Welcome to Core Arts
Core Arts is a not-for-profit Social Business. We promote positive mental health and wellbeing through creative learning.
We are running a full timetable of Covid-secure in-person creative courses at our centre and online zoom courses ideal for those that are self-isolating or prefer distance learning. Phone the office for more information 020 8533 3500 on how to become a member.

85+ creative classes
Choose between 85+ different courses per week
5 departments
Arts, Music, Multimedia, Horticulture, Sport
50+ tutors
50 professional PGCE trained, established and practicing tutors
120+ volunteers
120 creative volunteers, working as tutor’s assistants
open studios
Open studios and resources to work on self directed projects
85+ creative classes per week
Choose between 85+ different courses per week.
5 departments
Arts, Music, Multimedia, Horticulture, Sport
50+ tutors
50 professional PGCE trained, established and practicing tutors
120+ volunteers
120 creative volunteers, working as tutor’s assistants
open studios
open studios and resources to work on self directed projects

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Pride

To mark UK Pride month, Core Arts has put together a list of events, learning and mental health support resources for our LGBTQIA+ community. As ever, if you have any questions or would like any further support, please get in touch with the membership team.
In the spirit of sharing information about LGBTQIA+ history, and in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we would like to highlight that Pride is celebrated at this time of year to mark the anniversary of the stonewall riots, which began on June 28th 1969, and which are seen as a crucial turning point in the ongoing fight for LGBTQIA+ rights […]
Black Lives Matter

Core as an organisation is committed to equality, inclusion and creating better lives for all. We condemn the brutal killing of African-American George Floyd and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement protesting his killing and wider injustices. Core stands with the Black community and other BAME communities against all forms of racism, whether overt, insidious or structural, and we encourage our members, staff, volunteers, and supporters to do the same. Racism and discrimination are faced by BAME community members every day, and the mental health sector is not immune from these scourges […]
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Latest News
Digital Clinical Transformation HSJ Value Awards 2021
We are delighted to announce that last night at the HSJ awards Core Sport won the digital clinical transformation award for our online sessions along with our partners […]
Hackney charity to showcase garden at the Chelsea Flower Show
A Hackney mental health charity will be staging its first-ever show garden at the Chelsea Flower Show this year. Core Arts, which is based in Homerton at St Barnabas Terrace, will see its Core Arts Front Garden Revolution showcased at the world-famous flower show in May. […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2022: New category, All About Plants, champions power of plants on mental health
The All About Plants gardens will show how plants can positively influence mental health […]
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