom classes running Tuesday-Friday across our departments: art, music, multimedia and gardening, and access our catalogue of over 600 pre-recorded classes on vimeo.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks online via Zoom. You will also have practitioner contact for up to 9 weeks via weekly post-session email throughout the duration of the course. The Radical Self-Care approach has been designed to support people with the possibility of becoming more accepting, caring and reassuring in their relationship to themselves when life feels challenging. The theoretical underpinnings are evidence-based approaches such as Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Compassion Focused Therapy. The course supports individuals to enhance their natural capacities for mindful awareness and caring and compassionate responses, towards themselves.The content will support understanding of difficult emotions, for example anger and shame, and supports participants in managing difficult emotions in more helpful ways. The course supports understanding and enhancing emotion regulation through psychological education and experientially through practices and reflections. The course will utilise psychological education, mindfulness and compassion practices, exercises and reflections. Participants will work on their own, in pairs or small groups as well as in the larger group. Participants are free to not participate in the exercises or group discussion if they do not wish to do so at any given point. Practices and reflections will be encouraged in their own time between sessions. The RadSec courses are delivered by practitioners with experience of and training in the evidence-based methodologies that the course is founded on. The group consists of 10-14 participants.

BAM! is a fusion of non-contact boxing and mindfulness, using physical exercise and simple, powerful mindfulness practices to improve physical and mental health. BAM! was awarded the national Innovations in Mindfulness Award 2022. These online sessions will be run by a trained BAM! practitioner. You are welcome to come along to all three workshops to help you get the most out of BAM!, or to join whichever ones you can. These online sessions are suitable for beginners and will involved moderate physical activity.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Essential class to develop artistic skills. Create artworks in response to ideas and themes which inspire you. Explore a wide range of art medium including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and sculpture.

Draw the human form whilst observing a life model. Learn to use a range of art materials such as chalks, charcoal and inks and develop your techniques as a figurative artist.

High energy rhythm session. Come and explore the world of rhythm, play any instrument of your choice. From African djembe to congas or tambourine… bass, guitar, keys or drums. Let's improvise and write songs together.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks online via Zoom. You will also have practitioner contact for up to 9 weeks via weekly post-session email throughout the duration of the course. The Radical Self-Care approach has been designed to support people with the possibility of becoming more accepting, caring and reassuring in their relationship to themselves when life feels challenging. The theoretical underpinnings are evidence-based approaches such as Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Compassion Focused Therapy. The course supports individuals to enhance their natural capacities for mindful awareness and caring and compassionate responses, towards themselves.The content will support understanding of difficult emotions, for example anger and shame, and supports participants in managing difficult emotions in more helpful ways. The course supports understanding and enhancing emotion regulation through psychological education and experientially through practices and reflections. The course will utilise psychological education, mindfulness and compassion practices, exercises and reflections. Participants will work on their own, in pairs or small groups as well as in the larger group. Participants are free to not participate in the exercises or group discussion if they do not wish to do so at any given point. Practices and reflections will be encouraged in their own time between sessions. The RadSec courses are delivered by practitioners with experience of and training in the evidence-based methodologies that the course is founded on. The group consists of 10-14 participants.

Personal Development Group offer an opportunity for you to experience what happens in a Gestalt group. It’s a safe, supportive space in which you can explore personal issues alongside other people who also want to understand themselves better. By participating in gestalt group work you may find opportunities to: · Develop a greater awareness of how you relate to yourself and others, including opportunity to explore identity processes. · Discover patterns you have developed for dealing with your life and decide whether these strategies are still useful to you. · Work with what are sometimes experienced as ‘difficult’ emotions, fear, vulnerability, anxiousness, anger and sadness etc. · Learn ways of giving and receiving clear comments about yourself and others through understanding of your own process. · Develop awareness by regularly meeting over time with the same group of people, this enhances the possibility of personal development and understanding.

