In 2025, the British Association for Art Therapists (BAAT) published my ‘Cultivating Creativity Calendar’ , a free and accessible Creative Health resource for young people that it had commissioned me to design, write and produce as part of a wider NHS England project it was delivering to promote the creative therapies.

Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons, the Calendar promotes self-discovery, emotional awareness, and skill-building, including those essential to life like mindfulness and emotional processing – all core aspects of art therapy.

I designed the resource to reflect BAAT’s commitment to making creativity an accessible tool that promotes wellbeing and the benefits of art-making to everyone – things that I really believe in.  It was also created to align with key curriculum areas including but not limited to art and specific arts-based subjects including music, drama, English, design and technology, health and care, psychology and more.  Finally, I designed it to encourage young people to connect with the natural world, the most wonderful and important asset we have.

You can access and read more about the Cultivating Creativity Calendar here.

If you are a teacher, parent or art therapist, you can download a PDF guide here to using the Cultivating Creativity Calendar to discuss careers in art therapy with young people.