Inspiring creativity for people and communities

Suffolk Artlink is a registered charity whose main aim is to improve the quality of life of some of Suffolk’s most vulnerable people through the provision of creative activities.

Older People:

 Creative Carers
Using professional artists, Creative Carers trains carers of older people in residential homes and day centres to provide creative activities for their customers, some of whom have dementia.

 Culture Club
Creative activities led by professional artists including: series of artform specific sessions available for groups to book, performances and workshops in community venues and intergenerational creative reminiscence projects across the county.

 Side by Side

Professional artist led shared creative activities for people with dementia and their family carers.

Young People:

 Upbeat

Professionally led music workshops for young people with a range of disabilities .

 The Big Adventure

Cross artform workshops led by professional artists for excluded children aged

5 – 8 and music workshops for excluded children aged 8 – 13 in Pupil Referral Units.

 Clown Round
Offer hospitalised children the chance to take part in artistic play which will help to relieve their fear and insecurities on the ward.

 Young Side by Side

Professional artist led shared creative activities for young carers and the people they care for.

People with Learning Disabilities:

 JumpstART!

Tasters, short courses and modular art form based ten week courses for people with learning disabilities interested in working in the creative sector

People with Complex Needs:

 Assistive Music Making

This programme allows people with a range of disabilities to take part in group  music making, an activity from which they are usually excluded