Blink and you'll miss it.....

OK so I told a small untruth in my last posting, more than a week went past but it did go quickly - but I have made it back to keep you all updated!

It has been a hectic couple of weeks as we are in the middle of an office move as the Annexe is being redesigned into one big happy open plan office - the joys of it all! So we have been packing up our belongings and getting ready to move next week. Don't worry about the new address as this will be short term (we hope) and all post will still get to us. Our numbers and emails will all stay the same.

In addition the Autumn programme has kicked in and Lucy is doing her best juggling impressions to keep all the courses running and full. A couple of courses have been cancelled as there were insufficient numbers, but we will be looking at running courses with reduced numbers in some of the more 'out of the way' places in order to increase accessibility. A full list of the Autumn Programme can be downloaded here.

We will also be offering a range of courses that are currently on offer through Devon County Council. These will have a fairly broad spectrum of titles and will be offered free to the members.

Lynne has just finished the new Newsletter and you can have a look at it here. Once again she has surpassed herself and produced another good read. In the new year we will be planning on a significant in crease in the amount of content in the Newsletter and will be chasing you all for contributions to it - so you have all been warned!

Yesterday we attended a conference in Buckfast Abbey. It was hosted by Skills for Care and its theme was New Types of Worker (or NToW if you like acronyms!). It was a very informative day with some excellent workshops. I attended a workshop on Complementary Therapies in Mental Health which was very good and definitely worth looking at as it is a new way of thinking around therapies and methods of treatment. This was presented by the SUCH Project from Taunton. The other workshop I attended was 'Mirror Mirror' which was a workshop based on drama as a means of looking at and interpreting 'issues' or situations. It was well presented and interesting. The group who presented it are Playback Theatre South West and were very approachable and had some great ideas and takes on things.

Buckfast is such a lovely setting for smaller conferences and meetings and apart from the welcoming staff and fantastic food, you get to see this

What a fabulous setting......

Well that is about it from me for the time being. It's Friday and I am the volunteer (in the sense of not having a choice about it) driver to take my wife and cats to a show in Birmingham tomorrow. So I will miss 4 Rugby Internationals and 2 Football Internationals as I sit in the Car Park also known as the M42! So tonight I will make the most of the first day of the Rugby World Cup - thats me sorted for the next 6 weeks!

Have a great weekend, one and all!

Eoghan and the DCT Team