All children and young people can experience hope through creativity.
Kazzum Arts uses creativity to enable children and young people who have been impacted by trauma and adversity to feel seen, heard and valued. We do this by providing opportunities to explore creative expression and agency through multidisciplinary arts activities.
We work with young people who have experienced high levels of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Our programmes use creative activities as a means of building confidence, communication skills, and engagement in learning.
Our programmes have been developed in consultation with young people and are delivered by a diverse team of skilled artist facilitators in partnership with schools, hospitals, and community settings.
Read our Strategic Plan 2022-2026 for an insight into our 3 year plan for the organisation:
Our work includes:
Pathways, which engages young asylum seekers, refugees and new migrants in multi-disciplinary art processes, through creative wellbeing projects and ESOL training for young people.
Regulation, which takes place at Beormund School, and uses multidisciplinary arts activities to increase positive self-identity and self-esteem.
Apollo, which takes place on children’s wards, using combined arts processes to increase the wellbeing of children who are undergoing healthcare and mental health interventions.
Professional Practice. We deliver high quality training and advocacy resources to support the communications of trauma-informed practice and connect to others in networks across cultural and volunteer sectors.
Find out more about us
Meet the team - the staff and artists who deliver our work - or learn about our amazing partners who make it all possible. You can also read testimonials to see the impact we have on the people we work with, or check out our history to find out more about our roots and past projects.