The Body Hotel
THE BODY HOTEL STUDIOS:
ARTS, HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE
SUPPORT US & BECOME AN ARTS WELLBEING TRENDSETTER, ADVOCATE, PATRON OR INNOVATOR!
The Body Hotel was created in 2020 and provides wellbeing services through the arts for the NHS, community organisations and international charities. We initially only focused on dance/movement for wellbeing, but are starting new collaborations with arts therapists and arts, health and wellbeing practitioners across Wales. The arts therapies combine drama, dance/movement, art and music with psychotherapy techniques to support people of all ages and abilities. Arts, health & wellbeing projects help decrease the stigma of mental health services. At The Body Hotel, our services are designed with diversity, equality and inclusion at their heart, with a particular focus on creating safe, nurturing environments that are multicultural and LGBTQ+ affirmative .
We are ready to scale up but we need your help to do it! We have found some premises where we would love to offer in-person services, private session hire for arts therapies and serve as an arts community mental health hub.
Our goal
To create a community of arts therapists and arts health & wellbeing practitioners harboured under one roof and offer space to community organisations in Wales.
We have identified a space that we'd like to try and get, and these premises would have:
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Two visual art studios,
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Dance/movement/drama space,
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Meeting space,
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Telehealth/supervision space for clients to conduct sessions with privacy
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Access to a rooftop where we could build a community garden (long term plan)
The space will have the capacity to hold 36 sessions a week and serve up to 100-200 clients per week, with expansion capacity. Safe spaces which focus for LGBTQ+ people are rare in Cardiff and in Wales. The community organisations we work with have been and continue to be a key consultant into the design of the space and shaping the delivery of the services.
We have begun crowdfunding efforts to acquire the space. We have a bit of savings, but need £70,000 to cover the building deposit and improvements such as flooring, divisions and insulation for privacy. We can provide financial projections, our business plan and our proposal if you need more information. Just send us an email via thebodyhotel@gmail.com or via the social media information below.
How you can help?
The Body Hotel Studios is an innovative and unique concept. Our goal is to provide a safe, multicultural space in which arts, health and wellbeing offerings are accessible. All services of the company uphold strong values of equality, diversity and inclusion, are LGBTQ+ affirmative and trans-inclusive. Its special focus on being LGBTQ+ affirmative makes it particularly important, as such spaces are rare in Cardiff and Wales. To help the Body Hotel obtain this space is to contribute to improving quality of life for communities and helping decrease the stigma of mental health and contribute to the amazing work done by community organisations.
There are two categories in which you can get involved:
1. Sponsorship (Arts Wellbeing Trendsetter, Advocate or Patron (Direct link to Crowdfunding Website)
2. Becoming an arts, health and wellbeing collaborator and come work in our space (LINK to info below)
Supporting Us: Categories & Perks
Sponsorship
All Donations
Arts Wellbeing Trendsetter
Help us create a community mental health hub in Cardiff for our arts, health & wellbeing projects and offer arts therapies support!
This is an open link for you to make a donation of any amount which will help support our day to day work. You will get some awesome perks which include sessions, resources and some movement thank-yous! All donations will be towards the deposit for purchasing the centre. You can help make this hub a dream come true! We are also creating a pay-it-forward scheme to fund arts therapy sessions for people who are unable to access these services.
Are you an organisation looking to support arts, health and wellbeing? Please email us for our corporate sponsorship package.
Arts Therapists + Arts Health & Wellbeing Practitioners:
Pre-hire and get space at a discount for the year!
£5,000
Arts Wellbeing Innovator
Space Hire Pre-Buy
(Visual Art)
The space will have two art therapy /visual art for wellbeing spaces with a nearby sink. We will work closely with arts therapists and arts, health & wellbeing practitioners to make this space welcoming and suitable for the work. By pre-buying your space for the year, you can help us meet our deposit goal, and also get cool perks!
£5000 will guarantee your space for 1 day a week for a year when we get the space, which is a discount of 20%! You save £1250 a year if you pre-buy with us. That's less than £100 per day (£13/hour)! Non-discounted cost is £6250. (See T&Cs or Table below for detailed cost calculations) Spaces are suitable for individual sessions/couples therapy and measure approx 10 sq metres, 100 sq ft
If you want the space for more than one day, we can chat and see what we can offer.
Perks -
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Priority in hire schedule bookings
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Private locker for art materials (subject to availability)
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Small allocation of garden space in roof terrace
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Free attendance to two The Body Hotel public workshops per year (see T&Cs)
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10% discount to any community events open to the public
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Participation in consultation on design requirements of the spaces
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Community of arts therapists and access to wider community
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Use of shared meeting spaces
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Online booking tool
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Kitchenette
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If we don't get the deposit together or the space, we return the money to you.
The space will have a lovely drama/movement studio where you can hold your dance/movement psychotherapy or drama/dance/movement, health & wellbeing sessions. By pre-buying your space for the year, you can help us meet our deposit goal, and get cool perks!
It will guarantee your space for 1 day a week for a year when we get the space at 20%! You save £1500 in rental hire if you pre-buy with us - Original cost is £7500. That's less than £120/day - £16/hour which is way under most rental bookings in Cardiff, which go for £25-50£! (See T&Cs and Table below) Space is approximately 40 sq meters/ 430 sq ft. If you want the space for more than one day, we can chat and see what we can offer.
Perks -
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Priority in hire schedule bookings
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Private locker for art materials (subject to availability)
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Small allocation of garden space in roof terrace
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Free attendance to two The Body Hotel public workshops per year (see T&Cs)
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10% discount to any community events open to the public
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Participation in consultation on design requirements of the spaces
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Community of arts therapists and access to wider community
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Use of shared meeting spaces
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Online booking tool
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Kitchenette
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Risk free: If we don't get the deposit together or the space, we return the money to you.
£6,000
Arts Wellbeing Innovator
Space Hire Pre-Buy
(Dance & Drama )
£720 (per year)
Arts Wellbeing Innovator
Space Hire Pre-Buy
(Music Monthly Group )
The aim is for the space will have a monthly music therapy or community music wellbeing group. Due to storage constraints for instruments, we wouldn't be able to host weekly sessions, but we want to include music in our offerings. We can offer a 3-hour monthly workshop for you. Our aim is to partner with local music therapy organisations to share resources and collaborate.
This pre-buy would offer a 20% discount on a three hour block for our monthly group held either on Friday or Saturday of each month, with a discounted rate of £60/half day (£20/hour),
If you have other requests or ideas, please get in touch and we can tailor this for you!
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Click on our Sponsor or Pre-Hire button.
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Select which tier you are interested in and fill out and sign our Sponsor Form
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We will send you our bank information. You will be prompted via our link.
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