Young people at Carefree have enjoyed an amazing variety of art projects over the years including animation, film-making, drama, Gamelan drumming, singing, music making, graffitti art and much, much more

Each year we offer summer arts activity weeks where young people come together to explore, experience art whilst having a load of fun

Throughout the year we use arts within many of the outdoor and other activities that we offer

Original Art week 

Part funded by Feast Cornwall Carefree offered an 'original' arts week in summer where young people came to activities for the first time attended for five days and two nights. They took part in taiko drumming workshop, print making, visual arts, a theatre trip to see Miracle Theatre at Heligan Gardens and more

Our summer graduate Arts programme included taiko drumming, a trip to the the Minack theatre, performance poetry with Story Replublic at Penzance Exchange and more

Girls Group

A group of girls to attended a series of evening group sessions where we used arts, crafts, cooking, drama, roleplay, discussions and games to explore 'what it is like to be a teenage girl in care', the whole group achieved and APT Award

Young Men @ Work Group 

A small group of young men met on three occasionas to make-over the courtyard at Wesley Buildings. They worked with an artist and carpenter to make furniture and t-shirts as well as a banner and painting the walls an making a mural