What we do

For residents, young people & everyone else:

We offer an engaging and inspiring free level 1 Business Start-up Training & Craft Skills for residents not engaged in education, employment or training (NEET). We cover Birmingham & Solihull. Wellbeing underpins all workshops and equip attendees with life skills, confidence building and low intensity exercise to promote an enriched life.

We also welcome those who are out of the labour market, with recent convictions, those
experiencing substance dependency, victims of domestic violence,
and those looking for an unconventional career path (entrepreneurial) and in underrepresented ethnic groups. We are zero tolerance to discrimination and promote inclusivity throughout our organisation.

We also partner with aspiring and established artists to create limited edition - luxury unisex t-shirts. This also gives them (inc. NEET) a chance to earn commission from sales.

You can register for free by contacting us or via one of our referral partnerships.

Our aim for each creative class is that by the end of each workshop, children will have a deeper understanding of the world of design and how their ideas are important. Every child will know that they have the ability to imagine, create, and bring something new into the world—and that their ideas matter!

For everyone else:

For those outside of the cohort, you can still benefit from our engaging and interactive and academically validated workshops at a complimentary price. these workshops are ongoing and can be scheduled at a time and date to suit you. We still have spaces available in 2023. Please remember places are limited.

For Children

We offer complimentary creative classes for children. We are in the process of extending our school curriculum to the community. Please stay tuned for launch dates.

By the end of the course, children will have a deeper understanding of the world of design and how their ideas are important. Every child will know that they have the ability to imagine, create, and bring something new into the world—and that their ideas matter!

  • Little Designers!

  • Design Explorers!

Design Explorers!

Course Title: Design Explorers: Unleash Your Inner Genius
Course Duration: 8 Weeks (1 session per month, 1.5 hours per session)
Overview:
Welcome to Design Explorers! In this course, everyone has the opportunity to be a genius. This is a space where creative ideas are celebrated, and every student is encouraged to think outside the box. Whether you’re designing a futuristic toy, a cool new app, or an eco-friendly backpack, your imagination is your only limit. Throughout this course, we’ll learn how designers solve problems, make the world more exciting, and create things that are useful, beautiful, and fun. Get ready to explore the world of design and unlock your own creative genius!

Little Designers

Course Title: Little Designers: Build, Create, and Imagine!
Target Age Group: 3-5 years old
Course Duration: 8 Weeks (1 session per week, 45 minutes per session)
Overview:
Welcome to Little Designers! This is a fun, hands-on course where young children will start their journey as designers. Through play, exploration, and creative projects, we’ll show them that everyone can be a designer! Whether they’re building, drawing, or imagining new things, their ideas are valuable. In this course, children will use their imagination, problem-solving skills, and creativity to design, build, and create things that could make the world a better place. Together, we’ll celebrate new ideas, work with different materials, and have fun being Little Designers!

Our Partners

Hope Valley Wellbeing Partner with a range of organisations to provide exciting and varied volunteer and paid work opportunities. Our partners are Rencare (children's residential care), Newlife (retail) & Dazzle & Fizz (promotions and social media).

Hope Valley Wellbeing also provide attendees with entrepreneurial opportunities into pop up stores across the country.

About Newlife

For more than 30 years Newlife have given brand new high street items a second chance in an environmentally sustainable way.

Brand new stock donated by our brand partners is processed and any branding removed to the agreed standard by dedicated Newlife staff and volunteers, before being sent to their online store and ten retail stores across the UK to be sold at discounted prices.

Our retail operation takes donated stock which would have otherwise been destined for landfill and gives it a new lease of life, in turn helping to raise vital funds for the charity.

Volunteer and paid employment roles examples: retail support, warehouse support, product lister, campaign opportunities, stock processor & much more.