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.
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.
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!
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
