School, Hospital & Community Outreach

1:1 or group outreach in Melbourne and the Yarra Ranges

We strive to support communities to be compassionate, connected and resilient, where every individual has a voice, feels seen and heard, and is empowered to embrace their journey with courage and authenticity.

Towards this vision, we have established a leading, therapeutic arts outreach service in the Yarra Ranges, servicing local area needs in Melbourne and surrounding suburbs.

Our outreach service goes beyond traditional service approaches and works collaboratively with schools, hospitals and community-based organisations, bringing evidence-informed creative arts programs to strengthen their support and advocacy for the wellbeing of those they serve.

This service is available to all schools, hospitals, and community-based organisations in Melbourne and the Yarra Ranges.

  • Our outreach service offers the design and delivery of a specialised therapeutic arts program, developed in collaboration with the school, hospital or community-based organisation requesting our service.

    Our programs provide tailored, arts-based experiences relevant to each unique workplace context, and aim to facilitate positive outcomes for participants across a range of health and wellbeing dimensions, including physical, mental, emotional and social. The participants of these workplaces may be students, in-patients, clients, carers, marginalised groups or local members of the community.

    Our programs seamlessly integrate with other existing services and employ a range of creative modalities, such as visual arts expression and embodied movement, to offer a flexible and effective form of support that goes beyond the limits of verbal language.

  • We offer flexible delivery formats to ensure our outreach programs are accessible, effective and responsive to the needs of your participants.

    The delivery of your program can be configured in a number of ways, in terms of the number of sessions, participants, program timeframe and design. For example, programs can be delivered as a single event, or as a combination of group and individual events.

    It is important to emphasise that our programs do not need to have a therapy focus.

    • A program can be art therapy informed without being a therapy program, in the case of delivering mental health awareness campaigns or general public events that create opportunities for learning, engagement and education.

    • A program can provide personal therapy, in the case of facilitating individual or group art therapy sessions through your school, hospital or community organisation. In this context, we will work with you to build a safe and ethical framework for service delivery that includes a formal intake and consent process. Participant confidentiality, rights and wellbeing are paramount to our practice at all times.

    We value the work of collaboration and can bring our extensive experience in program design, to the extent that is needed, to support you in finding the best options.

  • Our school outreach service supports students from Years 9 to 12.

    Programs may be designed to:

    • Raise mental health and wellbeing awareness

    • Build social and emotional regulation skills

    • Learn strategies for managing stress, anxiety and academic pressures

    • Encourage strengths and foster resilience to navigate hardship, uncertainty, change or year level transitions

    • Reconnect with a sense of autonomy and purpose

    • Strengthen a sense of belonging, inclusion, trust and safety in schools

  • Our hospital outreach service supports consumers, including in-patients and their carers.

    We also co-facilitate and provide extra support to current programs where needed, including programs that are already led by your hospital’s allied health professionals. Our accredited art therapy training is embedded in our facilitation style to strengthen the therapeutic potential of existing supports at your hospital.

    Programs may be designed to:

    • Support carers in their roles

    • Reduce stress and overwhelm relating to surgical procedures and medical intervention

    • Support patients in developing strategies for managing pain and supporting lifestyle change

    • Provide a safe container for expressing and integrating medical trauma

    • Facilitate emotional experiences that support healthy physiological functioning

    • Restore dignity for vulnerable patients and promote a sense of self

    • Instil a sense of belonging, inclusion, trust and safety in hospitals.

  • Our community outreach service supports organisations, universities and other academic institutions, and social programs in responding to the needs of members in the community.

    These include individuals and groups from migrant, refugee, disability, homelessness, student, youth, family, senior and aged care communities.

    Programs may be designed to:

    • Scaffold a collective sense of belonging, inclusion, respect and connection

    • Facilitate creative expression of lived experiences without the pressure of English and verbal language

    • Invite meaningful reflection using arts-based methods to raise awareness of a given topic, reduce stigma and promote understanding

    • Encourage integration into new environments and life stages

    • Strengthen friendships, relationships, family bonds and self-efficacy

    • Foster a sense of possibility, empowerment and ease amidst challenge and change

    • Promote collaboration, trust and safety within communities

  • Pricing will vary depending on your requirements, but we can also discuss and work with specific budgets if you have one in mind.

  • Get in touch for a chat to learn more about how we can support the wellbeing goals of your students, patients, consumers or local community members.

    During our call, we can answer any questions you might have and gather insights into what you may be looking for. The information that you provide will help us put together a personalised quote tailored to your specific context and needs.