Creative Wellbeing & Participation
2026-04-22 09:00 - 2027-01-27 14:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre, 2 Kendall Street, Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, 3126, Australia
Creative Wellbeing & Participation
Creative, inclusive and community-based sessions for young people
Kosmovision is offering a small-group creative wellbeing program at Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre for young people who benefit from supported participation, social connection and accessible creative experiences.
The program supports communication, confidence, emotional regulation, belonging and everyday participation through creative, sensory-aware and community-based activities. Sessions are guided by each participant’s interests, comfort, support needs and preferred ways of engaging.
Participants may take part in different ways, including observing, listening, choosing, creating, resting and rejoining at their own pace. Activities can be adapted to diverse communication styles, including AAC, non-verbal communication and mobility supports. Participants attend with their own 1:1 support workers.
Families have also expressed interest in strengthening everyday capacities such as life skills, literacy and numeracy. These can be gently supported through creative practice, shared routines, group participation and practical activities, rather than through formal classroom teaching.
What the program supports

Communication and self-expression
Confidence and agency
Attention and emotional regulation
Belonging and social connection
Creativity and imagination
Everyday capacities through participation

What a session may include

Arrival and settling-in time
Gentle creative and sensory-based activities
Storytelling, music, art-making and collaborative processes
Shared breaks and rest time
Everyday routines, transitions and supported decision-making
Community-based participation and group interaction

Program Details
Location: Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre
Schedule: Wednesdays, 9:00am – 2:00pm
Format: 5-hour community-based session
Support: Participants attend with their own 1:1 support workers
NDIS: Suitable for self-managed or plan-managed participants; may be invoiced under the participant’s relevant NDIS funding category for social and community participation, depending on goals and plan arrangements.
Enquiries and expressions of interest: contact@kosmovision.org.au

Storytelling & Expression
2026-05-08 09:00 - 2026-12-18 14:00
A narrative pathway within Creative Wellbeing & Participation
Storytelling & Expression is a community-based creative pathway for young people who may benefit from supported communication, storytelling, self-expression and inclusive participation. It offers accessible ways to explore voice, identity, authorship and connection through tactile, visual, sensory and digital methods.
This pathway welcomes participants with disability, AAC users, verbal participants, and young people with diverse communication, sensory, mobility or support needs. Storytelling is used as a flexible method for communication, identity expression, authorship and social participation.
What this pathway offers

Accessible storytelling through tactile, visual, sensory and digital methods
Open to AAC users, verbal participants and different communication styles
Low-pressure entry points into narrative, expression and authorship
Structured, community-based sessions that support social participation

About the pathway
Within Kosmovision’s wider creative wellbeing framework, this pathway uses storytelling as a flexible method for communication, identity expression, authorship and participation. Sessions may combine tactile, visual, sensory, object-based, performative and digital methods so that participants can engage in ways that are appropriate to their communication profile, preferred modes of expression and level of support.
The emphasis is not on technical mastery or formal media training, but on creating accessible opportunities for participants to communicate in multiple ways, develop stories and characters, express preferences and identity, and contribute to shared creative outcomes.
How sessions may work in practice

Morning sharing space using AAC, gesture, eye gaze, speech, objects, visuals or supported communication
Creative warm-up through low-demand sensory, visual, object-based or image-based invitations
Structured story activity supporting character-making, sequencing, scene-building or multimodal narrative development
Everyday participation through breaks, transitions, requests for help, turn-taking and supported decision-making
Reflection and documentation through photos, short clips, screenshots, captions or simple artist/story panels

Methods used across the pathway

Puppet and object storytelling
Stop motion and visual sequence
Sensory storytelling through sound, textures, mood and objects
Character, world and shared scene creation
Accessible digital storytelling tools such as Pictello, Canva, Book Creator and simple stop motion apps

What participants may explore

Communication through multiple modes, including AAC, gesture, visual, sensory and digital forms
Identity expression and symbolic representation
Sequencing, cause and effect, and narrative development
Confidence, authorship and supported decision-making
Social connection through shared storytelling
Belonging, visibility and participation in group processes

What this pathway helps support

Communication and expression
Identity expression and symbolic representation
Sequencing and narrative awareness
Confidence and authorship
Belonging and social participation
Visibility and shared creative outcomes

NDIS information
Suitable for self-managed or plan-managed participants. Sessions may be invoiced under the participant’s relevant NDIS funding category for social and community participation, depending on individual goals and plan arrangements.
Program dates: 8 May – 18 December 2026Ongoing small-group programFridays | 9:00am – 2:00pmCanterbury Neighbourhood Centre
Enquiries and expressions of interest
For enquiries or expressions of interest, please contact: contact@kosmovision.org.au
