The encased (pink) hand hasn’t held me back completely. In addition to the many recent training days and school visits, we have also managed to enjoy some other events.

We had the opportunity to work alongside the Cornwall Literacy team and a select group of teachers from three secondary schools in developing a transition project to take place in 2009. This will integrate some of the visual Literacy ideas and MYST elements alongside Softease’s “Honeycomb“, an integrated set of online creativity and collaboration tools that work through the Internet.

I was also honoured to be invited to North Somerset’s “Find Your Talent” launch. This included a performance of World at our Door, a collection of 5 songs written, by myself, Caro and Tim Barrett. This was originally commissioned for a performance at the Millennium Dome in 2000.

North Somerset has been chosen as one of 10 pilot areas in the country for a government initiative called ‘Find Your Talent’.

The £25 million programme aims to give young people the chance to encounter a range of high-quality cultural experiences for five hours a week both in and outside school.

The scheme will trial different ways of offering young people a range of cultural experiences both within schools and in professional art settings. Different approaches will be used, based on partnerships between schools, local authorities and arts organisations, so that creative practitioners will spend time in schools, as well as children getting the chance to gain experience outside the classroom.