ALT A digital image of a poem. The Moniack Mhor, Creativity and Care and Highland Community Planning Partnership logos sit in the top right corner. 'Creative Fish. A Collective Poem' is in bold. All text is justified left, in blue font. The poem reads, "We are swimming against the tide Creatively we are happy - Just being, No words needed when we sketch or draw, Doodling to pass the time. Inspiring and being inspired, Wacky animation uses our imagination! Reassuring comments when I strum my guitar - Or am I delusional? Let’s pull people together Let’s swim along together Finding the quiet in the tide." "May 2025. Dalneigh and Central Primaries Creative Project" sits underneath. A cartoon image of blue, yellow and pink coral fills the bottom right corner of the image.

ALT A digital poster with soft pink background that blends into a pale yellow. The host and funding organisations' logos line the top of the image. From L to R: Moniack Mhor, Creativity and Care and Highland Community Planning Partnership. Event title in bold black lettering is in the centre of the image: "TASTERS ON TOUR: Free Creativity Sessions". An image of a wooden arrow pointing right sits atop the 'T' in 'Tour'. Beneath this is a graphic of green, blue and purple coloured cards spread flat. On the top green card is black text detailing the activities available: Drama. Music. Comic Strips Making. Stop Motion Animation. The date and venue sit in the bottom corners: WHERE: Thurso Youth Club, Old Mill, Millbank, KW14 8PS WHEN: Saturday 26th April, 11am-3pm.

ALT A photo of the landscape at Moniack Mhor. The sky is bright, the mountains in the distance are clearly visible, and a group of people gather on the grass outside the Hobbit Hut. A quote from a previous applicant is layered over this image, "making a difference in the world of anyone who is care experienced"

ALT Luke's headshot. He is a white man with straight, dark hair. The background is made up of plants- mostly with long, thin green leaves. Luke is wearing a white, blue and orange checked shirt and a grey cardigan and is smiling towards the camera. A blue banner lines the bottom of the image highlighting the funders and host: National Lottery Community Fund, Moniack Mhor 30th Anniversary and Life Changes Trust- Legacy Partner

ALT Luke's biography: "LUKE THOMPSON is a writer and publisher from Cornwall whose current work explores other animals and our relationships with them. His latest book, Domadomadoma-Blumblumblum: Conversations with Other Animals (Ortac Press, 2024) dives into some of the weirder ways in which people have attempted to converse with other species. Previous titles include Treasures of Cornwall (Macmillan, 2023), A Guillemot Guide to Very Small Press Publishing (Guillemot Press, 2022) and the poetry collection Singing About Melon (Shearsman, 2020). Luke is editor of Guillemot Press and a senior lecturer at Falmouth University. www.lukeathompson.com" The same blue banner with the logos lines the base of the image.

ALT The poster image for Verses. Jen Hadfield's headshot and an image of Abriachan Forest Trust sit side by side at the top, with orange frames. The blue speech bubble reads, "Are you care experienced and aged 14-30?" in the top right corner. In the centre of the image is the title of the residential, the dates: 4th - 9th November and location: Moniack Mhor. Key funder and host logos line the bottom of the image: National Lottery Community Fund, Moniack Mhor 30th anniversary and Life Changes Trust- Legacy Partner. An opaque image of trees with brightly coloured bird boxes creates the backdrop for the poster (taken by Shaun Matheson at Abriachan Forest)

ALT wasps_ "Scotland's provider of creative spaces. est 1977". A poster for an Open Call. Featuring images of the updated interior and exterior the Wasps building in gold frames and a black and white crowd of onlookers: Inverness Creative Academy 5th Anniversary Art Exhibition. "In celebration of Inverness Creative Academy’s fifth anniversary as an artistic and cultural hub for the Highlands region, Wasps is inviting you to submit artworks that commemorate the building, its heritage and the fantastic makers working there today. The deadline to submit your work for consideration is Friday 13 September, 5pm. Submit your artwork to Wasps via the online form" email: [email protected], tel: 01463 572753.

ALT essa and Jenni's headshots sit side by side, with the workshop title overlayed: "explore creative writing with essa may ranapiri and Jenni Fagan". In a pink bubble to the top right, text reads "are you Care experienced and aged 14-30?" Workshop info is in a pink triangle in the bottom right corner: 11th Sept, 2pm, WASPS Inverness. In a blue triangle in the bottom left corner are the funders/hosts' logos: British Council, Verb Wellington and Moniack Mhor.

ALT Michele's headshot. Michele is a white woman with long, wavy black hair, dark features and wearing a black top. She is smiling widely, leaning her head on her hand to the left. Behind her is what appears to be a wooden gate. Along the bottom of the image is an opaque blue strip, with the National Lottery Community Fund, Moniack Mhor 30th birthday and Legacy Partner Life Changes Trust logos in a row.

ALT Michele's same headshot forms a transparent background with text overlayed. At the top, her name - 'MICHELE STODART'- is in bold, black capital letters and bordered in blue. Her biography is underneath: "a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and musical director. Born in the Caribbean and raised in New York City, she’s now based in London. Best known as bassist, vocalist and co-songwriter of Mercury-nominated, double-platinum-selling band, The Magic Numbers, with whom she continues to play and tour world-wide. Michele has always pursued her own writing and has released three solo albums. Her most recent release, ‘Invitation’ received outstanding critical acclaim and went on to win ‘UK Album of the Year’ at the UK Americana Awards 2024, where Michele also scooped the coveted award for ‘UK Artist of the Year’." Along the bottom is the blue opaque strip with the same 3 logos.

