Art therapy for homeless people is very beneficial. We currently hold informal drop-in sessions in our Art Room upstairs. However, we have now identified a group of clients who lack the confidence to visit the Art Room and would benefit from a more inclusive environment. Many of our clients are not work ready, and require access to meaningful occupation. Without this healthy distraction, allowing clients to cope with their problems, many would turn to destructive behaviours in order to cope.

Our project will engage a new group of marginalised service users in Art Therapy. We will run weekly Arts & Crafts session, taught by experienced tutors and ex-homeless volunteers who have been recruited through our Step Up programme. This will facilitate access to meaningful occupation, which is therapeutically very important; will increase clients' confidence; and ultimately will encourage clients to engage better with our other services, notably our employment and training service, Workspace