Express Yourself is before Friends and Dancing, and explores inclusion, advocacy and using the arts to increase confidence, self expression and wider opportunities within the local community.  Friends and Dancing originated from a Healthy Living Group run by nurse Debbie O'Nyons. Shallal were invited to provide dance as an accessible, fun and expressive form of exercise. The dance element was so successful that the members named it Friends and Dancing (FAD), and performed to family and friends at the end of the 10 weeks.

Cost: £3 or donation (includes Express yourself, Friends and Dancing, or £3 for Friends and Dancing only)

It has proved highly successful, particularly as a pathway into further opportunities within the Dracaena Centre.

The group is continuing to develop further. The participants have many new ideas and ways forward for their group. They hold 'Sharings' twice a year where friends and family can come to see their work.