Creative programmes rooted in poetry, healing and community voice
NINE RED Presents… (CIC) develops and delivers creative programmes that bring together poetry, literacy, visual art, performance, wellbeing and community participation.
Our work is shaped by story, cultural expression, reflection and healing-centred practice. We create experiences that are imaginative, restorative and grounded in real communities.
We work across schools, libraries, arts and cultural settings, public programmes, wellbeing spaces, family activity, community venues and partnership-led commissions.
Programmes with artistic quality and social purpose
Our approach combines creative excellence, emotional intelligence and public-facing relevance. Each programme is designed to be engaging, thoughtful and adaptable to the people and place it serves.
Poetry and literacy
We use poetry, writing, language and storytelling to support expression, confidence, reading culture and creative participation.
Healing-centred practice
Our work creates spaces for reflection, wellbeing, emotional restoration and meaningful connection through arts-based approaches.
Community and culture
We shape programmes that honour place, identity, heritage, belonging and lived experience, while building visibility and legacy.
BedfordSHARE
BedfordSHARE is Bedfordshire’s Poetry Together umbrella campaign. It brings people together through poetry, story, reflection, creativity, movement and shared cultural expression across the county.
It celebrates local identity, talent, heritage and aspiration, while creating space for people to honour their stories, discover their voices and contribute to a shared sense of belonging.
Within BedfordSHARE, Bedfordshire Voices sits as a key delivery strand and community rollout model, supporting participation, publication, performance and community celebration.
Community anthologies
Our anthology work creates space for communities to publish, share and preserve their voices. These programmes support reflection, confidence, creativity and collective storytelling.
Anthology strands can be developed around women’s voices, cultural identity, young people, place, healing, lived experience and intergenerational themes.
Artful Nature
Artful Nature is a creative nature-based programme for all ages, from early years to golden years. It brings together poetry, visual art, movement, storytelling, observation and wellbeing.
The programme can be adapted for nurseries, schools, families, community groups, adults, elders and intergenerational settings. It offers a slower, more reflective way of connecting with creativity and the natural world.
This strand also includes Artful Nature – Shinrin-yoku, with forest-bathing-inspired writing sessions and poetry walks shaped by landscape, calm and attentiveness.
Artful Nature
A creative programme rooted in poetry, visual art, seasonal making, movement and reflective engagement with the natural world.
The Whispering Wick
A sensory candlemaking experience shaped by light, colour, aroma and intention, designed for reflection, release and creativity.
The Energy Bar
A hands-on wellbeing and making experience where participants create custom blends through scent, colour and guided choice.
Expressive art therapies
Creative spaces that use poetry, story, movement and symbolic process to support reflection, healing and emotional growth.
Bespoke art and creative services
Alongside public programmes, we offer bespoke creative services through Art Undefined. These can support commissions, installations, workshops, participatory arts activity, theatre-based work and multidisciplinary creative delivery.
This is ideal for organisations seeking something tailored, collaborative and artist-led.
Art as Medicine
Our healing-centred offer is shaped through Art as Medicine. This work explores how creativity can support wellness, coping, emotional expression, calm, recovery and personal change.
It includes creative healing approaches, reflective practice, poetry and writing, movement, colour, sound and culturally rooted wellbeing experiences.
Programmes and connected offers
We design programmes that can stand alone or connect together as part of a wider partnership, season, campaign or community offer.
Bedfordshire Voices
A poetry and participation strand supporting local voice, reflective writing and community expression across Bedfordshire.
The Other 33
A cultural strand shaped around heritage, identity, language and belonging, with strong potential for anthology and public programme development.
Sew, Sow & So…
A creative invitation into making, sharing and connection through hands-on participation and imaginative facilitation.
Be Heard!
A voice-led offer centred on visibility, confidence, expression and community connection.
See previous work
If you would like to see how these ideas come to life in practice, visit the projects page for examples of earlier work, commissions, activities and creative delivery.
Whether you are looking for a literacy programme, creative wellbeing offer, anthology project, bespoke commission or community collaboration, we would be glad to explore what could be possible together.