Celebrating 25 years of delivering arts therapies in 2018/19!

SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK

Come visit us at the National Autism Show

The Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapies (BCAT) is a registered charity which was set up in 1993 to provide an accessible arts therapies, and more recently an arts in health service throughout the Midlands. We assist children and adults who are experiencing mental health, physical, behavioural or emotional issues with arts therapies, and we also work closely with our community partners across Birmingham to support the health and wellbeing of citizens using art, dance, drama, music and play.

The centre, a former Cadbury building, is unique in that it brings together art, drama, music, dance movement and play therapy.

BCAT are passionate about people and how arts therapies can be applied to aid mental health and physical issues, and how communities can also benefit therapeutically from arts in health intervention.

Being a pioneer and leader in establishing arts therapies as an alternative and complimentary intervention has been a goal for our charity for the past 25 years. We put people and communities in front of profit and are able to offer a number of subsidised services thanks to our generous funders and available grants.​

Research
Latest news on arts therapies and arts in health

The theme for this years mental health awareness week is BODY IMAGE. Below are some arts therapies related articles based on this year's theme. 

Art therapy and its effects on the Brain and Body Image
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Relationship, Art therapy and Body Image

Connecting Mind and Body through DMT

Body drama: the utilisation of drama therapy for the exploration and treatment of negative body image

Dramatherapy for eating disorder treatment

Music therapy enhances eating disorder treatments

Supporting arts in health in libraries - evaluating BCAT's impact

​Can mindfulness Improve well-being in the workplace?

Why should we fund arts therapy

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BCAT in the community 

Arts in Health facilitators have new BCAT t-shirts!

Thanks to Kings Senior Dancers at Kings School Worcester for raising over £850 for us!

Masking up at Northfield library STARZ! Roooaar!

Celebrating BCAT's good news with STEP ON Frankley

At Kings Norton Library STARZ - learning about Roald Dahl

Thank you to our supporters

Services

​Book an arts therapist

Book an arts in health facilitator for your workshops

Art installations and graphic design service

Training days for the workplace

Free lottery funded English as an Additional Language and arts in health project

Come see us at the following events 
May
20 Joining  Forces, Birmingham Hippodrome
June
16 Forward Carers, Botanical Gardens
17 Dementia Awareness Training, Friends Institute 
21-22 National Autism Show, NEC
29 Glebe Farm Fun Day 
July
13 Stirchley Lions Carnival
21 Kath’s Cafe Fun Day, Druids Heath
23 Where Next Arts Festival, Redditch
September
22 Fun in the Park Tudor Grange
October
24 Autism Central, Aston Villa FC

Hello from us at BCAT!

February artSpeak now out!
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BCAT arts experientials and courses 

If you are looking to gain the necessary knowledge before completing an advanced course in art therapy or arts in health; or are looking for new techniques that therapists use to apply to your own work, then BCATs courses will be of interest. Our 2019 courses in ART, DANCE, DRAMA,, MUSIC and ARTS IN HEALTH are now available to book.  

Book on any of our courses through Eventbrite

Further details here.

'Amelia was very engaging and pitched the course at the right level...I have been wanting to do this for ages and it has given me the push to apply for Dance Therapy.'
Anne, Autumn Dance Movement Course 2017
'I thought the course was informative and inspiring. Angela was particularly knowledgeable and enthusing.'
​Susie, Spring Music Experiential 2017

Do you have time to volunteer with BCAT?
​We are very lucky here at BCAT to work with fantastic volunteers from all walks of life.

At the moment we are looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, and any experienced arts facilitators for paid workshops. 

If you would like to join our Volunteer Development Programme (VDP) please contact richardmole@bcat.info

Bringing arts therapies to the workplace
​Our interactive, engaging and fun training days are designed to educate and inform on the techniques that therapists use in each discipline to address their clients needs. These techniques can be used for a number of employee needs including building confidence; coping with stress and anxiety; presentation skills; team building and relations, or providing a therapeutic session designed to improve the overall health and well-being of your employees.
​If you would like further details
​ please click here. 

Donate to BCAT

Shop and donate to BCAT!

Text BCAT £1 to 70070 to support our POUND FOR ARTS campaign. You can donate up to £10.

Make a donation, start your own fundraising. join our monthly BCAT Friends programme.

Recycle your ink cartridges and raise money for BCAT

“It was not only the children who benefited from the Arts Therapies sessions!  Their parents also participated and gained considerable new insight into their children’s behaviours and how strategies might be developed to facilitate greater understanding between themselves and their children. We hope that BCAT can continue to find sufficient funding to continue to work with us”.        
Manager of under 5yrs. Child Development Centre