EQUANIMITY ARTS FOUNDATION
A not for profit organisation offering creative wellbeing initiatives & arts therapy to those in need.
Creativity is the spark.
Connection is the foundation.
Together we thrive.
EqAF : Equanimity Arts Foundation
our purpose
Equanimity Arts Foundation Ltd (EqAF) is a Sydney-based not-for-profit organisation. We are dedicated to fostering an ecology of care by strengthening wellbeing, social connection and community participation through affordable creative therapies and creative culture initiatives for those most in need.
EqAF delivers evidence-based and engaging programs that promote healing, resilience, empowerment and belonging for individuals, communities and other not-for-profit organisations.
our mission
Our work is grounded in creative therapies expertise and facilitates expression as a powerful tool for healing, growth, improved mental health and wellbeing. It is our mission to make creative experiences available to all people in need of connection and therapeutic support.
our PROGRAMS
EqAF programs offer a safe, compassionate, and creative space for beneficiaries to process experiences, strengthen emotional resilience, and build confidence through guided artmaking and peer connection.
Our facilitators are registered practitioners and uphold the ethical and governance standards required for practising counsellors and art therapists.
EqAF’s programs promote:
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Connection and belonging
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Resilience and agency
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Emotional healing and psychological recovery
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Mental health support and wellbeing
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Empowerment through creative expression​
who we support
EqAF facilitates free or reduced cost counselling and creative therapies in one of two ways:
1. Direct application to EqAF where the beneficiary may need to provide evidence that they are a recipient of Commonwealth income support and/or hold a low-income Health Care Card.
2. Pre-arranged client groups through sponsorships, grants, partnerships with government and not for profit organisations serving client populations in need.
sponsors
Testimonials
×´ Art Therapy bought us together, drew out personal experiences and different perspectives...to hear wisdom, different but similar, was beneficial and healing.The session helped me to stop and reflect on me, to understand my feelings and the emotions I am experiencing and understand why I am having them.×´
"I found it beneficial to listen to the different emotional coping strategies in the group, their experience of similar situations, and how they express different emotions."
featured PROGRAMS
EqAF delivers tailored programs that benefit each participant cohort according to their needs.
spark & thrive - young women
An in-person project supporting females 18-24yrs with lived experience of out-of-home care and their transition to independent adulthood.
dementia: grief, loss & hope
Online & in-person, group or individual art therapy for partners, caregivers and familiy of people living with dementia. Find support, healing and connection.
Meet the Team
Equanimity Arts Foundation Ltd is a practitioner led, a not for profit company limited by guarantee. Our Board of Directors are volunteers committed to delivering therapeutic support to Australians in need.
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