Creativity & Connection

Provided by Taff Rocks
Suitable for:
  • Young adult carers
  • Young carers
  • Adult carers
Break types:
  • Group activities
Locations covered:
  • Merthyr Tydfil

Across the 12 weeks, participants can enjoy a variety of relaxing and fun activities, including:

  • Mindfulness Mandalas
  • Therapeutic Clay workshops (air-dry and polymer)
  • Rock and 3D figure painting (frogs, snails, gnomes and more!)
  • Freestyle watercolours
  • A joint carer-and-cared-for canvas creation, or individual
  • A calming sound bath experience
  • Ongoing creative journaling to reflect on the journey

Why join?

This programme is all about connection, relaxation and creativity. Taking part can:

  • Boost mood, confidence and self-esteem
  • Help reduce stress and anxiety
  • Offer a safe, non-judgemental and welcoming space to express feelings
  • Build friendships/connections with others in similar situations
  • Celebrate achievements with the wider community

All materials and tuition provided. Just bring yourself but do not wear your best clothes!

The programme begins Monday 8 December 2025 at Smyrna, Aberfan (CF48 4QN) and runs for 13 sessions, weekly during term time (some weeks with two sessions), 10am–1pm.

Apply for this break

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Booking can be made through Eventbrite

If you are interested and require further information or support to book, please contact Hayley, the Taff Rocks Project Worker.

E-Mail: hayley@taffrocks.org.uk

 

Contact number: 01685 673740/ 07990135621

www.taffrocks.org.uk

Taff Rocks is a creative arts charity based in Aberfan, supporting people across Merthyr Tydfil.We provide relaxing, intergenerational activities designed to improve wellbeing, strengthen community bonds, and offer opportunities for fun, inspiration, creativity, and self-expression.

Our mission is to ensure that every activity we deliver:

  • Promotes wellbeing and self-care
  • Strengthens fine motor skills
  • Encourages creativity
  • Is inclusive and accessible to all

We are especially focused on helping people build their own self-care toolkit - giving them creative practices and techniques that can support their mental and emotional health beyond our sessions.

 

While our team are not trained art therapists, each of us has experienced the therapeutic benefits of creativity, and we are passionate about sharing those benefits with others.

At the heart of Taff Rocks is a commitment to public benefit. Our key objective is simple: to support our communities by promoting the arts and creativity as powerful tools for self-care, connection, and growth.

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