Our Integration Tours deal with relationships and their effects. We aim to demonstrate how by improving relationships one can make things "work".

An underlying theme is creating good relationships between the pupils and staff of Special Schools and neighbouring mainstream schools which will benefit all the children.

We highlight the specific emotions of anger, fear and sadness which people can feel when relationships break down.

We find the workshop-through-to performance format extremely successful when working with groups of mixed ability children, as all the children are so busily and excitedly engaged in a joint purpose that social integration occurs easily and well. All the children gain in confidence and self-esteem, particularly the children with special needs, for whom it is an almost unique opportunity to work, create and play as real equals with their mainstream peers. We are always delighted to find that the mainstream children leave the project with a far more positive attitude to "disability".

The main message: Relationships need Communication.

For more on Integration, please read reports of previous tours: