“If you have the words, there’s always a chance that you’ll find the way.” – Seamus Heaney
Accessible self-empowered care for the tough days.
Stories are at the heart of what we do at The Tapestry Project. Discover identity, agency and develop practical self-support skills through our programmes intentionally designed to deepen individual and community capacities and capabilities for better wellbeing.
Some evidence-based benefits:
- improving health and interpersonal relationships
- reducing stress
- improving recovery and health outcomes
- increasing self-awareness through cognitive and emotional expression
- lowering absenteeism
- improving mood and work performance
Be empowered. Come experience the science behind the art of written expression by signing up for one of our programmes!
: Our Programmes
Weaving together the expressive arts and narrative practice, Re:Story is a non-clinical, process-driven programme that involves more than just pen and paper. Developed with psychologists, educators and social workers, Re:Story facilitates personal storying, allowing participants to articulate, and bear witness to strengths-focused narratives – theirs and others’.
Supports: Students & Young Adults • Peer Supporters • Caregivers • Persons-in-recovery
Duration/frequency: 1.5 hours x 4 sessions or 3 hours x 2 sessions. (Min. 15pax.)
(This programme is supported by the BlueStar fund, administered by The Majurity Trust, for youths 13-17 years old.)
This beginners workshop lays the foundation for safe journaling as a practical and accessible tool for self-care and catharsis when we hold space for ourselves.
Supports: All individuals with little to no journaling experience, who want to learn about journaling as a form of self-care.
Duration / frequency: 1.5 hours, online or in-person. (Min. 15pax.)
Unravel the real-life complexities of mental health in the workplace. Supported by the National Youth Council and research by Common Ground and Studio Dojo, Crossroads is a workshop where “reader-players” experience the story as an intern, a work buddy or a manager in Tapestry’s first choice-making interactive fiction platform. Discussions about choices and dilemmas regarding mental health in the workplace will be facilitated.
Supports: Tertiary attachments and internships • Fresh graduates • Young adults in career transitions • Human Resource, employee wellbeing teams.
Duration / frequency: 1.5 to 2 hours, single session (Min. 15pax.)
Community plays an important role in supporting wellbeing.
Journal freestyle and bond in a safe environment. These casual sessions are facilitated by Tapestry’s prompts, intentionally designed to foster conversation and connectedness.
Supports: People who want to make journaling a regular habit and form new connections. Great for team bonding, festivals and events.
Next Sojourners Session:
Journaling x Forest Bathing: 25 February 2024, 2.30pm – 5pm Sign Up Here!
We care about our storytellers long after their stories are told.
A safe space for our community writers to strengthen their craft and engage in mental health discourse, The Writers Circle is about solidarity and support as writers gather to share their processes in writing about their mental health journeys.
Supports: Our community of Tapestry writers and storytellers
Please email us to register.
We conduct talks and sharing sessions that build mental health literacy with institutes of higher learning, private and public sector agencies and ground-up initiatives.
Duration / frequency: 1.5 hours, online or in-person, upon request with a cap of 100pax.
What our participants say
“Tapestry programmes allow me to understand the fragile side of me and how do I manage it. It also teaches me that writing down what I felt is not to remind me of my pain but to constantly remind that “I’ve been through and is now someone stronger or better”. Of course, not to make same mistake again. Tapestry is not the end of journalling down my mental health of journalling but a kick start of journalling for the rest of my life. Living my life to the fullest. On behalf of JS2101B, a big thank you Nicole and team.”
— Mason Ong (Fabian)
“To be honest , it is fun to know about journalling as it is my first-time doing journalling and what I have learnt about this program is I have learnt how to cope with your problems by sketching up your own feelings in your journal and try to cope with it. What are some of the learning points that I know, there is a wider perspective on journalling, and it is helpful to learnt new concept.”
— Intan
*While writing is a therapeutic process, please note that these workshops are not therapy sessions and do not seek to replace professional mental health services.