Create Charity
@createcharity.bsky.social
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The UK's leading charity empowering lives through the creative arts. Charity of the Year 2020.
🎨 Sometimes creativity is less about self-expression and more about self-discovery.
#CreatitivtyAndWellbeingWeek
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🌟 Earlier this year, adult carers in Tower Hamlets took a break from caring to try textiles! 🌎 creative:release is our multi-artform project with adult carers in Tower Hamlets, delivered in partnership with Reed Smith and Carers Centre Tower Hamlets.
#CreativityAndWellbeingWeek
3 days ago
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✨ 6 weeks until Create Week 2026! ✨ From 1–7 July, join a global celebration of creativity and connection with 7 free activities! The activities are now live to download! Head to
https://f.mtr.cool/lzukajwnnl
4 days ago
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These photos are from the final showcase of inspired:arts Cheshire, celebrating the creativity and talent of the young carers involved 💙 Family and friends came together to view the incredible visual artwork created and celebrate the young people’s achievements.
5 days ago
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Today marks the start of
#CreativityAndWellbeingWeek
💙 We’re hosting our next Create Conversations webinar: Creativity without barriers - exploring access and inclusion.
https://f.mtr.cool/ucehxjczwh
6 days ago
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We’re delighted that Create's Founding CEO, Nicky Goulder MBE, will be joining our upcoming Create Conversations panel: Creativity Without Barriers. 🗓 Tues 19 May 🕧 12:30pm
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9 days ago
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Are you running an event over Create Week 1-7 July? We'd love to hear about it! Head to createweek.org to share what you've got planned and find out more. Make sure to tag @createcharity and use
#CreateWeek
when promoting your events online!
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10 days ago
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This
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek,
we’re spotlighting creative:tandem - our programme for young people in mental health inpatient units. Funded by London Freemasons Charity and The Simon Rivett-Carnac Trust
11 days ago
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🌟 We’re delighted to welcome Dr Tola Dabiri to our upcoming Create Conversations: Creativity without Barriers. 🗓️ 19 May Register for free:
https://f.mtr.cool/vzcxppvnta
12 days ago
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Today marks the start of
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
🎨 Creativity can play an important role in supporting wellbeing, helping people express themselves, build confidence, reduce isolation and connect with others.
https://f.mtr.cool/yibmubqzrg
13 days ago
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We’re really excited to have Dr Simon Opher joining our next Create Conversations panel on 19 May. He’s been championing social prescribing and the role of creativity in health for years - long before it became widely talked about. Register for free:
f.mtr.cool/lnyhldlzrk
18 days ago
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Social isolation isn’t just emotional - it can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and dementia. But creativity can offer a powerful way to reconnect.
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18 days ago
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A huge thank you to
@citybridgefndn.bsky.social
for three years of support. Their funding has enabled our art:links programme in London, supporting older adults facing isolation, dementia and other challenges through creativity.
20 days ago
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Vacancy: Senior Fundraising Executive (Grants) If you have experience securing funding and want to be part of a team growing its impact across the UK, we’d love to hear from you. 📍 London (hybrid) 🗓 Deadline: 11 May, 9am
https://f.mtr.cool/flgfeudlem
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23 days ago
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Behind every creative workshop, every partnership and every participant story, there’s something less visible but just as essential: core funding. To our core funders - thank you for trusting us and supporting our mission. Read more in our recent blog! Head to our website for more.
24 days ago
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We’re bringing together an incredible panel for our upcoming Create Conversations. As part of
#CreativityAndWellbeingWeek,
we’re welcoming voices from across the arts, policy and social impact.
https://f.mtr.cool/falbywxhzv
25 days ago
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In 2025/26, thanks to the support of our core and unrestricted funders, we delivered creative arts projects to 2,500 participants facing significant barriers to access. Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/csveixcexn
#AccessToTheArts
26 days ago
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📽️ Billy took part in a three-day photography and animation project at Cheshire Young Carers with our professional photographer, Ciara Leeming.
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Funded by St James’s Place Charitable Foundation
27 days ago
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Across the UK, 51% of young carers provide more than 20 hours of care each week - often alongside school, friendships and growing up. “[Creativity] can make you feel like you can spread your wings.”
