Hereford Art Exhibition for Local People with Learning Disabilities

  • Hereford art exhibition for local people with learning disabilities
 

A Craegmoor service in Herefordshire which supports people with learning disabilities has teamed up with Hereford Museum and Art Gallery to showcase the artistic talent of the people using the service in a new exhibition that opened this week.

11 September 2009

A Craegmoor service in Herefordshire which supports people with learning disabilities has teamed up with Hereford Museum and Art Gallery to showcase the artistic talent of the people using the service in a new exhibition that opened this week.

Craegmoor – who work with over 4,000 people with learning disabilities, complex needs and mental illnesses, as well as older people, across the UK – supported individuals who live at the company’s Castle Farm service in Bartestree, Herefordshire, to attend weekly art classes with Alison Barter of local art and design company A and S Studios.

The exhibition, which runs throughout September and October, showcases the original artwork that individuals living at Castle Farm produced in their art classes, including painting, sculptures, modelling, t-shirt designs and even a funky take on a reusable shopping bag!

Tracy Bowen, Deputy Manager of Castle Farm, said today:

“ It’s been brilliant to see how the people living at Castle Farm have worked so imaginatively. They have relished the weekly art classes and it’s fantastic to see the artwork produced on display in such a great setting ”

Sarah Hughes, Craegmoor’s Divisional Managing Director - Specialist Division, South, said today:

“ Craegmoor believes passionately in the concept of making things possible for the people who use our services. “It’s great to see such an excellent exhibition happening and we hope as many people as possible get to enjoy it as much as those who created the artwork did! ”

Notes for Editors

For further information please contact the Craegmoor Press Office on: 01905 459 813

  • Craegmoor is one of the leading independent providers of specialist support in the UK with a turnover of approximately £170m and employs over 6,500 people.
  • It has a portfolio comprising specialist and nursing residential support, mental health hospitals, specialist adult colleges and supported living schemes with over 4,700 beds across 234 homes.
  • The wide range of services offered by Craegmoor include: Specialist support for adults with learning disabilities and mental illnesses, Nursing and residential support for older people and Independent Hospitals
  • Craegmoor has 2,229 Specialist beds including 143 beds in three colleges.
  • Craegmoor has currently 2,242 Older People beds and 237 beds in the company’s Independent Hospitals.
  • Working closely with local authorities, Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts, Craegmoor is committed to building partnerships focused on constant service improvements which meet the needs of individual people and which are in line with regulatory requirements and best practice.