Orchard Meadow School, Wesley Close, Oxford, OX4 6BG.Job name: Blackbird leys Art charity.PictureSales Ref: OX72113.Notes: The Art Room - a charity who work with Orchard Meadow School and across the Blackbird Academy Trust are announcing a three-year part
A CHILDREN'S mental health charity reportedly announced it will shut down its services, making half of its staff redundant.
The Art Room charity based in Oxford Spires Academy, Glanville Road, used art therapy to help boost children's confidence and self esteem.
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Place2Be – the parent charity that merged with The Art Room in 2018 – announced the organisation was not financially sustainable and blamed financial pressures and shrinking school budgets for the closure.
The mental health charity will operate in its current format until the end of March, and then all eight of its facilities will close.
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