Creative experiences that heal, connect and inspire
NINE RED Presents… (CIC) is a long-established community interest company rooted in creativity, care and social impact. Founded in 2006 and recognised with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2016, the organisation reinvests its income into arts, wellbeing and community-centred support.
Through poetry, visual art, sound, movement, installation and public engagement, NINE RED creates work that helps people feel seen, heard and connected. Across its work, this comes together through three simple ideas: Think Art. Think Therapy. Think 9 Red.
From bespoke commissions to healing-centred workshops and community programmes, NINE RED creates work with depth, beauty and purpose.
Why audiences, partners and communities choose NINE RED
NINE RED offers a rare combination of artistic excellence, social purpose and healing-centred practice.
Creative problem solving
NINE RED responds to real community needs with imaginative, carefully shaped work rooted in listening, empathy and action.
Its projects are designed to spark thought, build confidence and create meaningful social change through artistic practice.
Innovative project design
Participant-led activity, creative learning and wellbeing-centred delivery sit at the heart of the organisation’s approach.
This allows projects to feel both artistically rich and genuinely supportive to the people taking part.
Changing perceptions
NINE RED’s work is grounded in the belief that everyone deserves dignity, opportunity, creativity and a chance to flourish.
That value-led foundation gives the work warmth, integrity and lasting relevance.
Connected platforms, shared purpose
The wider NINE RED world brings together creative services, healing practice, publishing and community-led projects under one distinctive vision.
Think Art
NINE RED’s art offer includes bespoke visual work, soundwork, prose, immersive activity and installation-led experiences.
This makes the organisation especially well suited to commissions, cultural programming, public engagement and place-based creative work.
Think Therapy
The therapeutic strand is framed through Art as Medicine: a healing-centred approach using creativity to support emotional wellbeing, trauma recovery and self-expression.
This work sits within a broader commitment to supporting people affected by violence, poor mental health and exclusion from mainstream spaces.
Think 9 Red
Together, these strands form a body of work that is artist-led, culturally aware and shaped with care.
For partners and commissioners, that means a creative collaborator with both vision and substance.
Where creativity meets healing
The Art as Medicine strand is a multidimensional practice drawing together poetry, creative craft, movement, reflection and expressive arts approaches.
Within that practice, Words Chose Me is shaped by story, colour, sound, movement and emotional understanding, creating experiences that are imaginative, restorative and deeply human.
This enables workshops and creative sessions that can be adapted for wellbeing spaces, community programmes, cultural settings and public events.
The Whispering Wick
A sensory candlemaking experience shaped by light, colour, aroma and intention, designed to encourage release, reflection and creative focus.
The Energy Bar
A create-your-own candle or cosmetic station offering custom blends, reusable containers and a hands-on wellbeing experience.
The Artful Nature
A nature-inspired creative activity using natural materials to support collaboration, imagination and shared making.
Expressive art therapies
A blended approach using poetry, narrative, movement and symbolic process to create spaces for reflection, healing and growth.
Programmes grounded in lived experience
These programmes are shaped for people who may be navigating trauma, exclusion, inequality or complex life experiences.
Through creative participation, reflective practice and carefully held spaces, the work supports confidence, voice and connection.
- Squash It: arts in athletics activity supporting resilience, confidence and belonging.
- Be Heard!: a strand centred on visibility, support and advocacy.
- Women’s Listening Circles: reflective community spaces rooted in listening and care.
- MVAWG & AVS: long-term survivor-led support shaped from community need.
Medu Neter
A public learning offer exploring ancient writing systems, language heritage and the roots of literary expression.
Healing-centred facilitation
Sessions are shaped to support expression, confidence and emotional safety through creative participation.
Participation with purpose
Creative activity is used not only to inspire, but to strengthen agency, belonging and connection.
People, places and spaces
Across programmes, commissions and public work, the aim is to transform environments as well as experiences.
Projects, commissions and creative programmes
Explore a range of work shaped through art, storytelling, healing practice and community collaboration.
Sew, Sow & So…
A creative invitation into making, sharing and connection.
Be Heard!
A space for voice, visibility and support.
Colours of Morning
A visual expression of atmosphere, memory and feeling.
The Other 33
A storytelling project shaped through culture, folklore and voice.
For commissions, partnerships and community programmes
NINE RED works with organisations, partners and communities seeking creative work that is thoughtful, beautifully delivered and grounded in care.
This includes commissions, workshops, cultural programmes, community partnerships and healing-centred projects.
NINE RED brings creativity, care and cultural insight into one connected practice, offering work that is thoughtful, restorative and made to leave a lasting impression.