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Creative Arts Therapies Space CIC

Membership number 9615

Location: Edinburgh Sector: Mental Health & Wellbeing | Creative Arts | Community Development Company Type: Community Interest Company (CIC, Limited by Guarantee)

About Us

Creative Arts Therapies Space (CATS) is a collective of HCPC-registered art, music, and drama therapists offering accessible and affordable psychotherapy within a creative, community-based environment.

Founded to bridge the gap between public and private therapy provision, CATS provides sliding-scale access to therapy, low-cost space for community groups, and creative wellbeing programmes designed to reduce isolation and promote belonging through the arts.

Aims and Objectives

Accessibility: Reduce financial and systemic barriers to therapy through a no-means-tested, trust-based sliding-scale and pay-what-you-can pathways.
Community Impact: Offer free or low-cost spaces for community-led art and wellbeing initiatives once sustainability thresholds are met.
Collaboration: Build partnerships with local organisations, schools, and charities to support mental health through creativity.
Professional Development: Provide affordable workspaces and peer supervision opportunities for early-career and established creative arts therapists.
Sustainability: Reinvest all surplus into CATS development and CATS Fund to subsidise therapy, community projects, and accessibility improvements.

What We Offer

1:1 art, music, and dramatherapy
Time-Limited Therapy (12-session, pay-what-you-can model launching January 2026)
Creative community workshops and wellbeing programmes
Affordable room hire for therapists, charities, and local creative initiatives

How to Access or Collaborate

Self-referral for therapy via Referral Form
Partnership and room-hire enquiries via our Contact Page

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