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Creative Health Camden is a pioneering charity supporting arts and community initiatives within Kentish Town Health Centre in north London.

We work at the intersection of community, health and the arts, engaging with creative and social activities. The Free Space Project is an arts and well-being charity providing arts activities, therapies, exhibitions and residencies across two NHS sites in north London. Established in 2010, our aim is to relieve mental and physical suffering through the use of the arts.

05/10/2026

Starting off the week strong with our Drawn Together group - today's workshop session got our creative engines rumbling with a series of drawing exercises...✍️

First, we started off with non-dominant hand drawing, followed by continuous line drawing. At the end, our DT artists picked a medium of their choice, seeing which exercise worked best for them or if they wished to test their creative muscle further.

The results - outstanding ✨

If you have yet to start your week off with a bit of creativity, we hope their latest creations give you the inspiration you need!

30/09/2026

Last month, we celebrated the Social Shapla Garden Gathering. And wow - what lovely feedback we received 🪷

Our continued thank yous to everyone who attended, enjoyed the festivities and shared their feedback.

By providing feedback, we are reminded of how important it is for Creative Health Camden to host such events.

"The garden was absolutely lovely. Setting is beautiful, food is delicious, atmosphere is warm and welcoming. Thank you organising such a beautiful party"

"Very comfortable & calming. It's not too big to feel overwhelmed and enough to experience different activities as well. Very accessible, physically & mentally. A great place to be, to be grounded, to be supported! Really enjoyed it!"

Fingers crossed, we can hold another Garden Gathering next year 🤞

29/09/2026

"Positive, welcoming atmosphere. Well constructed projects. Innovative approaches to materials and techniques."

"Joyful community - really helps with my mental health."

Thank you to our service users - who are a big part of the CHC community - for sharing your thoughts on the impact of our services.

You can hear more from our service users by reading our 2025-26 Annual Report!

📍https://www.creativehealthcamden.com/evaluations/annual-report-2025-2026

As we gear up for an exciting announcement...our ongoing exhibition 'Noah of the Zoa' by@gjharding.therapy stands boldly...

21/09/2026

As we gear up for an exciting announcement...our ongoing exhibition 'Noah of the Zoa' [email protected] stands boldly across our upper gallery 🖼

Pictured with two of his fragmented portraits, George reminds us of the core influences to his body of work.

These influences include artist William Blake’s invented spiritual mythology known as ‘The Four Zoas’.

Coupled with inspiration from psychiatrist, psychologist and psychotherapist Carl Jung’s theory of universal archetypes, 'Noah of the Zoa' fuses the spiritual and psychology understandings of the inner self - and just how truly fragmented it can be.

'Noah of the Zoa' is in its final month - so while you can, visit the Kentish Town Health Centre and admire George's work 🏥

16/09/2026

Flora and fauna are creative forces within the Social Shaplaa annual exhibition 🪷 A literal forest of art!

Whenever our exhibitions come to an end, the corridors of the Kentish Town Health Centre are empty of any artworks.

Within that brief moment, we are reminded of the importance of our exhibitions within the centre and the vitality our workshop participants bring through their creativity.

Thank you to Social Shapla for your continued creativity 🫶

15/09/2026

We did the work. Here's the results 📈

Included within our 2025-26 Annual Report, our Annual User Survey reflects the feedback Creative Health Camden had received from those who were using our services.

These services include our workshop programmes like Drawn Together, Social Shapla, Engage Here, Freedom to Make and more.

Did you know that 100% of our service users had a a positive experience at Creative Health Camden? Or that 79% said they had met new people through our services?

More can be learned by reading our Annual Report and the impact we made in 2025-26.

📍https://www.creativehealthcamden.com/evaluations/annual-report-2025-2026

14/09/2026

Following the finale of our exhibition ‘When I Let Her Out To Play: Expanding Memories’ with exhibiting artist , we kept the conversation going in our latest podcast episode 🎙️

Thank you to Veronica for joining us our podcast guest in the CHC Podcast and for sharing more about her practice with us!

Here’s a snippet from our time with Veronica - but to listen to the rest….🎧

📍Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5TEjv8zob0N8DZwM09RGLc?si=MIskcpryTU6KlpqSqMIIFw

📍Official Website: https://www.creativehealthcamden.com/chcpodcast/episode-6-artist-veronica-rowlands

09/09/2026

❗LISTENER DISCRETION❗

This episode of the Creative Health Camden (CHC) Podcast discusses abuse. We ask for listener discretion.

Please note that the CHC Podcast team does not include health or psychotherapeutic practitioners.

If you believe that yourself or a seperate individual are in a narcissistic abuse cycle, please speak to your GP or visit the resources below:

⁠Camden Safety Net⁠ - https://www.camden.gov.uk/camden-safety-net

⁠The Echo Society⁠ - https://www.theechosociety.org.uk/

⁠Mind UK⁠ - https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/abuse/

🎙About the Episode

Get your headphones on for a new episode of the Creative Health Camden Podcast! This episode features our exhibiting artist Veronica Rowlands.

Veronica Rowlands is a visual artist and socially engaged practitioner based in East London, working across textiles, drawing, and large-scale public work.

Her practice explores memory, early experience, and emotional connection, drawing on ideas of play, nostalgia, and the role of sensory processes in shaping adult emotional life.

Working with vivid colour, whimsical characters, and spontaneous mark-making, Rowlands creates immersive, dreamlike worlds that invite viewers into a softer emotional register.

Her background in textiles shapes her sensitivity to materials that soothe, wrap, and protect. Fur, fabric, and embellishments emerge from the surfaces like contemporary transitional objects, quietly activating sensory memories often beneath adult awareness.

In March 2026, Veronica hosted her exhibition ‘When I Let Her Out to Play: Expanding Memories’with Creative Health Camden at the Kentish Town Health Centre.

The exhibition explored the narcissistic abuse cycle and the profound role inner-child healing can play in recovery.

Sitting down with Antonia Attwood, Creative Director of Creative Health Camden, our latest CHC Podcast episode lets us take a step closer into Veronica’s artistic world.

📍Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5TEjv8zob0N8DZwM09RGLc?si=MIskcpryTU6KlpqSqMIIFw

📍Official Website: https://www.creativehealthcamden.com/chcpodcast/episode-6-artist-veronica-rowlands

08/09/2026

During our exhibition 'Inherited Bodies' with artist - we asked our attendees the question...❓

"What empowers your health journey?"
...Here are the responses.

As part of our 'Thought Behind the Frame' series, we are extending the question to our online community. Let us know what empowers your health journey 🫶!

07/09/2026

After a month-long break, our Drawn Together Artists are back 🐦‍🔥 Our first session as we lead into Autumn introduced the first workshop sesson of the Drawn Together series exploring the art of sacred sites.

The first workshop session of the series explored dark caves and obscure Visions - taking inspiration from early cave paintings.

Did you know...it is speculated that, due to the peculiar findings of cave paintings being within deep, often unreachable depths, cave paintings existed as part of a sacred rite.

Certain paintings would be found near what appear to be altars of worship. Curiouser and curiouser, today's session involved a bit of history, imagination and a lot of creativity 💡

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NW52

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http://www.creativehealthcamden.com/

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