Empowering creativity to support Mental Health
About us
Established in 2005, Leaving Scars was built as an entertainment platform focused on gaming. In 2019, the company was refocused on building a foundation focused on empowering creativity to support mental health by working with organizations to build a connection through creativity and education to improve quality of life across the world.
Mission
Empowering creativity to support mental health.
Vision
Leaving Scars vision is to work as a conduit to enable people to use their creative wits to develop an outlet for expression within their communities.
Creativity Crisis
Today, digital transformation has led to instant access to entertainment and worry. Our phones have become integral to our lives. With that, we spend much less time using our creativity to refocus and grow while we indulge in stimulating our minds through toxicity. Mental health suffers when we do not use our gifts as an outlet for our soul.
A researcher at the University of William and Mary analyzed 300,000 Torrance Test scores since the '50s. She found that creativity scores began to nosedive in 1990. She concluded that we're now facing a 'creativity crisis,
Worldwide, the average person spends a total of 6 hours and 57 minutes looking at a screen each day.
In 2020, there were an estimated 1.20M suicide attempts.
Our Impact
Through networking
We continue to work with communities, artist and organizations to develop outlets for creativity to promote the benefits of stimulating Mental Health through Creativity.
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10,000+
People reached
Our outreach has allowed us to digitally expand without the need to scale locally.
10+
Countries
We have worked with people and organizations from over 10 countries.
Our Focus
Working hand-in-hand with communities to build outlets of creativity to promote mental health
Seminars/Partnerships
Publishing
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In the midst of the pandemic, thousands of people were stripped of their rights, privileges and ability to express themselves. With your generosity, we can help rebuild the creative outlets to enhance your mental health. Your support will help support our team in bringing you the best experience.