Creative Recovery

05/06/2026

What a wonderful Wordy Wander with Winston we had this afternoon in Locke Park!

We took our time to notice things that often get overlooked when rushing about, learned about some plants, heard some poetry, and we also made this land art from found natural items (and wooden cutlery), then topped off the fun with an ice cream.

What better way to spend a Friday?

Winston Plowes - Land Artist

23/05/2026

A great end to a wonderful with Barnsley Libraries We Great Ladies and

More nature inspired creativity with Barnsley Libraries ‘One Seed’ project, climate placards exhibition, design your own seed packet, flower sketching with Anna Connor and a merry team of creative recovery helpers making seed papers to plant at home.

Also a chance to escape for a moment of nature inspired calm with headsets playing 2 of creative recovery’s nature meditations. 💚

Lots going on!

23/05/2026

22/05/2026

We're thrilled to be featured in this Arts Council England article for week.

We talk to the team behind Creativity and Wellbeing Week about how the festival has grown, the importance of partnership, their takeover of the Big Issue and what's next for creative health.

20/05/2026

‘The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.' Neil Gaiman

Our inspiration for tonight’s ‘Live Arts’ / ‘Library Lates’ mash up!

What a wonderful celebration of our creativity! Poetry, tunes, compositions, canvasses and an atmosphere in which people felt at ease to share without fear or judgement. We are awesome!

As always….Thanks Barnsley Libraries for having us! ❤️

The National Lottery Community Fund

20/05/2026

A little snippet from tonight’s creativity and wellbeing week celebration Barnsley Libraries

20/05/2026

Thoughts on Creativity

18/05/2026

We had such a lovely afternoon at the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance meeting at Library @ The Lightbox today!

It was great to be with so many creative people from across the region chatting, sharing ideas and doing some creative ice breakers together! We took on drawing challenges, made up stories as a group and had lots of laughs along the way 😄

The session was all about coming together to think about what creative health in Barnsley should look and feel like over the next year. How can we make sure people feel supported, listened to and connected through creativity.

At Creative Recovery, we love collaborating and believe working together is the way forward! There’s so much creativity, care and passion across Barnsley, and afternoons like this remind us how powerful it is when people connect, share ideas and support each other.

Here's some of the brilliant artwork created by the group.