Mental Health and Wellbeing

Sanctuary Queer Arts is committed to supporting those we work with in terms of mental health and wellbeing. We recognise that the arts offers a space to be your unique self, explore your identity and form, challenge and express your throughts, feelings, attitudes and opinions.

Being open in any process, as an artist or audience member, can be an exposing experience so, with our desire to ensure safety in all our spaces, we have developed underpinning resources and support across our work.

We continue to collborate with Pure Potential Scotland to develop and deliver our wellbeing support to artists that underpins our work.

Find out more about Pure Potential Scotland, their services and work here.

August 2024: Sanctuary is offering counselling sessions with our mental health and wellbeing partner Pure Potential Scotland to QTPOC artists and anyone affected by the recent rise in fascism in the UK.

Get in touch at hello@sanctuaryqueerarts.com. No questions will be asked. This email is monitored by only one member of the team and you will be referred directly to our contact person at Pure Potential Scotland.

As part of our Mental Health and Wellbeing Research we have created a directory of assorted support services. You can access this document by clicking below.

In our pilot year we developed what Sanctuary’s support could be to those we work with through the Grants for Youth Theatre fund from Youth Theatre Arts Scotland. We are greatful too to Saerlaith Uaid Ní Dhuibhir for researching and compiling our support directory.