Creative Wellbeing Workshops in Halton and Kendal are back!

We’re really excited to announce that we have some more Creative Wellbeing Workshops coming up in Halton and Kendal! The sessions are free to join and are open to all neurodivergent people aged 18+.

Come and join us to connect with other neurodivergent people in the area, have a brew and try guided creative activities in a fun and relaxed space.

The sessions offer a chance to explore, experiment, make, create, and find community, guided by local neurodivergent textiles artist Danielle Chappell Aspinwall (scroll down to find out more about Danielle!).

No experience needed - you’ll be encouraged to try and test out at your own pace. You’ll explore the art of textiles and printing, working with autumnal themes and journaling away those winter blues!

We aim to make our sessions as accessible and supportive as possible - we will ask you about your access needs before the sessions start, and will send you an info pack so you know what to expect.

…And there will be tea and biscuits!

Want a little taster of what to expect? Click here to find out about our Creative Wellbeing exhibitions in spring 2025 - or scroll down to find out when and where each group will happen.

Halton

Where: Halton Mill, Halton, Lancaster LA2 6ND

When: Friday 28th Nov, Friday 19th Dec, Friday 9th Jan - all 11am-1pm

Kendal

Where: Castle Street Community Centre, Kendal LA9 7AD

When: Thursday 27th Nov, Thursday 18th Dec, Thursday 8th Jan - all 10am-12pm

How to join

To join one of the groups, you need to:

• Identify as neurodivergent

• Be aged 18 or over

Fill in the form below to sign up, and we’ll be in touch soon with more information. Spaces are limited, so we’ll offer places on a first come, first served basis.

If you prefer, you can email Miranda at hello@mainspringarts.org.uk to sign up.

If you have any questions, or need this information in a different format, please email us at hello@mainspringarts.org.uk.

Sign-up form

About Danielle, the Lead Artist

Neurodivergent (ADHD/Dyslexic/APD) artist Danielle Chappell Aspinwall explores her textiles practice through collaborative approaches via Fine Arts and Social Practice. As an artist she interconnects people and art through place, nature and wellbeing, advocating for positive change and exploring conversations around mental health, hidden disability inclusion and reducing landfill.

Her multidisciplinary approaches explore a variety of media through 3D installations, film, contemporary textiles, mixed media collage and illustration, inspired by dialogue, fun, doodles and play, exploring identity and resulting in creative conversational pieces and interventions that she also shares through educational activities and workshops.

Using autoethnography in her approaches, she sparks inspiration with workshops to not only boost practical art skills but reduce stress and loneliness and increase wellbeing, cross-feeding into her art practice, teaching, co-collaborative workshops and co-designed community artworks.

Danielle has worked on a variety of commissions, workshops and projects with local councils, local and national organisations, CICs and charities, with projects co-funded by Heritage Action Zones, Arts Council England, and in partnership with the Lancashire and Cumbria NHS Partnership Trust, Lancashire Recovery College and EESF, and has exhibited nationally in the UK and internationally in India.

Danielle was born in Blackpool and is settled in Dalton-in-Furness, where she resides with her two children and loves escaping in the outdoors, paddleboarding and watching her children play football and sports. Her art studio is in Barrow-in-Furness, where she works freelance as Danielle Chappell or Yappers Chappers Designs, and she is also ‘Artist for Change’ at BarrowFull, the Arts Council Creative People and Places Programme for Barrow. Find Danielle at daniellechappell.com or on Instagram and Twitter @YappersChappers.