Courses on using creative writing with include:

Getting Started

• Writing warm ups you can use.    

 Someone Else's Shoes  

• Creating a character and developing a monologue.
• Using photographs, colour, music and memory as stimuli.    

Behind the Lines

• Confessional writing.
• Coping with the catharsis.    

What's the Story?  

• Narrative and metaphor.    

Making a Scene

• Using dialogue to think about conflict.      

Cover to Cover

• Getting a magazine off the ground.
• Obstacles to overcome.

Participants Feedback:    

 "Really useful for enabling young people to develop emotional literacy" Course member Bury YOT.

"Inspiring" Course member Bolton Youth Offending Team    

"Brought out the artistic talents I didn't know I had" Course member Wigan YOT    

 "A good way for young people to reflect and express themselves - a good tool for basic literacy" Course member Manchester YOT.  

Below, staff from Bury Youth Offending Team.

Young People on Writing   

"If people are bad they are bad for a reason. It's in their childhood. Maybe if they write about it, it might change aspects of their behaviour." Sixteen year old boy on a one year Referral Order.    

"Writing chills me out and makes me think about what I'm doing. I can tell a good story" Sixteen year old boy on ISSP Supervision.        

 "I wrote poems about my life. It's helping me with my spelling, writing and reading." Sixteen year old boy on Supervision.    

Benefits of using creative writing with:

• Helps develop relationships between staff and learners
• Improves literacy and concentration
• Helps develop emotional literacy
• Can improve self esteem
• Can be cathartic for writers