Crafting Heritage

A two-year exploration of the rich heritage crafts flourishing within Rochdale's vibrant communities of people with experience of forced migration.

World Kindness Day Activity Pack

A free activity pack to celebrate World Kindness Day

My Right to Write

An extra-curricular programme designed to use art to encourage and inspire writing with children in Year 3.

Reclaim the Space

A creative consultation with local communities around safety in public spaces who will then co-create an artistic intervention to 'reclaim the space'.

Art for Wellbeing - Deeplish

A weekly Art for Welllbeing session for South Asian women with focus on working with textiles.

Little Artists LCO

An artistic approach to issues in health care experienced by refugee and asylum seeking families.

Art & Soul and Nature

Eight-weeks of exploring natural materials, the lack of nature and a trip in the sunshine to inspire new work. With a focus on wellbeing and art development.

Venessa Scott @ Darnhill

Venessa Scott is a prolific public artist whose bright and bold works can be found across the North. Throughout 2022 she'll be working on a series of projects with young people in Darnhill, Rochdale.

Little Artists in Ramsbottom

These creative sessions support parents and carers to help their child develop skills and knowledge towards starting school.

Darnhill Festival

Darnhill Festival has been a mainstay of summer on the Darnhill Estate since 2003. Almost always on the first Saturday in July, the Festival starts with a vibrant and noisy procession around the estate followed by a full afternoon of creative activities and entertainment. Darnhill is the ‘Lucky Festival’, never rained off and rarely rained on.

From Bump to Baby

Creative Journaling for new mothers of South Asian heritage to understand the racial inequalities around maternity and perinatal service design.

Stronger Communities Programme in Darnhill

Our Darnhill Stronger Communities Programme uses co-production and collaboration with local residents to ensure their voices and ideas are at the heart of high-quality cultural experiences, such as the festivals that take place in Darnhill.

Stories of Strength podcast

This podcast series includes 100 stories of strength from women across Rochdale, showing them overcoming adversity during their everyday lives.

Little Artists: big box of creativity

With funding from the Ragdoll Foundation and Rochdale Borough Council. Cartwheel Arts will be working with 30 families across Rochdale to co-design an activity resource and art pack for children aged 2-4 years.

Flux

Flux was designed for Year 6's to use over the summer before making that big next step of going to high school.

Postal Projects

Creative activities and materials sent direct to your door with complimentary wellbeing phone calls to re-create our Art for Wellbeing projects at home... "a fun and challenging art project that's different every week".

Draw the Day

Draw the Day is our 10 week online programme of art & walking activities, storytelling and an interactive gallery

Art for Induction

A creative wellbeing resource created with and for children starting a new school.

Wellbeing Dominoes for Schools

Wellbeing Dominoes benefits a broad spectrum of pupils experiencing any kind of social, emotional or health barrier.

Wellbeing Dominoes

Wellbeing Dominoes is a resource, designed to support and enhance Wellbeing through creative activity and group work. “very accessible and thought provoking”

Current Projects

Crafting Heritage