Our Values
Inclusion
Wherever someone is at in life, and whatever challenges they’ve faced, everybody deserves the opportunity to create something special and tell their story. At Red Tree, we believe that everybody has the capacity for creative expression and has something valuable to contribute. We value the expressions of people from all walks of life, and celebrate diversity. We are committed to providing a service that accommodates people of any age, gender, ability and cultural or ethnic background. As a small, flexible business, we strive to accommodate people of all abilities to participate.
Healing
Engaging in creative arts promotes psychosocial healing in a number of ways. It can be a meditative experience, allowing for focus on a pleasurable task and which gives busy minds a rest from worry and stress. Expression, creation and storytelling help to process and make meaning from life experiences.
Services are provided in a safe and professional environment, guided by industry standard therapeutic principles to ensure emotional safety. Our programs are guided by a strengths based approach, with a focus of clients’ creative potential, creative goals, positive self expression, building pride and self esteem and ultimately hope for the future.
Community
Our programs aim to join people and build relationships in positive ways. Workshops are friendly, interactive, and conducive to building friendships and connections with fellow participants.
Additionally, Red Tree Community Arts seeks opportunities for participants to share their work with the wider community. For example, we may collaborate with local government, arts organisations and other community service providers such as libraries, banks, and community spaces.
Empowerment
We believe that people are not defined by their challenges. Everybody has the power to learn new things, create new beginnings, to be successful and to achieve.
Everyone deserves to choose what goals and hobbies to pursue. We believe that arts based projects provide inherent value to people’s lives and are worthy of time, effort and support.