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All photo above by Simona Lupu
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Mike O'Leary: Storyteller in Residence at Treloar College
Treloar College is a Beacon status specialist college for disabled
students aged 16 and over, based in the outskirts of Alton, Hampshire.
It has very high standards.
The mission of the Treloar Trust is to provide opportunities
for physically disabled young people to learn, develop independence,
and to realise their potential - through centres of excellence
at school, college and in the community beyond.
Mike felt that storytelling fitted this ethos; he really enjoyed
the residency and felt privileged to have had the opportunity
to work with Treloar students.
At the end of the residency, Janice Hopwood, Art's coordinator,
scripted a play, called "Perception", based on the students
improvisation work - which was itself based around Mike's work
with traditional story "motifs". The play toured various
venues in the south.
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