Immerse yourself in a world of vibrant colours by exploring washes, and tonal values, mixing colours and glazes. With plenty of hands-on exercises, this course will introduce you to all that you need to know about watercolours. You will learn specific techniques by looking at watercolour artists so that by the end of the course, you will have the skill set that allows you to continue independently with your work. The course is suitable for complete beginners and those who would like to build on their existing skills.

Knit, crochet and chat, suitable for beginners to advance level. Experienced peer facilitator, skill sharing. Materials provided (wool). Bring own knitting crochet needles. For those aged 50 and over, bring own knitting/ crochet needles. Wool provided.

The aim of this course is to create and record music, using music technology (Apple/ Logic) assisted by the tutor. You will develop existing skills or learning from scratch using state of the art equipment.

Explore a different song or genre each week developing your technique as a guitarist. Learn to tune your guitar, name the open string and play fingerpicking patterns.

A structured session for developing, writing and rehearsing songs. Meet other musicians and influence one another, sharing talents and skills to develop performance skills in the hope to be ready for a club core performance.

Develop your painting techniques in brushwork, colour mixing and composition design. Learn how to skillfully paint in all media to create portraits, still life and how to interpret famous paintings into your own transcriptions. Journey through the History of Art in paintings as you learn about artists in our group discussions.

Explore your imagination and bring your thoughts of world around you to life through creative writing and poetry performances. Develop your literacy skills, improve your confidence and read your prose aloud in these group sessions.

Create a collection of textiles ranging from garments to soft furnishings. Learn the skills of appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knit and printmaking to create artwork you can wear, use or display.

This course is aimed at providing a space for complete beginners to be exposed to the foundations of making with clay. This course will focus on hand building in particular, and the various methods used to create hand-built pots. Gain an understanding of the entire process of working with clay, and building confidence to further explore this medium. Over the 8-weeks you will learn to make beautifully glazed pots, mugs, vases or even plant pots ! This course offers a space for mindfulness, creativity and conversation.

Meet outside Sebright Children's centre in Haggerston Park off Queensbridge road, Museum of Home, E2 8NP; gentle walk, plenty of rest stops to a green space. People aged 18+ who live in Hackney or who are registerd with a Hackney/City GP

Supportive space for pregnant women or mums with babies. Peer support sharing experiences, taking care of yourself and baby. Community information. No session in school holidays.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Explore the instrument that is your singing voice and strengthen your vocal chords through enjoyable sessions exploring popular songs.

From our beautiful rooftop garden, learn new skills such as herbs for window sills, organic gardening techniques and making new plants from old.

Fun lighted-hearted RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. Sing along and harmonise from home.

Derman’s Handcraft Group is women only and run weekly. The aim of this group is to help women from our communities break their isolation and to regain their self confidence, self esteem and re-validate their skills through craft activities. Womens Only / Turkish speaking

This course is suitable for both beginners who want to learn basic ceramic skills and for people with some previous experience. During the course you will gain and develop various hand building techniques while working with clay, including coiling, pinching and slabbing. You will also learn and/or develop your tecnique in throwing on the potters wheel. Try your hand at making beautiful creative and practical objects out of clay in a creative and relaxed environment. You will also be able to explore various decorative techniques including sgraffito, slip decoration and glaze decoration

For those aged 50 and over: Fun peer-supported art group meet to learn new techniques, experiment and create. No experience necessary.

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

Bring a practical knowledge of functional ceramics together with the spirit of play in this course geared to a more experimental approach to hand building. We’ll get to grips with the various techniques of hand building vessels before really going to town on the decorative features to really stretch the idea of function! Create the perfect piece for a future curiosity shop window! This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

Frame your flowers by creating the perfect vessel for your future plants! Over 8 weeks we’ll aim to grow some plants from seedlings to adorn the planters & hanging baskets we’ll be making. You’ll be using various hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling and pinching, as well as how to use moulds to create the forms. We’ll be decorating with materials, carving & stamps to create pattern, followed by underglaze and glaze methods to decorate. This course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience of ceramics

In this course learners will explore the art of relief print, using reduction or multi block techniques to produce an edition of their own design incorporating 2-3 different colours. The result will be producing a box-set of finished work and developing at a pace which suits your skill level.

