The Pendle Leisure Trust

The Pendle Leisure Trust (PLT) was set up in 2000 when the local authority handed over all responsibility for managing leisure services. The council provides an annual subsidy which has been subject to cut backs. The Pendle Arts on Prescription programme was established in 2007. This programme is funded through a number of funding streams but their core budget still comes from the local authority through an adult learning budget and Target Wellbeing resource
(via Big Lottery). The programme provides twelve week arts and crafts courses, three times a year, in a number of community locations across Burnley, Pendle and Ribble Valley.
This arts on prescription programme provides art courses free of charge to adults suffering from depression, anxiety, isolation and low self-esteem. Courses include: mixed media and crafts, drawing, painting, glass, creative writing, journaling, cookery, cake baking and textiles. All of the courses are run by professional artists, who are experts in their own field but who also have a passion for helping others and understand how people who are feeling a bit fragile need to work at their own pace in a friendly and relaxed environment.