ALT Boo's headshot. Boo is a white man with dark, thick rectangular glasses and a brown and grey beard. He is looking straight ahead, and wearing a dark blue denim jacket/blazer in front of a plain grey/blue coloured backdrop. Along the bottom of the image is an opaque blue strip, on which the National Lottery Community Fund, Moniack Mhor 30th birthday and Legacy Partner Life Changes Trust logos sit in a row.

ALT Boo's same headshot forms a transparent background, overlayed by text. His name- 'BOO HEWERDINE'- sits at the top of the image in bold black capital letters, bordered in blue. His biography is underneath: "has been a professional musician and songwriter since leaving school. He signed his first record deal at 19. His band, The Bible, made three critically acclaimed albums. Including the hit album Eureka produced by Steve Earle. Since then he has made numerous solo albums and written and played with Eddi Reader since 1994. His song, Patience Of Angels, was nominated for an Ivor Novello award. He has written songs for many artists including kd Lang, Heidi Talbot, Kris Drever, Chris Difford, Paul Young and many others. He has produced numerous albums including Eddi’s seminal Robert Burns album. For the last twenty years he has run many songwriting workshops. His latest album Understudy was a critical and commercial success." The same blue strip and 3 logos line the bottom of the image.

ALT Tanuja's headshot. Tanuja is a woman with short black hair. She is wearing a black round-neck top, looking straight ahead in front of a white, shadowed background. Along the bottom of the image is an opaque blue strip, with the National Lottery Community Fund, Moniack Mhor 30th birthday and Legacy Partner Life Changes Trust logos in a row.

ALT Tanuja's same headshot, but transparent with text overlayed. At the top of the image is her name bordered in blue, 'TANUJA AMARASURIYA' in bold black capitals. Underneath is the first portion of her biography: "a director, dramaturg and sound artist working in theatre and related forms. As director, her work has been presented by, amongst others: the National Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange, Brighton Festival (THE BULLET AND THE BASS TROMBONE), Bristol Old Vic (DARK LAND LIGHT HOUSE), Theatre503 (OUT OF SORTS), Soho Theatre (THE PAPER MAN), and Sura Medura in Sri Lanka (OCEAN CONFESSIONS); and she is an Associate Director to Dominic Cooke." The same blue opaque strip with the logos lines the bottom of the image

ALT Tanuja's transparent headshot makes the background of this image too. Her name is at the top, bordered in blue, with the rest of her biography below: "As a writer or dramaturg, she has worked across different art forms including site-specific performance, VR, live art and video games, working with artists and companies including Luca Rutherford, Raucous, Kaleider and Die Gute Fabrik. She is co-founder of Sleepdogs, a multi-artform collaboration with writer/composer Tim X Atack, making work ranging from sci-fi theatre to electro-pop albums made entirely from field recordings. She has twice been shortlisted for the RTST Sir Peter Hall Directors Award and is a resident at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol. More info at: http://sleepdogs.org/about/tanuja-amarasuriya/ ". The same blue opaque strip with the 3 logos lines the base of the image.

ALT Chris' headshot. Chris is a white man with a short, dark beard and short hair. He is wearing a black round-neck top and is standing, looking straight ahead, in front of a beige background. Along the bottom of the image is an opaque blue strip with the National Lottery Community Fund logo, Moniack Mhor 30th birthday logo and the Legacy Partner, Life Changes Trust logo in a line.

ALT Chris' same headshot is made transparent, with text overlayed. At the top of the image with a blue border is 'CHRIS THORPE' in bold black capital letters. Underneath is his biography "a writer and performer from Manchester. Some of the things he has made shows about include: dealing with our mistakes (The Oh F**k Moment), living with chronic pain (The Shape of the Pain), Iranian pop music (Things Hidden) and nuclear disarmament (A Family Business). He has worked with, among others, poets, musicians, actors, scientists, sheep farmers, paramedics, addicts, diplomats, care-experienced people, politicians and people who build fishing trawlers. He tries to make his stuff a conversation with the audience about how they think. And hopefully, sometimes even funny." The same opaque blue strip with logos lines the bottom of the image.

ALT An opaque background image of a writing desk. The headshots of the course tutors- Chris Thorpe and Tanuja Amarasuriya- are side by side at the top with an orange border. Text in a blue bubble in the top right corner reads, "Are you care experienced and aged 14-30?" THIS IS THE THING... is written in bold black letters below the two images, subtitled 'a playwriting residential'. The dates of the residential are highlighted in blue (7th-12th July) with the location, Moniack Mhor, underneath. Along the bottom edge are 3 organisation logos: National Lottery Community Fund, Moniack Mhor's 30th anniversary logo and the Legacy Partner of the Life Changes Trust logo

ALT An opaque background image of a man strumming an acoustic guitar. The headshots of the course tutors- Boo Hewerdine and Michele Stodart- are side by side at the top with an orange border. In a blue bubble in the top right corner, white text reads, "Are you care experienced and aged 14-30?" NEW SONGS: A Songwriting Residential is written in bold black letters below the two images. The dates are highlighted in blue (11th-16th August 2024), and the location (Moniack Mhor/Glasgow) is in bold. Along the bottom edge are 3 organisation logos: National Lottery Community Fund, Moniack Mhor's 30th anniversary logo and the Legacy Partner of the Life Changes Trust logo

ALT An opaque background image of trees at Abriachan Forest Trust. The headshots of the course tutor- Jen Hadfield and Abriachan Forest Trust- are side by side at the top with an orange border. Text in a blue bubble in the top right corner reads, "Are you care experienced and aged 14-30?" VERSES. is written in bold black letters below the two images, subtitled 'a poetry residential'. The dates are highlighted in blue (4th-9th November) and the location, Moniack Mhor, is underneath. Along the bottom edge are 3 organisation logos: National Lottery Community Fund, Moniack Mhor's 30th anniversary logo and the Legacy Partner of the Life Changes Trust logo