Unleash your creative potential and find joy again
Our courses
Our Create:Connect courses are all about discovering and enjoying your creativity in a safe, welcoming space. From theatre and textiles to online art sessions, we offer workshops and courses where you can try new things, build confidence, and connect with others.
CoCreate Theatre Group | 8-week Theatre Course | Poole
CoCreate Theatre Group meets termly to learn about theatre and develop skills and confidence in performing, directing and writing!
Developing Skills for Performance | 8-week Theatre Course | Weymouth
Developing Skills for Performance is an 8-week course welcoming back existing and new participants to learn more about theatre and develop skills to create and perform your own work.
Material Worlds | 8-week Visual Arts Course | Poole
Material Worlds is a series of workshops that invite you to explore and experiment with different materials, using the materials of our lives, our place and our community and approaches to making art as a way of discovering your own creativity.
The CoCreate Theatre Group
An 8-week theatre course at Lighthouse Poole led by Gemma Alldred. Explore performance, devising, and writing in a supportive, playful space with no pressure to perform. Open to beginners and experienced theatre-makers alike.
Visual Arts – Stitching Stories
An 8-week textile art course with artist Rosie Edwards. Explore stitching, layering, and print in a supportive, playful space where process comes before perfection. Materials provided — beginners and experienced makers welcome.
Theatre Taster Session
Try out drama in a friendly, supportive environment. This free two-hour workshop is a chance to meet the teachers, explore fun creative activities, and help shape our upcoming 8-week theatre course.
Online Creative Drop-In Sessions
Join us on Zoom for a free, friendly art space. Each week we’ll share a creative prompt to spark your imagination – you can write, draw, paint, dance, or explore whatever inspires you. Beginners and experienced artists are welcome, with no regular commitment required.
Is it for me?
Create:Connect courses are open to people who feel being creative would support them to better manage their mental health.
We offer a safe and supportive space for you to do your best work and develop your creative-self.
Supported by Dorset Community Foundation & NHS Dorset through the Community Health & Wellbeing Fund.
With special thanks to our project partners Power House Poole and Lighthouse Poole
