Adolescent patients from around the hospital can attend the groupwork program for the opportunity to socialise with other patients in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Most activities are based around creative arts such as drawing, painting, sculpture, jewellery making, sewing etc but there's also competitions such as trivia, 'Minute to Win It' and 'Wheel of Fortune' or psychosocial and talking groups where we look at helpful life skills through creative activities.

We offer individual sessions to hospital patients too. The artists can work on individual projects with patients, either at their bedside or in the purpose-built arts room in the Adolescent Medicine department. 

The inpatient arts program artists coordinate community cultural development art projects each year. 

The outpatient youth arts program is run by our Youth and transition service.  We empower and promote holistic health-care access, utilising arts practice and projects to optimise health and wellbeing for young people living with chronic health conditions and disability.

This youth-led program works with clinical teams to find creative ways to communicate health care information, enhance health literacy, support young people to build skills in self-management and independence and improve access to services.