ORIGAMI PULSE CIC is a registered Community Interest Company that passionately believes in creativity for mental health and well-being. We are experts at teaching Origami, which has been central to our activities, supporting the most vulnerable since 2017. Having experienced the benefits first-hand, we passionately believe in the benefits of Origami for mental health and well-being. We are a highly motivated, experienced, and enthusiastic team that set up the social enterprise based on our personal experiences of how folding paper drastically improved our mental health during difficult times.
ORIGAMI
Our work is more relevant than ever during and beyond the pandemic and in challenging times with the cost of living. We demonstrate how to discover origami and how being creative can calm the mind using any piece of paper with resources, free films and workshops.
Offering origami brings connection and community as a practical tool to help lift mood and bring much-needed comfort, joy and creativity.
In 2024, we are extending our offer to include other creative activities for mental health and well-being, including Japanese-inspired arts and crafts, such as Ikebana, kintsugi, and making Japanese patterns; this offer is available only in Sefton, Merseyside.
Improving Life, One-Craft at a time…
Our Vision
Our vision is a world where origami and other creative forms are routinely used as a catalyst for both mental and physical health recovery, well-being and promotion of community spirit.
Our Values
Sustainability, social inclusion, environmentally friendly products, financially ethical.
- Inclusive, welcoming people from all social groups, particularly minorities and the vulnerable.
- Sustainable through commissions and workshops.
- Environmentally friendly by sourcing and using recycled materials.
- To be financially ethical by using reinvestment policies, whereby surplus profits return to the business for buying materials and running subsidised workshops.
Our Aims
- To provide subsidised, bespoke workshops across the UK introducing the art and science of origami to all, particularly to the vulnerable and our children.
- To provide subsidised, bespoke creative activities across the UK for all, particularly for the vulnerable people and our children.
- To apply for funding to deliver free workshops remotely in collaboration with charities and disadvantaged groups to help foster community.
- Collate resources and create designs to encourage people of all ages to pick up paper and try their hand at origami.
“felt very excited and inspired” — patient
We are all proud members of The British Origami Society, helping to spread the word about origami.
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