Hey everyone; So the first two days of my time at The Community Place have been so much more than I imagined. Day 1: I was with the older girls; aged from about 12-13, fondly known as the fashionistas. We made chocolate fudge; one ingredient was Marshmallow Fluff which definitly needs to be brought to England! An important ethos is 'Fun with a Purpose' so we were looking at how to use equipment and follow set recipes (even though one group went completely off i...

Evening all; Feeling the Jet lag for the first time today; we were all up at 7 to do some background reading and get ready for a breakfast reception - after waking up at 5 everyday so far, it's typical the only day we had to be up we could happily have slept in! The breakfast however; was well worth it. We had an introduction to Naz and a talk from Dr. Marie about The Community Place, this involved drawing self potraits (pics up soon!) really highlighting the a...

Hello! All the group have arrived safely and are settling into Naz well! The MAN-NEWARK flight was on time and stress free (I watched Duplicity and The Wedding Singer) and seeing the Manhattan skyline as we landed was brill! I know there was a few people who were quite nervous about flying; but Vic loaded everyone up with aromatherpy oil and it seemed to do the trick! The NEWARK-ROCHESTER was definitly an experience, we had a tiny plane with propellers (!) and l...