Invites to Core Arts events, special socials, cultural and artistic activities scheduled weekly with additional opportunties available: exhibtions, social, Jams, Games, speakers, and tickets to arts or music group activities.

Attend your choice of Core Arts live zoom classes running Tuesday-Friday across our departments: art, music, multimedia and gardening, and access our catalogue of over 600 pre-recorded classes on vimeo.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks online via Zoom. You will also have practitioner contact for up to 9 weeks via weekly post-session email throughout the duration of the course. The Radical Self-Care approach has been designed to support people with the possibility of becoming more accepting, caring and reassuring in their relationship to themselves when life feels challenging. The theoretical underpinnings are evidence-based approaches such as Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Compassion Focused Therapy. The course supports individuals to enhance their natural capacities for mindful awareness and caring and compassionate responses, towards themselves.The content will support understanding of difficult emotions, for example anger and shame, and supports participants in managing difficult emotions in more helpful ways. The course supports understanding and enhancing emotion regulation through psychological education and experientially through practices and reflections. The course will utilise psychological education, mindfulness and compassion practices, exercises and reflections. Participants will work on their own, in pairs or small groups as well as in the larger group. Participants are free to not participate in the exercises or group discussion if they do not wish to do so at any given point. Practices and reflections will be encouraged in their own time between sessions. The RadSec courses are delivered by practitioners with experience of and training in the evidence-based methodologies that the course is founded on. The group consists of 10-14 participants.

BAM! is a fusion of non-contact boxing and mindfulness, using physical exercise and simple, powerful mindfulness practices to improve physical and mental health. BAM! was awarded the national Innovations in Mindfulness Award 2022. These online sessions will be run by a trained BAM! practitioner. You are welcome to come along to all three workshops to help you get the most out of BAM!, or to join whichever ones you can. These online sessions are suitable for beginners and will involved moderate physical activity.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Essential class to develop artistic skills. Create artworks in response to ideas and themes which inspire you. Explore a wide range of art medium including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and sculpture.

Draw the human form whilst observing a life model. Learn to use a range of art materials such as chalks, charcoal and inks and develop your techniques as a figurative artist.

High energy rhythm session. Come and explore the world of rhythm, play any instrument of your choice. From African djembe to congas or tambourine… bass, guitar, keys or drums. Let's improvise and write songs together.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks online via Zoom. You will also have practitioner contact for up to 9 weeks via weekly post-session email throughout the duration of the course. The Radical Self-Care approach has been designed to support people with the possibility of becoming more accepting, caring and reassuring in their relationship to themselves when life feels challenging. The theoretical underpinnings are evidence-based approaches such as Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Compassion Focused Therapy. The course supports individuals to enhance their natural capacities for mindful awareness and caring and compassionate responses, towards themselves.The content will support understanding of difficult emotions, for example anger and shame, and supports participants in managing difficult emotions in more helpful ways. The course supports understanding and enhancing emotion regulation through psychological education and experientially through practices and reflections. The course will utilise psychological education, mindfulness and compassion practices, exercises and reflections. Participants will work on their own, in pairs or small groups as well as in the larger group. Participants are free to not participate in the exercises or group discussion if they do not wish to do so at any given point. Practices and reflections will be encouraged in their own time between sessions. The RadSec courses are delivered by practitioners with experience of and training in the evidence-based methodologies that the course is founded on. The group consists of 10-14 participants.

Immerse yourself in a world of vibrant colours by exploring washes, and tonal values, mixing colours and glazes. With plenty of hands-on exercises, this course will introduce you to all that you need to know about watercolours. You will learn specific techniques by looking at watercolour artists so that by the end of the course, you will have the skill set that allows you to continue independently with your work. The course is suitable for complete beginners and those who would like to build on their existing skills.

