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Our mission and values

Create Paisley’s mission is to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing through the arts and creativity.

Our mission Our values

Support a young person’s wellbeing

We create safe, welcoming spaces, where you can relax, be yourself, talk to a supportive adult or develop new friendships. Our youth work team are experienced youth work practitioners, with training in trauma-informed approaches, and mental health first aid.

 

 

Pathways to leadership and empowerment

For young people to have more of a say in how Create Paisley runs. This includes the content and themes of future sessions, but also opportunities to:

  • join a Youth Forum
  • plan events and campaigns
  • to gain Awards
  • to become a Young Volunteer.

Be creative

Many of our team are also artists, with skills in art, crafts, music and drama. They love to collaborate with young people to unleash their creativity.

We provide opportunities for our young people to share their work more widely – e.g through murals, exhibitions, ‘zines and digitally.

Our Values

  • Creativity

    People create things all the time. A doodle, an idea, a joke or a tune.

    We aim to spark the creativity that is inside everyone.

    We want creativity to be more than a hobby, to be a core part of who we are, and how we express ourselves.

  • Community

    We all have worth and are made for meaningful relationships.

    At Create Paisley, we aim to foster a community of diverse people who build bridges, work together and inspire each other.

    We invest our energy, time, hope in each other, the young people of Renfrewshire and beyond.

  • Confidence

    We all have a purpose for our lives, to succeed, to feel confident in who we’re made to be, to live whole lives and have a hope for the future.

    We want to see young people and a wider community of confident people, living their lives to the fullest and bringing hope to others.

  • Voice

    Everyone has a voice, a way of seeing the world. We all have something different to say and a different way to say it but every voice is important.

    We want everyone to find their voice, to be listened to and know that they can positively change things.

“I feel happy here. I have made a lot of friends and find a lot of joy here.”

Young person, Paisley drop-in

“You can come here and just be yourself.”

Young person, Johnstone High School lunch club