Creative Communities

Celebrating 150 years of Aberlour through the power of creativity!

At Aberlour Children’s Charity we believe that everyone should have access to creative opportunities.

We know that cultural and artistic activities can spark imaginations, build relationships, grow confidence and skills, help us express ourselves, and best of all, feel good!

All rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) are equally important and interconnected. If one right isn’t respected it can affect the others. Rights such as Article 31 (a child’s right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities) are fundamental and it’s important that we recognise this.

Creative Communities focused on giving Article 31 centre stage in our 150th celebrations by offering our babies, children, young people, and families the opportunity, support, resources, and space to unleash their creativity.

As a jumping of point the creators were asked to think about things that were important to them. Here is a catalogue of the creations we received. Not everyone wanted to express their ‘why’ through words. As with all artistic expressions, working that out might have to be left up to the viewers own interpretation and imagination!

Thank you to Aaron, Anna, Lewis and Hope from our services in Perth and Kinross whose artistic projects are not listed here. Watch out for their projects which will be shown on other channels.

We’re grateful to all our creators who have taken part in this project, some of which are showcased in this brochure.