The latest news...
Funding awarded by UKSPF
July 2024
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We are excited to announce that we have been successful in securing funding for a new collaborative community led artwork with UKSPF.
Building on the foundations of our hugely successful Stockport Town of Culture project, we are producing a community led artwork collection using a combination of traditional and modern artistic techniques.
We will be running a total of 30 free and fully funded workshops in collaboration with Stockport based artists and specialists.
Cheshire Community Foundation fund wellbeing workshops in Macclesfield
May 2024
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Self Care Creatives have received funding from Cheshire Community Foundation for Macclesfield residents to attend wellbeing classes at
The Monocle Cafe.
The Thread Journaling sessions
will run from June to September.
All places are currently fully booked
but a wait list for all dates are open
as places often open up.
Funding awarded by
The National Lottery
Community Fund
February 2024
We are so excited to announce that we have secured funding from The National Lottery Community Fund for the next 2 years.
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We will be offering our creative, well being focussed Thread Journal classes in Stockport from March 2024 and aim to benefit 288 people
over the lifetime of the project.
February 2024
The 'Sew Stockport Chronicles' community project was created by 667 Stockport residents
(original target was 150).
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You can visit the celebratory artwork
at Stockport Central Library.
December 2023
The 'Sew Stockport Chronicles' community project is currently standing at 300+ participants.
The original target was 150.
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Manchester Thread Journal projects have exceeded their mid-way participant targets:
We Love Manchester - 150% to target
Big Life Project - 130% to target
NIF - 130% to target
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We are currently working hard to secure further funding to continue working towards bettering the mental health of local residents.
Funding awarded by
Stockport Town Of Culture
September 2023
The 'Sew Stockport Chronicles' community project will be a legacy artwork for the people of Stockport, by the people of Stockport, reflecting the community values, spirit and
textile history of the area.
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The project aims to work with people from all over the county, running from October to February before the final artwork is celebrated in an
exhibition at Arc Centre.
February 2024
The 'Sew Stockport Chronicles' community project is featuring in an exhibition at at Stockport War Memorial and Arc Centre in February & March.
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Final participant numbers reached 667
Stockport residents (our original target was 150).
Funding awarded by
Manchester City Council
July 2023
We are so excited to announce that we have been successful in securing NIF (Neighbourhood Investment Funding) to deliver well-being
sessions to the people of Manchester.
The Neighbourhood Investment Fund (NIF) is available to communities to make their neighbourhoods better places to live and
this 6 month project will help 60 Deansgate and Piccadilly residents struggling with anxiety, depression, loneliness and other
mental health challenges.
A huge thank you to Manchester Council for trusting us to deliver this much needed and appreciated workshop.
Funding awarded by
We Love Manchester
June 2023
We are so excited to announce that we have been successful in securing funding to deliver well-being sessions to the people of Manchester.
This 6 month Creative Self Care project will help
90 Manchester residents struggling with anxiety, depression, loneliness and other
mental health challenges.
A huge thank you to We Love Manchester for trusting us to deliver this much needed and appreciated workshop.
Stockport Self Care
Centred Businesses
Join Forces
June 2023
We are so excited to announce that Kimberley Drain of Stockport based self care specialist business Nourish Northern Mamas,
has joined Self Care Creatives CIC.
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Having successfully built a thriving
self care network within Stockport since 2018,
we are excited to see this community grow and thrive further more, as our Directors join forces to reach even more people with our self care
focussed creative classes across Stockport, Manchester and further afield.
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Welcome to the team Kimmy!
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Funding Extended!
May 2023
After our huge success in running self care
and wellbeing classes in the city centre
since January 2023, we have had
confirmation that our Thread Journal classes
at The Village Hall will be extended by
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This project will be targeting
Manchester residents aged 18-25 years.
Winning bid at
the Proper Good
Community Soup event!
May 2023
It was a privilege to be part of Chapati‘n’Change at Heaton Norris Community Centre Pavilion, organised by Simone Callaghan from
Proper Good at Sector 3 - Stockport.
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We got to network with a whole room of inspirational people, including the 2 other
fabulous women who also pitched;
Hannah Hodgson and May Fairweather.
The other 2 pitches were amazing and it’s really humbling to have so many people backing my idea.
We are so excited to use this funding to help parents struggling with post natal anxiety and depression in Stockport through Creative Self Care.
Thank you so much to everyone who voted for us!