Creative workshops

About the programme

At school, everything is graded. For a child who has been given poor grades year after year, school slowly becomes the place where “I am not good”. Our creative workshops are the exact opposite of this experience: spaces in which there is no wrong answer, in which the process matters more than the result, and in which a child discovers that they can make something beautiful with their own hands.

We work with visual arts, hands-on crafts, creative writing, music and — when we have the right partners — photography or film. The materials are always of good quality (good Faber-Castell pencils and thick paper, not dried-up pens and A4 sheets printed on the back). The silent message a quality material sends is that “you are someone for whom it is worth buying good materials”.

How it works

• Weekly or fortnightly sessions, depending on age and interest.
• Varied themes — drawing, collage, light sculpture, writing, ceramics, photo-journal.
• Led by volunteers with artistic training or by professionals who come occasionally to run a one-day workshop.
• No assessment — each child leaves with their own piece, without grades or rankings.
• Occasional exhibitions at the community centre — so that the work is seen and recognised.

Who it serves

All the children we work with, regardless of age. The workshops are open to everyone, with no filter for “talent” — because that is not what they are about.

How you can get involved

• As a workshop-leading volunteer or artist — if you have a creative skill you would like to share (even for a single session), write to us.
• As a company partner — sponsoring a series of workshops covers quality materials for three months. Details on Partners.
• As a donor — good materials cost more than they look like. Support the workshops.