In July we embarked on our first iGNiTE Summer school in which our newest volunteers came to the Workshop to work with our core team and experienced iGNiTE volunteers to prepare them for leading their own iGNiTE workshops. During the three days we took time to look at the paper work and planning that goes into organising an iGNiTE and we spent the afternoons running an iGNiTE. For our iGNiTE we used a performance piece created by Ashley Christie (Musicians), Gregor Christie (Musicians), Mark Monteath (Dancer) and Yang Gang (Dancer/Chinese Volunteer) as a stimulus. Their piece collaborated both Scottish and Chinese creative forms. We then separated into four groups to explore the themes presented in this piece. The film group produced a documentary that detailed the iGNiTE journey from Scotland to China. The creative writing/ art group created a sculpted a bridge made from driftwood, decorated with pictures of Chinese and Scottish bridges this was presented with a poem in Scottish and Chinese, this represented bridging the gap between Scotland and Chinese. The performance group celebrated being Scottish by combining traditional Scottish music and Dance and the piece ended with the audience joining in a rendition of Auld Lang Syne. Finally the events group worked together to put together all the work produced by the groups and advertise the event. They named their event ‘Who we are’ and transformed the Workshop with Chinese decorations. On the final day the Workshop was packed out with an audience who appreciated all the hard work invested by each group. All in all the Summer School was a great success, enjoyed by both participants and workers and more importantly it was a great learning process.