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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 BlogStarting Fresh for 2012Are you aged 16 -19? (Or 16 – 25 if you’re a care leaver or are registered disabled.) Not currently working, or in education or training? Do you have a creative streak that you’ve always wanted to develop? Under the ‘Starting Fresh‘ scheme, you could have access to Orb’s great range of artistic, musical and IT facilities and, [...] Read more Orb at the Palace! There was more welcome recognition for the work that Orb does in Knaresborough when Mark was invited to Buckingham palace last month. The invitation came courtesy of Attend. Attend is a national charity which believes that volunteering has a powerful role to play in our health and social care and which works hard to find ways to [...] Read more New funding for Orb secures studio Manager post for another year. At a time when vital funding for local charities is so much under threat, it’s heart-warming to have news of a very welcome award from a national organisation LLoyds Tsb Foundation for England and Wales has played a big part in Orb’s success from the very beginning. The foundation is one of the UK’s leading independent [...] Read more |
 
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