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about 1 month ago
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✨ We’re hiring! ✨ Join Create as our Senior Fundraising Executive (Grants) and help us bring the power of the creative arts to those who need it most. ⏰ Deadline: 9am, Monday 11 May 👉 Apply now: https://f.mtr.cool/phwxtkcjwk
#CharityJobs
about 1 month ago
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Join us for a Create Conversations webinar during
#CreativityAndWellbeingWeek
on the theme: Creativity without barriers. 📅 Tuesday 19 May 📍 Online Register for free:
https://f.mtr.cool/hchstkicsx
about 1 month ago
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📸Last month, young carers in Brent took to the streets to try out photography! Supported by John Lyon's Charity, community:matters is our multi-arts programme empowering marginalised young people in the London Borough of Brent.
#PeopleNeedToCreate
about 1 month ago
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🦋 Earlier this month, young carers from Hammersmith & Fulham took part in our inspired:arts visual arts project, making puppets out of paper! Thank you to John Lyon's Charity for funding this project.
#ArtsForWellbeing
about 1 month ago
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We’re hiring a Development Manager (Grants) to join our team. If you’re an experienced bid writer with a passion for the arts and social impact, we’d love to hear from you. 🗓 Deadline: 21 April, 9am 🔗 Find out more and apply: https://f.mtr.cool/rpgaxpullj
#Vacancy
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about 1 month ago
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☀️Another joyful creative:connection project wrapped up last month in Liverpool! Bringing together disabled and non-disabled children, the project created a space for young people to explore visual art, connect with one another and express themselves creatively.
about 1 month ago
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🎨 Last month we brought together disabled and non-disabled children in Watford to work with professional artist, Sam Haynes, creating a vibrant display of visual art. 🌟 creative:connection is our award-winning programme that tackles disability prejudice.
#PeopleNeedToCreate
about 1 month ago
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#Vacancy
- Development Manager (Grants) to join our team at Create. This is a great opportunity to play a key role in securing funding for our creative arts programmes. 📍 London (hybrid) 🗓 Deadline: 21 April, 9am 🔗 Find out more and apply:
https://f.mtr.cool/nduahqaoun
about 1 month ago
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Over the Easter holiday, young carers in Nottingham got stuck into an inspired:arts sculpture project led by Create artist Sam Haynes. The group created animal sculptures, vehicles and even monsters using cardboard and papier mache! 🎨 Funded by
@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
about 1 month ago
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Last week young carers in Barnet tried Natural Dyeing as part of our inspired:arts programme. The young carers got out in the sun, finding natural materials and discovering the incredible range of colours they could create with these materials! ☀️ Funded by John Lyon's Charity.
about 1 month ago
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In partnership with Ashurst, we welcomed older adults living with dementia and mental ill-health to visual arts workshops. 🎨 Partnerships like this highlight the value of corporate volunteering - creating meaningful opportunities for employees to connect with communities!
about 2 months ago
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We’re hiring a Development Manager (Grants) to join our team at Create. 📍 London (hybrid) 🗓 Deadline: 21 April, 9am 🔗 Find out more and apply: https://f.mtr.cool/riebffjzsg
#Vacancy
#CharityJobs
#Hiring
#DevelopmentManager
#GrantsJob
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about 2 months ago
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Today is
#WorldHealthDay
🌎 Creative activities can support mental & physical health, reduce stress and improve wellbeing - and are even linked to longer life. Creativity isn’t just something we enjoy. It’s something we need. 🧠
#ArtsForWellbeing
#PeopleNeedToCreate
about 2 months ago
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📖 We’re proud to share pages from inside:stories - a picture book created by people in prison for their children and younger family members. Funded by Christopher and Henry Oldfield Trust, The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust and William A Cadbury Charitable Trust.
about 2 months ago
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🧠 April is
#StressAwarenessMonth.
🌟 At Create, we see this in practice. For many of the people we work with - including young and adult carers - creativity offers something simple but powerful: a chance to pause, reset and focus on themselves.
