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The Art Ministry was founded in 1992 by the late Reverend Angela Cotton. In 2004 The Art Ministry became a charity governed by a board of trustees according to a declaration of trust. The following year we registered with the Charity Commission, our registered number is 1108227. We are based in Hadleigh, Essex and provide weekly art and craft sessions for about 100 children and adults as well as one-off community sessions for up to 200 children at a time. We engage the community in creative activities to help reduce isolation, boost self-confidence and self-esteem in a safe and fun environment. Most of our regular sessions are aimed at children and adults with learning and/or physical disabilities and/or with visual impairments, adults with mental health issues. These groups typically experience higher than average levels of social isolation and extensive research shows that being involved in a creative process in a social group has a beneficial effect on their mental health and wellbeing. We try to create a sense of community within each group and across groups and with the local community by holding an annual exhibition of works, having an annual creative fayre, providing creative activities at community events and by providing volunteering opportunities. We complement our core activities with a general public art club, sheltered housing schemes and an after school club at a local school. We also provide creative activities at lots of community events. We are currently running the following regular sessions: Seven weekly sessions in Hadleigh – see Schedule One weekly session, Thursday mornings, for South Essex Homes residents at Keats House, Southend One weekly session, Monday mornings, for adults with visual impairments at the Ekco Sports and Social Club in Southend One weekly after school session on Wednesdays at the Barons Court Primary School in Westcliff Blocks of sessions for residents of Sanctuary Housing and Peabody Housing across south east Essex The charitable objectives of The Art Ministry are: To advance the education of the public in the subject of art in all its aspects in such was as the Trustees shall from time to time determine. Currently the Trustees have determined the following: To provide a safe environment and facilities in a wide variety of art and craft activities for all of the community and to encourage social creativity as a means of improving mental health and wellbeing. To bring widely disparate members of the community together through the common language of art, with a bias to the minorities, excluded and disaffected groups or individuals. To work with schools, colleges, churches, local authorities, disabled, disadvantaged groups or individuals in the local community. The Trustees of The Art Ministry are: Fope Afolabi-Brown Cindy Chilvers Jessica Head Betty McCarthy Gabriela Martinez-Campbell Francesca Brook Jasna Seguic Allan Webb - Chair and Treasurer Our Session Leaders are: Amie Annis Clare Cain Sarah Ridgewell Hayley Simpson Allan Webb Click here see our details at The Charity Commission’s website.
The Art Ministry, 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, SS7 2DQ, Registered Charity Number: 1108227