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Welcome
Orb Community Arts is an exciting and innovative project that provides a supportive creative and educational space for vulnerable individuals. With a positive mental health ethos focusing on self-worth, confidence building and skill development, Orb offers an unpressured environment in which to exchange ideas and become part of the wider community.
Incorporating its own music studio, art room and computer suite, Orb provides a whole spectrum of opportunities for people to express and further themselves in a way that reflects their own inspirations and aspirations. With access to professional sound and lighting equipment and its own staging, Orb also regularly supports and promotes a wide variety of local events, emphasising service user involvement and providing a showcase for their talents. Based in Knaresborough but active throughout the Harrogate District and the whole of Yorkshire, Orb is committed to social inclusion and working within the community. As such its active Volunteer Programme also offers people of all ages and backgrounds the chance to get involved, share their skills and develop new ones in an environment that recognises the worth in everyone. Latest from the BlogOrb’s door is now open wider to people with learning disabilities.‘The arts are and should be firmly recognised as being integral to health, health care provision and healthcare environments.’ Dept of Health, 2007 Did you know that Orb Enterprise is now an Approved Provider for North Yorkshire County Council’s Health and Adult Services? This means that people with personalised budgets can now use them to join us [...] Read more Sowing the seeds of mental wellbeing Ignore the cold and the wet – Spring really has Sprung. Even as we shiver, we are surrounded with fresh green growth and dazzled with yellow and white, orange and blue wherever we look. Time, then, to take a fresh look at the Orb garden, and think again about the impact that the natural world [...] Read more How a mobile phone made a world of difference to Orb Elizabeth used to be a volunteer at Orb. If you’ve been into the centre, you’ll have met her keeping Mark and Leon very up to scratch and very well-informed. Elizabeth is no longer a volunteer at Orb. She’s a paid member of staff, for fifteen hours a week for at least four months. How did this come about? Essentially, [...] Read more |
 
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