#PeopleNeedToCreate
about 2 months ago
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🌎 Today is
#WorldAutismAwarenessDay
🎨 People with autism often face barriers to accessing the arts. Our projects like environment:matters & our:stories help make creativity more inclusive! Funded by @OctopusEnergy and St Paul's Schools Foundation (Via @MercersScholars )!
about 2 months ago
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We’re hiring a Development Manager (Grants) to join our team at Create. 📍 London (hybrid) 🗓 Deadline: 21 April, 9am 🔗 Find out more and apply: https://f.mtr.cool/dignjgqatu
#Vacancy
#CharityJobs
#Hiring
#DevelopmentManager
#GrantsJob
about 2 months ago
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🎉
#CreateWeek2026
is coming soon! 🎨 Just 3 months to go until Create Week. 7 days, 7 ways to get creative! 🗓️ Save the date: 1–7 July More to come soon. 🔗 Sign up for the latest updates: https://f.mtr.cool/cnivtihhvh
#CreateCharity
#ArtsForWellbeing
about 2 months ago
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Earlier this month we had the final delivery day of Nurturing Talent at Bede House. Collaborating over the year, the cohort of emerging artist facilitators planned, rehearsed and delivered joy-filled afternoon of creative workshops.
#CareerDevelopment
#CreativeOpportunities
#CreateCharity
about 2 months ago
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🌟 Last night, we celebrated Create’s 22nd Anniversary Gala Dinner at Mosimann’s - raising £44,491 to support our work bringing creative arts opportunities to those who need them most. Learn more:
https://f.mtr.cool/uxpchsubgo
about 2 months ago
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We’re proud to be shortlisted for the
#BusinessCharityAwards
for our partnership with smart UK. Read our blog to find out more: https://f.mtr.cool/hgormumgsa
#CorporatePartnership
about 2 months ago
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🎉 We did it! Not only did we reach our
#BigGive
target, but we exceeded it by over £1000, raising £14,507 (a total of £16,117 including gift aid). ❤️ Thank you to everyone who supported our campaign. 🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/uosimbolql
2 months ago
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🎉 We’re incredibly proud to have reached our £13,500 target - thank you to everyone who has supported our Big Give campaign so far! ⏳ There’s still time to donate! The campaign will be open until 12pm today: https://f.mtr.cool/ttrrykhtvt
#ArtsForImpact
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2 months ago
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⏳ 24 hours to go! We’re so close - with just over £4500 left to raise to reach our
#BigGive
target of £13,500 Every donation is still being doubled, helping us bring creative workshops to more young and adult carers! Donate before 12pm tomorrow:
https://f.mtr.cool/rgpcyvovlc
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2 months ago
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We're in the final days of our Big Give
#ArtsForImpact
campaign! We’re so close to our target - and every donation is still being doubled, helping us bring creative workshops to more young and adult carers. Help us reach our goal! Donate now:
https://f.mtr.cool/hmdfuypmdf
2 months ago
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It's Day 5 of our Big Give
#ArtsForImpact
Campaign! ⏳ Just over 2 days to go to reach our goal! So far, your support has helped us make real progress towards our goal - over 50% - but we still need your help! Donate today:
https://f.mtr.cool/grwkphzlek
2 months ago
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For many carers, time for themselves is limited. Hobbies, creativity and connection are often the first things to fall away. ❤️ This week, with the Big Give
#ArtsForImpact
campaign, every donation is doubled, helping us reach more carers! 🌟 Donate now:
https://f.mtr.cool/bgqbgfhlhk
2 months ago
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We’re HALFWAY through our Big Give
#ArtsForImpact
campaign - and thanks to your support, we’ve already raised over £5,000. 🎉 With 3 days to go, we’re still working towards our target of £13,500! 🎨 Donate now:
https://f.mtr.cool/cxujptojrm
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2 months ago
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Thank you to everyone who has supported our campaign so far! That’s already helping us bring creative workshops to more young and adult carers, but there’s a real opportunity to go even further! Donate here: https://f.mtr.cool/bkkrjwbish
#BigGive
#ArtsForImpact
#CreateCharity
#Carers
2 months ago
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Caring for someone often means putting yourself second. For many carers, there’s little time to pause or focus on their own wellbeing. Our workshops offer space to connect, create and just be. This week, donations are doubled: Donate today:
https://f.mtr.cool/pgbvcocmtj
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2 months ago
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Day 2 of our
#BigGive
campaign! Create Patron Isy Suttie shares why creativity matters - and why it’s so important for young and adult carers. This week, all donations are doubled.🌟 Donate here: https://f.mtr.cool/uiglxsodwd
#BigGive
#ArtsForImpact
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2 months ago
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