Suffolk Artlink is a registered charity whose main aim is to improve the quality of life of some of Suffolk’s most vulnerable people through the provision of creative activities.

Programs of creative activities:

Older People:

 Creative Carers
Using professional artists, Creative Carers trains carers of older people in residential homes and day centres to provide creative activities for their customers, some of whom have dementia.

 Culture Club
Creative activities led by professional artists for older people living independently, intergenerational projects and touring companies who perform for older people in community venues across the county.

 Side by Side

Professional artist led shared creative activities for people with dementia and their family carers.

Young People:

 Whitton Rocks

Weekly music workshops led by professional musicians for 8 - 14 year olds who live on or near the Whitton Estate in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Music in Pupil Referral Units
A music programme in pupil referral units, for young people aged 8 - 16 years who have been excluded from main stream education.

 Upbeat

Professionally led music workshops for young people with a range of disabilities which will encourage and facilitate participation in open access workshops.

 The Big Adventure

Cross artform workshops led by professional artists for excluded children aged

5 – 8 and music workshops for excluded children aged 8 – 13 in Pupil Referral Units.

 Junk Funk

Drumming workshops for young people using domestic wheelie bins and other found materials.

 Blueprint

Offers volunteers aged 16-25 the chance to develop a project which will make a difference in their community.

 Clown Round
Offer hospitalised children the chance to take part in artistic play which will help to relieve their fear and insecurities on the ward.

 Young Side by Side

Professional artist led shared creative activities for young carers and the people they care for.

People with Learning Disabilities:

 Open Doors
This three year programme for people with learning disabilities interested in working in the creative sector has now finished.

 JumpstART!

Tasters, short courses and modular art form based ten week courses for people with learning disabilities interested in working in the creative sector

People with Complex Needs:

 Soundbeam

This programme allows people with a range of disabilities to take part in group  music making, an activity from which they are usually excluded

Inspired by London 2012:

 Lap of Honour
Celebrates, documents and records the achievements of past Olympians and Paralympians, coaches, referees, etc with Suffolk connections.