Young people’s deteriorating mental health and the shortage of support is well documented and has been even more affected by the last year of COVID restrictions meaning many have struggled to re-enter the school environment and engage effectively with learning. We work with small groups of pupils, both primary and secondary, who are referred to AT The Bus by school. These are the most vulnerable and disengaged pupils who struggle with their learning and their peers.

We provide art as therapy to support young people's wellbeing and mental health, focusing on resilience and transformation. Art can reach parts of us that are inaccessible to other ways of communication. Art is medicine for our deeper selves. What better way to provide health giving opportunities than for it to come to you in a bus like a scanner for your psyche. — Grayson Perry CBE RA