About Us

Where It All Began

Youth Art Connect was the brainchild of two amazing people: Graham Cullis and Kate Evans. They realised that with so many young people suffering from poor mental health and little access to services, we needed to do something.

Art is renowned for being a fantastic way to helps with mental and physical well-being, so they came up with the idea of fun workshops for young people to come along to, make new friends, have a chat about what’s happening in their lives and learn fab new art skills in the process.

So, in April 2021 they ran the first ever youth art connect session at Kate’s studio on Berry Road and Youth Art connect was born. The feedback we got was so amazing we knew there was a need for this to continue.

Youth Art Connect
Marie, Graham and Siobhán

Our Growing Team

Youth Art Connect was then joined by Siobhan Taylor and Marie Ralph, two other lovely humans, and after many a meeting and discussion, we came up with what we have today; a fantastic space for young people to attend regularly. Supported by a group of amazing volunteers and practitioners with a passion to help as many young people as they can through art, the idea of Youth Art Connect became a reality and a lifeline for so many young people across Cornwall.

So, that’s us in a nutshell.

Currently, we are a not for profit community organisation which means we all volunteer our time and services because we are so passionate about promoting positive mental health in young people,  but we always need help with donations, funding and sponsorships to ensure that we keep going.

If you feel you could help us by donating your time to volunteering, helping us fundraise or even sponsoring us, we are always needing help to keep the fantastic work of Youth Art Connect alive.

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