Mental Health Boulder Project

February 8, 2018

Creative Wick in partnership with Hackney Wick Boulder Project and CoreArts is being funded by the WickAward to deliver beginner climbing mentoring sessions (one-to-one) with a qualified instructor, to help people manage their mental health issues.

The benefits of bouldering and climbing as a mindful practice used as part of mental wellbeing management, have been apparent for some time to climbers, and are now being recognised more and more in mainstream areas and the media.

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Fashion

Creative Wick facilitated a joint venture between renowned Hackney Wick based artist Martin Richman and Things Fashions, one of the UK’s largest specialist suppliers of printed garments, also based in Hackney Wick. The project demonstrated that mutual commercial benefit can be achieved when local businesses and artists work together.

Wick Wednesday

Wick Wednesday Every 3rd Wednesday of the month Buy, eat, drink, play, look, learn, listen, watch, relax, sweat, chill, LOCAL A day and night of special offers, exhibitions, events, performances Wick Wednesday is an initiative led by the HWFI Cultural Interest Group and supported by Arts Council England that promotes a coordinated creative and cultural…