Our Connect and Do Programme brings people together through shared interests and creating a space to connect, learn and develop. Our sessions are a mix of online Zoom sessions, and face-to-face drop-in sessions held in London community spaces. 

Our approach is about bringing people together around the things they enjoy doing rather than a diagnosis. We provide a safe space for people where they can feel comfortable, creative and purposeful. The sessions are open to everyone in the community. There is a wide range of activities including, drawing, painting, jewellery making, print making, singing, experimenting with instruments and sound or writing stories or poems. The sessions are friendly and supportive, and people can join in as much or as little as they feel comfortable with.  

Many of our community sessions are peer-led by creative facilitators who have lived experience of mental ill health or disability.  These people are challenging the traditional social care model by actively leading the creative programme rather than being passive recipients of it.  They are mentored to develop and deliver sessions as part of their own personal development and recovery. 

Each week over 200 people across London are supported in our Connect and Do sessions.   The programme has 18 peer facilitators who are mentored to deliver a vibrant programme, which last year included 762 workshops and activities. The sessions are extremely popular and demand is high. However, none of this would be possible without additional funding and donations.

Each Connect and Do workshop costs £145 to run. 
That means we can guarantee another 34 sessions if we meet our target.
With your help, we could continue to provide these valuable activities that connect people to their communities and to friends - doing the things that matter to them.