The Anxious Explorers - Vision Boarding

Anxious Explorers is a gentle, year-long project designed to help people step mildly outside their daily comfort zones, meet like-minded others, and build creativity and confidence into their routine. Together, we aim to end the year braver, more connected, and more open than we started.

This adventure:

November - Review & Planning; this month we want to get ahead of any New Years anxieties by reflecting on the year so far ahead of time, reviewing our feelings and meeting them head on & creating vision boards to manifest in the things we actually want for ourselves.

A workshop combining reviewing how the year has been so far with an element of vision boarding and planning for the year ahead to reach personal targets and hopefully avoid those end of year triggers.

Venue:

• The venue for this workshop is a converted arch until the railway bridge. You walk in to the gallery space, which sometimes has an exhibition on and sometimes is empty. You will find the workshop space at the back of the venue. Find out more about The Artery Studios https://thearterystudios.co.uk

• The Artery Studios, Arch 28 is a wheelchair friendly venue.

• The venue does have a wheelchair friendly toilet.

• If you haven't received an Anxious Explorers pack, we will give you one to take away so you may want a bag to carry this in.                          

• Obviously we can't control the temperature on the day so please do come prepared with layers to put on if cold or hot.

• The £5 fee will cover the workshop.    

• We provide a range of hot and cold drinks and some biscuits but please do bring your own options if preferred.

• Nearest parking can be found Cattle Market Car Park, The Butts, Worcester WR1 3NZ.

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...Each month, the Anxious Explorers Club will take on a small exploration; sometimes physical, sometimes creative, sometimes reflective, offering manageable challenges that encourage growth without pressure. These monthly outings and activities are designed for people who understand that anxiety happens, and who want a supportive community to try new things with, judgment-free.

Clear instructions and accessible information will always be provided in advance, helping to ease fears and give participants the confidence to join in. The project acknowledges the ways fear can hold us back: fear of the unknown, of getting things wrong, of change itself. Many of these fears are old childhood coping strategies that once protected us but now keep us stuck in familiar routines, repeating the same comforting habits even when they no longer serve us.

Anxious Explorers invites participants to gently unlearn these patterns, replacing fear with curiosity, creativity, and connection. By taking small, supported steps together, we hope to rediscover joy in new experiences, build resilience, and create a community of people who are willing to “have a go,” even when it feels scary.

Will you join us on a year of explorations, one small step at a time?

Calendar overview:

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December - Social Event; we will come together to celebrate the year’s achievements at a seasonal social event.

Throughout this project, participants will be invited to provide feedback at various stages. Upon completion, we will collate your responses along with insights gathered from your journals and sketchbooks in order to report back to Worcestershire County Council, as required under the terms of our project funding.

• All bookings are subject to organiser approval. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel bookings at our discretion.