We are Gill and Graham Williams, and we are the guardians of Artie.

We have plans to grow Artie’s work, not just with the teddies, but with specially written short stories too. Through our storybooks, we believe that Arties work can be carried to many more children.

Artie’s storybooks will be available both for free and downloadable from Artie’s website; or in print for a small fee.

Our storybooks will also be brandable to health authorities and other organisations.

We’ve been involved with developing children’s creative work, and children’s education resources, for many years.

One of our specialisms has been creating resources which help children to develop positive attitudes for specific topics – especially road safety, heritage and health education.
When we bought the original Emotional Support Bears we did so specifically to develop Artie’s role working alongside children’s health professionals.

We have a 2 year Development Plan, which is now moving into creating our storybooks strategy.

Our ARTIEBEARWORLD.co.uk website is where we now sell our teddy bears. Income from those will go wholly to help fund Artie’s work with children, as we’ve described it here.

We’ve brought together a team of creatives to work with us, so watch this space!

Artie Bear’s new work will be funded by us personally, with additional support from our Fun Colouring Packs project.

Gill and Graham Williams