We're still collecting donations
On the 26th May 2023 we'd raised £1,185 with 5 supporters in 28 days. But as every pound matters, we're continuing to collect donations from supporters.
Help us create a community mental health hub in Cardiff for our arts, health & wellbeing projects and offer arts therapies support!
by The Body Hotel in Cardiff, United Kingdom
On the 26th May 2023 we'd raised £1,185 with 5 supporters in 28 days. But as every pound matters, we're continuing to collect donations from supporters.
The Body Hotel is a Wales-based social enterprise prioritising arts, health and wellbeing. The company delivers professional development programmes to the wider health, education & social care sectors, and provides arts therapy services to underrepresented communities. Arts therapies involve specialty training in drama, dance, art and music combined with psychotherapy techniques to provide mental health support to all individuals.
The company is ready to scale up and obtain a physical space to offer in-person services, have private session hire for arts therapies and serve as an arts community mental health hub. The new premises will have a residential section for the building manager, and three arts spaces for arts, health & wellbeing initiatives with an offering of space to community organisations across the city. The concept is to apply arts therapies to help decrease the stigma of mental health services and design services with diversity, equality and inclusion at its heart. Arts therapies, through their creative nature can further serve the residents of Grangetown, Cardiff by offering a multicultural space that can therefore attract more residents to access mental health services. Safe spaces which focus for LGBTQ+ people are rare in Cardiff and in Wales, and its focus on arts, health and wellbeing services would be innovative and unique. The community organisations we work with have been and continue to be a key consultant into the design of the space and shaping the delivery of the services.
We are currently crowdfunding in order to come up with the deposit to buy the space outright, as this would allow us to maximise on the services and customise the space for the arts.
We have a bit of savings, but need £70,000 to also cover the deposit and be able to afford buying the space.
The space will have the capacity to hold 36 sessions a week, which can benefit groups and individuals alike to serve up to 100-200 clients per week, with capacity to grow.
Helps us make a mental health hub in Grangetown and bring the arts to many communities who need it.
Thank you!
-The Body Hotel Team
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