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Artizan International - makers of handmade cards, jewellery, accessories, gifts and homewares in Harrogate, Peru, and Ecuador
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Creative Workshops

​Every day of the week we hold creative workshops for people with disabilities to access arts and crafts activities. 

Social inclusion and friendship are vital to our members living with a wide range of disabilities and the creative skills they gain are invaluable.

Our workshops include art, clay, craft, textile, card making, screen printing and mosaics.

All of our sessions include wellbeing elements and of course tea breaks to share successes and challenges, and to support our members holistically. Our incredible team of volunteers helps to support not only artistic progress but also to promote positive mental health.

Book here.
A creative session attendee's painting.
A creative session attendee's pencil drawing of a spider.
A hand is holding a paintbrush and painting a pink background around some stencilled leaves.

​Crafty Llamas

Every Monday in term time we provide a free after school club for children aged 11-15 to create a full range of arts and crafts in a friendly and supported environment. Having access to friends in a place where being “different” is normal is vital for our young artists.​

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​Llama Lounge

Every fortnight we run a youth club called the Llama Lounge, for young adults with disabilities to access fun activities with other young people, to make friends and have fun.

Every other Thursday evening, our cafe space transforms into a youth club for disabled 16-25 year olds.  
Disco, Nintendo DS games, Lego, jewellery making, games night and more create a safe space for young people to hang out together.

Each session costs £5 to attend and includes refreshments 

Young volunteers help us to run the Llama Lounge which gives them some incredible experience in completing their DofE but it's life changing for our disabled young adults to be engaged in activities with people their own age. These opportunities are so rare and special and make our Llama Lounge unique.

​Book here.

​Mosaics for schools

Our school mosaic project has successfully educated thousands of children and teaching staff all over Yorkshire about disabilities and created some stunning mosaics since its launch in 2017.

We visit 3 or 4 schools every year with our disabled artists and spread the word about life with disabilities and how to live life as a good able ally for the disabled community, as well as creating some stunning mosaics with the children for their schools. We have created stepping stone paths, obelisks for commemorative gardens, art for playground walls and decorated sensory spaces for SEN departments.
We visit every school for approx. 6 weeks to work together on a journey of transformation of not only attitudes but of the mosaic that we create together too.

If you would like our team to visit your school, get in touch to book your place today.

​​​Book here.
PictureFive smaller photos of children and staff working on a mosaic saying Willow Tree Primary School. In the centre of the mosaic there is a picture of a tree growing out of a book.
Artizan International, our Shop
39 Oxford Street
Harrogate
HG1 1PW
UK

Artizan Cafe & Creative Space
4 Nidderdale House
Cambridge Road
Harrogate
​HG1 1NS
​UK

Artizan Peru, Crafts Centre & Cafe 
202 Calle Espinar
Yanahuara
Arequipa
Peru 

Artizan Ecuador, Crafts Training Centre
San Pablo De Chila
Santo Domingo De Los Tsatchilas
Ecuador 

Registered charity number: 1160494
Telephone (UK)
01423 561556
01423 509251​

Opening Hours (UK)
Shop: Mon - Fri, 10:00 - 16:30
            Sat 10:00 - 17:00
Café: Mon - Sat, 09:30 - 16:00
Services for our disabled members:
Mon - Sat, 09:00 - 16:00
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  • About
  • Shop
  • UK
    • Cafe
    • Creative Workshops
    • Training Cafe
    • Artizan Organics Enterprise
  • Ecuador
  • Peru
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Become an Artizan Angel
    • Corporate Support
  • Donate
  • Contact
  • Blog