April 2025: Being part of a creative community promotes wellbeing through positive shared experiences, developing ideas and learning new skills. Join us on Tuesday afternoon at Buxton Pavilion gardens art cafe upstairs 2-3pm or at Thomas fields retirement accommodation on Brown Edge Rd on Wednesday morning's 10.30-11.30.

No experience needed- £6 per session for course of 6- or £10 drop in fee. 

Make it Creative Support Ltd                           

provides Art Therapy and creative mentoring services to schools in Derbyshire

   

 

Stop press: Creativity and Social Pedagogy

Follow the link to view Claire Parker's recent paper 2020 in The International Journal of Social Pedagogy special edition- supporting creative therapeutic support in social care.

https://www.scienceopen.com/document/read?vid=71292b7f-8a7b-467d-a852-a48d72039bdb

Collective Kindness 2020 

Keeping creatively connected through the Coronavirus pandemic.

Continuing Creative Mentoring and therapeutic work with DCC's Virtual School. Reaching out to our young people, care leavers, children, families and friends in Derbyshire, with online creative projects and sessions through video conferencing and instagram @makeitbuxton.

For more information regarding Creative Mentoring or Art Therapy  contact:  claire@makeitbuxton.com

 

 

Creative Mentoring with young people @The Make it Studio- Buxton

 

Supporting young people and children through Derbyshire County Council's Virtual School. As a Creative Mentor I work alongside the young person or child to draw out their potential, talents and interests. Our Creative Mentor service facilitates learning and new skills, development of confidence, self belief and well being. 

https://www.local.gov.uk/derbyshire-county-council-using-creative-mentoring-support-looked-after-children

Opportunities to talk while making and creating art is both therapeutic and useful for the young person. Making sense of thoughts feelings and ideas helps us move forward.

Making art together, enjoying colour and a sensory experience can shift difficult feelings.

'Make it' Buxton

'Make it' Buxton is a local project providing creative support and cultural experiences for young people living in care, and for care leavers living in the Buxton area. Lead artist and project director Claire Parker has developed partnerships with Buxton Opera House and The Green Man Gallery where work experience opportunities has led to work and training.

The 'Make it' project has grown from Derbyshire County Council's innovative Creative Mentor work in collaboration with 3 other Creative Mentor's from The Amber Factory- an organisation set up to plug gaps in creative provision for young people in care.

For more information see www.makeitbuxton.com contact: claire@makeitbuxton.com

Funded by The Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner

www.makeitbuxton.com

Creative Mentor
Working with Derbyshire County Council: 2014- PRESENT

Working alongside young people in care to support creative development and positive engagement through creative activity. The creative and artistic process promotes emotional and social health and wellbeing. Creative Mentor's work together with education support staff, social workers and schools to engage and support individual wherever they are, tapping into their interests and needs. Through the development and investment in a secure base or relationship, inspiring and amazing things can happen.

'What a fantastic time I'm having with a really amazing bunch of young people who have loads of potential waiting to take shape' Claire Parker

One Year Celebration of  Creating Spaces- New Mills East Community Art group

Exhibition of work from Friday 13th March - Sunday 12th April at
The Torrs Butterfly House Cafe- New Mills

Work by residents of Tarry Hill: adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities

Creating Spaces 

Supporting Community Cohesion

a 2 year project funded by the Peoples Health Trust bringing value to the health of a community through creative and imaginative engagement in art and craft activities. 

Working together, sharing ideas and working collaboratively on projects.

Making a map on the local area