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Rowan Studio: for more information on any of the following contact Dr Sue Jennings on 01458 830434

* Glastonbury calendar - ‘Dionysus: Greek stories and masks’ - Spring School, 5-10 Aug 2002 ‘The Healing Tree’ - Summer School, 13 Oct 2002 ‘Restage your life’ - life changes and personal development (2), 8 Dec 2002 ‘Mandalas’ - theory, practice and personal growth

* Manchester calendar - 14-15 June 2002 ‘Journeys and landscapes’ - new stories and personal growth, 22-23 Nov 2002 ‘Dramatherapy and playtherapy basics’ - an introduction

Dr Ann Cattanach ‘Carline Workshops’ held in Kingussie in the Highlands exploring the use of play and drama to promote well-being: for more information contact Ann Cattanach on tel: 01540 661554 e-mail: Ann.Cattanach@btinternet.com

* 7-8 June 2002 ‘In the beginning the world was slime’ - sensory explorations with children, 29 July - 2 Aug 2002 ‘The Green Dog: Love loyalty and terror in the Highlands’ - legends and stories, 14 Sept 2002 ‘Developing Resilience through imaginative play’ - working with groups and

individuals, 12-13 Oct 2002 ‘I don’t get it’ -

helping children mystified by social interaction

* Scottish Arts Therapies Forum (SATF) AGM will be held on 11th May 2002 at the Eric Liddell Centre (3rd Floor), 15 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4DP at 11am until 12.15pm. It will be followed by a key note speech from Jacqui Lunday, AHP (Allied Health Professions) Officer, until 1pm when a free buffet will be served. Contact Cathy Wilson at cathywilson@connectfree.co.uk or on 0131 667 7347

In 2001, the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) commissioned the Scottish Arts Therapies Forum (SATF) to develop 5 regional projects for inclusion in their Action Research Proposal for the Arts Therapies in Mental Health (ARPAT). In response to the request for project proposals, the Art Therapists Chryssy Gibbs and Jill Mallison from Skye and Locahber respectively, together with myself (Helen Scott-Danter) - a Dramatherapist living in Skye - collaborated to propose an arts therapies service for children and young people in Skye, Lochalsh and Lochaber. While in Lochaber the project would work through primary care, here on Skye we proposed to work through the education system. The ARPAT proposal wanted the 5 chosen projects to act as pilot studies for possible future work and for the projects to collect evidence based research and also make links with the Arts in Health movement. Initial local research was highly enthusiastic of the project. The funding was due in April 2002 but disappointingly, due to changes within MHF, everything came under review and it will now be turned into a UK-wide project, which will be implemented sometime in 2003 should funding be successful. However, at a meeting held at MHF Scotland in early March, the 5 projects already chosen decided to set up a separate Scottish-wide proposal to be put forward to the Scottish Executive. On 22nd April we will be holding a video conference to try to take this further. I hope to be able to report further on this potentially exciting project at a later date.