Creativity, culture and heritage as tools for better health.

Cayr is a public health charity working across the UK.

About Us 
what we do

We design and deliver arts, culture and heritage programmes that improve health and reduce inequalities. We work with communities across the UK, and the creative work that comes out of those programmes goes on to advocate for health equity and change.

Our Programmes

We run programmes across the UK using arts, culture and heritage to improve health and bring communities together. See the work we're currently doing.

An art gallery with wooden floors and beige walls, displaying colorful hanging sculptures and artwork on tables.
Street scene with a street market, a Santander bank branch, and colorful street signs in London, England. 
NatureHood 
Pink Stitch
Calverton Calling

Participatory textile arts for women living with and beyond breast cancer.

A group of people seated around a table in a room listening to a woman standing and speaking. There are papers, pamphlets, and colorful paper on the table in the foreground. The room has windows with curtains, a piano, and various decorations.
A town entrance sign for Calverton, featuring a church, colorful flowers, and images of a tower, a bridge, and machinery, with a sunset sky in the background. 
dementia café

Young people and communities connecting with nature in Westminster

A monthly creative café for people living with dementia in Quinton, Birmingham.

A community oral history project rooted in Calverton, Nottinghamshire.

I've only been involved in walking to raise money for breast cancer charities but with Pink Stitch I really felt part of something bigger than just me doing it alone.

— Pink Stitch Participant

Colorful ribbons hanging vertically with heart-shaped and rectangle-shaped paper notes attached, some with drawings and words like 'Hope' and 'Love'.

Make a Donation

Cayr programmes are free for everyone who takes part. Your donation is what makes that possible, helping us reach more people, in more places, with work that genuinely makes a difference.
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A stitched cloth decoration with a yellow sun, blue and green clouds, and the embroidered word 'Laugh' in black, attached to a green ribbon.