Creative Beings CIC is a Community Interest Company, (a social enterprise) so our profits are used to benefit the wider community. All courses and events are designed to promote wellbeing. Sometimes this might cover facilitating a safe space to speak freely. At other times it might be about encouraging people to 'have a go' at making marks on pieces of paper (some people call this drawing or painting!) See our courses & events for more info.
Our courses are designed to make a surplus that can then subsidise places for others who would not normally be able to attend. This financial support can cover travel expenses to attend sessions, specialist tutor fees and materials.
Participants often prefer that we run our outreach workshops at their venues. In 2023, we ran sessions in Awliscombe, Honiton, Devon Wildlife Trust's Woodah Farm and Wells. These two-way learning experiences aim to blend creative expression with personal development, for all involved. For instance, we brought together a diverse team to help lead a series of Creative Wellbeing Workshops with charity Headway and a community dance group. You can see more about this, and an overview of all our activities last year, within our short 2023 social impact report.
If you would like to know more about our funding model, how to make a donation to Creative Beings CIC or how to sponsor a tree (!) please get in touch via our contact form.
Open-air painting with refugees and Hikmat
'Hope & Renewal' with Headway in Exeter
Collaborative painting to music with Headway in Honiton
Wreath-making using natural materials with Honiton Carers
Tree Of Hope at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
Dance exploring hope in Exeter Cathedral
Circles of life workshop at Walcot Chapel, Bath