Course summary

The FdA Creative Arts for Health and Wellbeing is designed to be combined with employment or a voluntary placement while studying to gain vital relevant experience and use creativity to engage communities in ways that enrich their lives. This dynamic course is designed to enable you to work with groups using the creative arts in art, health, care or education contexts. Creative activity is known to have tangible benefits on health and wellbeing. The arts, creative practice and the human imagination are all agents of wellness, they encourage resilience, flourishing and in mental health are an established means of aiding recovery. You will examine concepts of psychotherapy, while developing creative skills and applying this to supporting the work of others. This programme is not open to students requiring a Student visa to study in the UK. The FdA Creative Arts for Health and Wellbeing has relevance to wide range of job roles, including: Community arts, Charities, Care organisations, Behaviour support, OT assistants, Therapeutic Arts assistant, Art technician On completion of the Foundation Degree you can progress to a one-year BA (Hons) (Progression Route) to gain your full BA Hons degree at East Coast College; BA (Hons) Applied Care Practice BA (Hons) Creative Arts Practice