🎉 Show us something you’ve created recently. Painting, pottery, photography, knitting, a wonky birthday cake… all creativity welcome.

📖 This #InternationalLiteracyDay, we’re celebrating our:stories, our programme supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities to experience the joy of stories and storytelling. With the support of The St Paul's Schools Foundation [via The Mercers' Company].

What role can creativity play in a prison environment? Read our latest blog exploring how our projects created opportunities to develop skills, build confidence and connect with others. https://f.mtr.cool/jdwzph41gu

We’re thrilled that participants across three of our prison programmes - Free Inside, Inside Stories and My Parent’s In Prison - have been recognised with nine Koestler Awards in 2026. 🔗 Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/dptml980j9

📖 Last year, Graham took part in Create’s My Parent’s in Prison project, working alongside other prisoners and our professional artists to write and illustrate a children’s book. 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/zr3vyd6bwg *Name changed to protect anonymity.

🌟 creative:explorers is our multi-artform project with disabled young adults in Brent. Across three days, participants worked together to design and paint their very own mural. Projects like this provide a vital space for self-expression, collaboration and joy.

The health benefits associated with arts engagement in the UK are worth an estimated £18.6 billion to society each year. Creativity isn’t simply a nice-to-have. Its value to our health, wellbeing and society is increasingly clear. People Need To Create. 🎨 #CreativeHealth

💙 Artist Laxmi Hussain has joined Create as one of its Patrons.    🔵 Laxmi will be supporting Create’s mission of empowering lives, reducing isolation and enhancing wellbeing through the creative arts.  https://f.mtr.cool/34jrf5p23y

During our recent inspired:arts project in Lambeth, participants stepped away from their day-to-day caring responsibilities to spend time creating, learning and connecting with other young carers. Funded by @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for making this project possible.

Our partners helped #CreateWeek reach new audiences, raise funds and get more people creating. Read more about the partners that helped bring Create Week to life: https://f.mtr.cool/ckzblmwsaz #CorporatePartnership

Happy #WorldPhotographyDay! 📸 Across Create projects, participants use photography and other artforms to explore new perspectives, express their ideas and develop creative skills. Today we’re celebrating some of the brilliant images they’ve created. 🌟

Could creativity help us age well? Research led by UCL’s Dr Daisy Fancourt found that engaging with the arts at least once a week was associated with a 4% slower rate of biological ageing. More evidence of the relationship between creativity and our health. #CreativeHealth

Cardboard, paper, feathers and plenty of imagination. 🎭 Young carers in Lambeth created this brilliant cast of puppets during inspired, experimenting with colour, texture and everyday materials to bring their ideas to life. #YoungCarers #InspiredArts

🌟 One month on from #CreateWeek, we’re celebrating the partners, artists and organisations who helped bring the campaign to life and reach hundreds of thousands of people. https://f.mtr.cool/tyrbbwbmwc

Young carers in Barnet transformed recycled materials into sculptures and masks during a recent inspired:arts project. 🎨 Alongside getting creative, participants had time to build confidence, try new things and connect with other young carers. Funded by John Lyon's Charity.

In June, children in Cambridge who face challenges in their lives got creative through art:space, exploring new art forms, building confidence and connecting with one another. Thank you to British Land for your longstanding support.

🌎 At Create, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to experience the benefits of the creative arts. That’s why our professional artists deliver free, high-quality creative experiences with children and adults who face barriers to accessing them. #PeopleNeedToCreate

❤️ This #BookLoversDay, we're celebrating our:stories and the many different ways children can experience the magic of storytelling. ✨ Every child deserves the opportunity to connect with characters, spark their imagination and find joy in storytelling.  #NationalYearOfReading

🎥 Young carers in Southwark stepped into the world of animation! 🌟 For many young carers, the holidays can mean even more caring responsibilities. Projects like inspired:arts allow them to take a break and connect with others. Funded by @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

🎨 Last month, young carers in Bury came together through inspired:arts to explore painting, experiment with colour and create artwork inspired by their own ideas. Funded by Garfield Weston Foundation, The John Thaw Foundation and @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

For young carers, projects like inspired:arts offer more than the chance to try a new artform. They provide time away from caring responsibilities, opportunities to connect with peers and the freedom to express themselves. Funded by @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

Young carers from Hammersmith & Fulham put their creativity on display, through animation, dance, performance and puppet-making! ✨ https://f.mtr.cool/wzkrjcvbmn Funded by John Lyon's Charity, in partnership with @hfcouncil.bsky.social .

The good news? Creativity isn't something you're born with - it's something you make time for. 🎨  At Create, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to experience the life-enhancing power of the creative arts.🎉 So, what's stopping you? 🌟

🎨 At our recent art:links project at Lorenco House in Haringey, older adults explored visual arts through painting, drawing and even mask making, discovering new techniques, expressing themselves and enjoying the simple pleasure of creating together. Funded by The Headley Trust.

We were shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Hayley Granston, who contributed so much to Create over many years. Hayley gave so generously of her time, experience and energy to support Create’s mission and will be deeply missed. https://f.mtr.cool/kxvlrmsssv

Every story deserves to be told. 📚✨ As part of the #NationalYearOfReading, at our recent our:stories project in Hillingdon, SEND primary school children explored the joy of storytelling. Funded by St Paul's Schools Foundation (via @MercersScholars ).

🎨Carers in Redbridge came together for a creative painting project, creating a collaborative artwork that reflected their individuality while enjoying the chance to connect with others. Funded by Johnston Nijman Foundation and White Stuff.

🎨🌟 Throughout Create Week, people of all ages and backgrounds embraced the invitation to get creative, sharing artwork that was thoughtful, imaginative and deeply personal. Every creation was a reminder that there is no single way to be creative. #CreateWeek

We're delighted to be shortlisted for three national awards! 🎉 Children & Young People Now  🏆 Arts & Culture Award 🏆 SEND Award Charity Times 🏆 Charity Collaboration of the Year (with John Lyon's Charity) https://f.mtr.cool/apqtvurhrd

🫂 Today is #SamaritansAwarenessDay This artwork was created during a recent creative:tandem project, where young people living in inpatient mental health units explored photography, animation and cyanotype printmaking. Funded by The Simon Rivett-Carnac Trust.