Community
Building community is a foundational part of who we are as Co Create and how we can sustainably work in the city to reduce social isolation and support people in recovery.
Community Thursdays
Every Thursday, we have Community Thursdays. Our workshop is open as a drop-in space where you are invited to come and be creative, learn new skills, share your own skills and meet new people. Beyond our courses this initiative aims to further community engagement and aid wellbeing for the individuals who come. There will be various table top creative activities happening in our studio space, as well as the opportunity to make some of our products for Co Create Shop in the upstairs workshop.
Using our hands.
Building community.
Growing in confidence.
We also un Community Engagement Days. These are opportunities for people to come and make something together. Through this we all learn new skills and build relationships with people in our local area.
Picnic benches. Bug houses. Planters. These have been days full of new faces and old; days of learning and of being creative.
If you would like to see us run a Community Engagement day in your part of the city, we’d love to hear from you!
FAQs
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Local individuals with a history of:
• Mental health • Addiction • Homelessness • Criminality. • Adverse Childhood Experiences • Refugees • Low Self-Esteem • Abuse
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These courses are funded, allowing the attendees to freely appreciate the wide range of activities we offer.
Som,e of our connected charities are:
•InExeter •Co Lab •YMCA •Plus People • Positive lights •ECI •ESF •St. Petrocs
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Co Create is all about supporting recovery through making and creativity.
• Our wellbeing courses are focussed on creating a safe & wholesome environment for our attendees to build relationships and grow in confidence. They tend to still be learning a skill but it is secondary to their mental healing process
• The employability courses are similar but the goal is that the skills learnt in these courses could lead to our participants earning money for themselves in their free time. We often have speakers & guests for these courses who give free advise on finances, freelance business and social media etc…
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We tend to have at least two courses running every week and often more than that. Courses mostly run one day-a week for a month