Our creative wellbeing courses are designed to help adults find ways of managing stress and improving mental-wellbeing. In a supportive group setting, you’ll learn to express your feelings and thoughts through music, singing and creative writing.

The courses are delivered in partnership with the Recovery and Wellbeing Academy

Check out our new video below and find out how our 2024 course participants benefited from our courses.

Singing for wellbeing

Singing for Well-Being is suitable for people looking to find coping strategies and improve mental well-being. Life Church, Charlotte St, Leamington Spa CV31 3EB Tuesdays 7pm to 8.30pm  12 May, 16 June, 14 July, 25 August 2026 Led by experienced choir leader Claire Fowler. These small group sessions will help to boost your mood as you sing to familiar songs together. This choir is suitable for beginners and you don’t need to be a brilliant singer just the willingness to have a go! There is lots of evidence that singing together can help with low mood, anxiety and depression. What you can expect to learn: Gain a better understanding of how singing can benefit your well-being. Feel more confident about singing in a group and learn breathing and singing techniques to help you. Meet new people and have peer to peer support. Singing for wellbeing is aimed at adults across Warwickshire & Coventry looking to find creative coping strategies that can improve mental wellbeing. BOOK NOW For further information email info@artsuplift.co.uk or call on 01926 504 212 Supported by the National Lottery Community Fund and Leamington Town Council

Singing for wellbeing tutor Claire Fowler

Creative Writing for Wellbeing

Join our FREE online adult creative writing workshops led by Tristan Jackson-Pate. Discover your voice, craft compelling stories, and connect with others in a supportive community. Open to Coventry and Warwickshire residents who are looking to find coping strategies and improve mental well-being.

Mondays 7-8.30pm online via Zoom

Course 1: (Via Zoom) 20 May, 17 June, 8 July, 19 August 2026

This creative writing group, led by writer and theatre maker Tristan Jackson-Pate alongside an Arts Uplift volunteer will focus on the ways we craft stories, in a relaxed online group setting. Participants can access the exercises in a variety of ways and enjoy the support of the group as they develop their ideas. Though sessions will primarily look at dramatic writing for theatre or film, the exercises and discussions had will be relevant to all forms of storytelling, whether you want to write a novel, or a poetry collection. We will cover:

• Where stories come from
• Story structure
• Character creation
• Finding the meaning
• Exploring form
• Plotting
• Redrafting

And of course, how not to become blocked in your creativity! The aim is to provide chances to learn, create, and collaborate, in an inclusive, no pressure environment.

What you can expect to learn:

• A better understanding about how creative writing can benefit your well-being.
• More confidence about creative writing and different techniques that can be used to improve your well-being
• Meet new people and have peer to peer support

BOOK NOW

For further information email Beth info@artsuplift.co.uk or call Beth on 01926 504 212

View our students previous work

The inside stories creative writing group has just released an exciting new eBook featuring a vibrant collection of poems and stories from our course participants, representing a rich diversity of backgrounds and heritages. Download your copy today to experience the captivating power of their words and perspectives.

Inside Stories Anthology – eBook Download now

Previous creative writing from past courses are HERE 2023 and HERE 2024