In relation to the identified priorities in the Guidance & Essential criteria what will your idea achieve and who will benefit from your project?
Adult & Family Learning: Hands-on creative skills build confidence, resilience and emotional literacy. Community Development: Shared art activities strengthen local peer networks and reduce isolation.
Please describe what you plan to do and what the money will be used for? (i.e., purchase equipment/resources)
With this funding we’ll run monthly art therapy sessions for unpaid carers in differing locations across North and South Carrick. To equip each locality, we are requesting funding for two identical mobile art-kits, each containing watercolours, paper, brushes, clay and tools. This will ensure that sessions in both North and South Carrick can run concurrently, fostering wellbeing, creative skill building and peer support. Art therapy offers unpaid carers a safe, non-verbal way to process stress and emotions, reducing anxiety and burnout. Engaging in creative activities promotes mindfulness and relaxation, helping carers to “switch off” from caregiving demands. Developing artistic skills boosts self-esteem and provides a sense of achievement, while group sessions foster peer support, reduce isolation, and build a community of understanding. By translating feelings into art, carers gain new coping strategies and emotional resilience strengthening their capacity to care for others and themselves.
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