Knit, crochet and chat, suitable for beginners to advance level. Experienced peer facilitator, skill sharing. Materials provided (wool). Bring own knitting crochet needles. For those aged 50 and over, bring own knitting/ crochet needles. Wool provided.

The aim of this course is to create and record music, using music technology (Apple/ Logic) assisted by the tutor. You will develop existing skills or learning from scratch using state of the art equipment.

Explore a different song or genre each week developing your technique as a guitarist. Learn to tune your guitar, name the open string and play fingerpicking patterns.

A structured session for developing, writing and rehearsing songs. Meet other musicians and influence one another, sharing talents and skills to develop performance skills in the hope to be ready for a club core performance.

Develop your painting techniques in brushwork, colour mixing and composition design. Learn how to skillfully paint in all media to create portraits, still life and how to interpret famous paintings into your own transcriptions. Journey through the History of Art in paintings as you learn about artists in our group discussions.

Explore your imagination and bring your thoughts of world around you to life through creative writing and poetry performances. Develop your literacy skills, improve your confidence and read your prose aloud in these group sessions.

Create a collection of textiles ranging from garments to soft furnishings. Learn the skills of appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knit and printmaking to create artwork you can wear, use or display.

This course is aimed at providing a space for complete beginners to be exposed to the foundations of making with clay. This course will focus on hand building in particular, and the various methods used to create hand-built pots. Gain an understanding of the entire process of working with clay, and building confidence to further explore this medium. Over the 8-weeks you will learn to make beautifully glazed pots, mugs, vases or even plant pots ! This course offers a space for mindfulness, creativity and conversation.

Meet outside Sebright Children's centre in Haggerston Park off Queensbridge road, Museum of Home, E2 8NP; gentle walk, plenty of rest stops to a green space. People aged 18+ who live in Hackney or who are registerd with a Hackney/City GP

Supportive space for pregnant women or mums with babies. Peer support sharing experiences, taking care of yourself and baby. Community information. No session in school holidays.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Learn how to work with your hands to create sculptures, ornaments, plates and bowls using different forms of clay.

Empower yourself as an artist, musician or writer by creating a web presence that defines and promotes your individual voice.

Explore the instrument that is your singing voice and strengthen your vocal chords through enjoyable sessions exploring popular songs.

From our beautiful rooftop garden, learn new skills such as herbs for window sills, organic gardening techniques and making new plants from old.

Fun lighted-hearted RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. Sing along and harmonise from home.

Derman’s Handcraft Group is women only and run weekly. The aim of this group is to help women from our communities break their isolation and to regain their self confidence, self esteem and re-validate their skills through craft activities. Womens Only / Turkish speaking

This course is suitable for both beginners who want to learn basic ceramic skills and for people with some previous experience. During the course you will gain and develop various hand building techniques while working with clay, including coiling, pinching and slabbing. You will also learn and/or develop your tecnique in throwing on the potters wheel. Try your hand at making beautiful creative and practical objects out of clay in a creative and relaxed environment. You will also be able to explore various decorative techniques including sgraffito, slip decoration and glaze decoration

For those aged 50 and over: Fun peer-supported art group meet to learn new techniques, experiment and create. No experience necessary.

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul, Gospel singing and song-writing sessions. We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

In this course learners will explore the art of relief print, using reduction or multi block techniques to produce an edition of their own design incorporating 2-3 different colours. The result will be producing a box-set of finished work and developing at a pace which suits your skill level.

Invites to Core Arts events, special socials, cultural and artistic activities scheduled weekly with additional opportunties available: exhibtions, social, Jams, Games, speakers, and tickets to arts or music group activities.

Attend your choice of Core Arts live zoom classes running Tuesday-Friday across our departments: art, music, multimedia and gardening, and access our catalogue of over 600 pre-recorded classes on vimeo.