Arts All Over The Place
Charity 1178638
Overview
Summary
Arts All Over The Place appears to be a Birmingham-based, arts-led mental wellbeing charity whose distinctive role is to turn creative participation into both social connection and public recognition. Rather than presenting arts activity solely as therapy, it combines regular low-barrier groups with exhibitions and positive mental-health messaging, potentially addressing isolation, confidence and stigma together. Its current offer appears locally rooted in Balsall Heath and Erdington, though the evidence does not establish its reach, scale or clinical relationships.
Operational geography
No operational geography is currently available for this organisation.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Creativity is used as a route into belonging
The organisation appears to use shared creative activity primarily as a socially accessible response to loneliness and isolation among adults with mental health experience, rather than as an arts education provider alone.
Why it matters
This clarifies its likely civic role: creating recurring, low-pressure spaces where participation, conversation and creative expression reinforce one another.
Show evidence
“Arts All Over the Place provides social creative expression to improve Mental Health.”
Source:Organisation“The Sanctuary group tackles loneliness and isolation with crafts and arts.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include the relief of people with mental and emotional health and wellbeing needs and social isolation through the arts.”
Source:Charity Commission
Public visibility is part of its anti-stigma model
Exhibitions appear to be more than a showcase: they may provide participants with recognition and a public counter-narrative to stigma associated with mental health problems.
Why it matters
This suggests the charity works across two levels: supporting participants directly while seeking to change how wider communities see people with mental health experience.
Show evidence
“It gives free exhibition space to people who might otherwise have no opportunity to showcase their talent.”
Source:Organisation“It acts as a way of reducing the stigma and discrimination many people with mental health problems face.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include public exhibitions of participants' work and greater community engagement.”
Source:Charity Commission
The offer appears place-based and partnership-enabled
Current delivery appears to depend on accessible community venues and at least one named local partner, suggesting a neighbourhood-based model rather than a centrally delivered programme.
Why it matters
Understanding its venue relationships is important for identifying local reach, potential referral pathways and opportunities to extend activity into other communities.
Show evidence
“Arts & Crafts and Self-Writing Social Group are delivered with The Community Conservation Trust in Balsall Heath.”
Source:Organisation“Current groups are listed in Balsall Heath and Erdington.”
Source:Organisation“The organisation states that it is established in 2007 for Birmingham adults facing mental health challenges.”
Source:Organisation
- The number, demographics and mental health needs of participants are not stated.
- It is unclear whether sessions are facilitated by qualified art therapists, artists, peers or volunteers.
- There is no evidence of outcomes, referral routes, funding model or continuity of current projects.
Remaining uncertainties
- Attendance, repeat participation and outcome evidence, including participants' own accounts of impact.
- Details of delivery staff, safeguarding, therapeutic practice and relationships with mental health, community and venue partners.
- Information on funding, geographic coverage and how participants access or are referred to groups.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
AAOTP celebrates the creative talents of those who have or have had mental health problems across all aspects of the Arts, and promotes the value of the Arts in Mental Health recovery. It gives free exhibition space to people who might otherwise have no opportunity to showcase their talent. Acts as a way of reducing the stigma and discrimination many people with mental health problems face.
Charity objects
THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBENG NEEDS, THROUGH THE USE OF THE ARTS (ARTS THAT PROMOTE AND PROVIDE CREATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR BENEFIT, THROUGH PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS OF THEIR WORK AND THAT PROMOTE GREATER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH EXPERIENCES OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH/WELLBEING ISSUES AND SOCIAL ISOLATION LIVING IN ENGLAND AND WALES