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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Contact
    • Life in arts therapy - THE BCAT BLOGSTOP!
    • Research
    • Resources & Links
    • Newsletters
    • BCAT Design service
  • Arts Therapies
  • Arts in Health and Well-being
  • PROJECTS
    • Coping with Barriers: COVID19 and mental health support
    • Supporting English as an Additional Language/ Delivering Arts in Health
    • Healthy Through the Arts
    • BCAT Starz
    • Step On
  • Events & Courses
  • Volunteer Development Programme
COVID 19 Response
We know that this is an unsettling time for us all and the country is being asked to change behaviour on a scale not seen in our lifetimes. Like us, many of you will no doubt be worried about protecting and caring for loved ones, yourselves and the community. 

In order ease the anxieties of the second lockdown we have published a new updated SOOTHING PACK - feel free to share with your families, friends and networks. 



COVID 19 Support Resources

Mental Health support Soothing Packs - we would like to thank all therapists and colleagues across the NHS. 

Soothing Pack 1
Soothing Pack 2

ACCESS our Facebook page and BCAT TV for a number of therapeutic activities and ideas to support your mental health during lockdown.

NEED SUPPORT then drop us an email - we can offer virtual arts therapies for those who are feeling isolated and affected by COVID-19 using Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp chat
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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.​



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Join us on our new YouTube TV Channel
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BCAT SERVICES
  • ​Book an arts therapist
  • Book an arts in health workshop​
  • Events and courses
  • BCAT design service
  • Training day experientials
  • Free funded projects​
  • BCAT for schools
  • Volunteer Development Programme
ONLINE REFERRAL FORM FOR ARTS THERAPY
ONLINE BOOKING FORM FOR ARTS WORKSHOPS

Free Funded Projects for 2020/21

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Creative Courses for Health and Wellbeing

All profit from BCAT courses go towards assisting children and adults with mental health needs. An 80% subsidy for those receiving any state benefits is available on all courses except our Arts Therapies Introductory courses.

If you are looking to learn new creative and life skills; develop your portfolios; further your career in arts therapies or arts in health; or are interested in finding out more on techniques therapists use to tackle issues such as confidence and behaviour, then our courses are perfect for you!

​Courses are from £7.60 and available to book through Eventbrite. (click link to access page)
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BCAT in the community

Check out the posters below to find out about local free arts in health workshops near you!
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Due to COVID19 we are pausing all face to face therapeutic arts work until further notice. See you soon!
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BCAT Connecting to our Communities

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BCAT's quarterly magazine contains all the latest BCAT news and features on arts therapy and
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January artSpeak now out!


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Visit us on our TV Channel - hear about our work and get involved in lots of therapeutic arts workshops delivered by our fantastic arts facilitators and creative volunteers. 

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Make a donation, start your own fundraising. join our monthly BCAT Friends programme.
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Text BCAT £1 to 70070 to support our POUND FOR ARTS campaign. You can donate up to £10.
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“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
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