Horatio's Garden - Creatives Open Call

OPEN CALL FOR CREATIVES IN Buckinghmashire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire and Shropshire:

Horatio's Garden is a fabulous charity that creates and nurtures beautiful gardens at NHS spinal injury centres. The spaces are stunning sanctuaries, created by well-known garden designers.

We’re looking for a wide range of creative people to join us to bring an exciting range of activities and workshops to suit patients of all ages and backgrounds in the garden across two of our Horatio's Garden sites:
Horatio's Garden - Midlands
The Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital
Gobowen
Oswestry
SY10 7AG

Horatio's Garden - Stoke Mandeville
The National Spinal Injuries Centre
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Mandeville Road
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP21 8AL

We are seeking visual artists, sculptors, musicians to perform, singing group facilitators, creative writers, ceramicists, textile artists, print makers, photographers and more to form a programme of activities that will run year-round in the garden and garden room. The sessions are designed to bring gentle rehabilitation and enjoyment to patients and their families during a very difficult time.

The aims are:
To run workshops that bring enjoyment and distraction to patients;
To be friendly, approachable and help patients to be creative, encouraging them to develop a new interest in arts and crafts or build on their existing talents;
To provide a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere;
To be inspired by the garden.

Registered charity numbers 1151475/SC045386