Joseph was first referred to our service from the Connexions Service as he wanted to pursue his love of the arts and as we work in creative ways to engage and support young peoples wider learning Smart was a good all round fit. Joseph thrived and eventually was college ready and we referred him onto Bolton College. Joseph returned to Smart after several years when he had exhausted his options in college. We offered Joseph an opportunity to join our art club, our drama group, and arts enterprise groups to give Joseph the widest creative programme possible. During our Arts Council funded project open to all young people of all abilities Joseph excelled in fine art and developed a body of work exploring what it means to be hard of hearing for him. His work was put in a collective exhibition and Joseph’s work was given esteemed critical feedback in our comments book as his ability to utilise mixed materials to articulate his lived experience of hearing loss was exemplary noted by art lecturers from Bolton college. Joseph engaged in our volunteer training programme in 2015 and became our official art club volunteer in 2016. Joseph has gone onto volunteer at Bolton Hospice shop and other charitable organisations and is a valued member of their teams. We recently referred Joseph into an arts and crafts group to support their volunteer leader who also has a disability. Joseph helps to deliver a weekly creative programme of activities for the wider community utilising a wide range of skills, techniques and creative experiences gained while attending Smart Enterprise Programmes. Joseph still volunteers for Smart and attends weekly drama sessions where he brings an array of performance talent to encourage and inspire all our new members. Joseph has also gone onto become a key volunteer at Bolton Hospice shop supporting their fund raising efforts in Bolton.