APAC has now finalised arrangements to deliver the accredited
Certificate
in Therapeutic Play and
Diploma in Play Therapy
courses in the Manchester area starting in the autumn of 2007. The centre,
Quarry Bank Mill, ,Styal is near Manchester airport and is
easily accessible by road and rail from the North West of England,
Liverpool, North Wales, Cheshire and Lancashire as well as Manchester.
If you require a course in the north of
England before October 2007, please consider the
Leeds/Barnsley venue
which is about an hour's drive from Manchester. Alternatively if you
require in-house training for a group of 12 -20 persons please contact
us at 01825 712312
How to get to Quarry Bank Mill
Photographs
Quarry Bank Mill and the Styal Estate once
belonged to the wealthy Greg family who founded the Mill and gave the
property to the National Trust. It is a very appropriate venue for
training to help children. Unpaid child apprentices, worked at the mill
until 1847. Greg employed Peter Holland, as mill doctor, to be
responsible for the health of the children and other workers, and was
the first doctor to be employed in such a capacity. The children lived
in a separate building near the factory called the Apprentice House,
which now shows what 'home life' was like for the pauper children who
worked in the Mill in the 1830s. The adjoining garden contains
traditional varieties of vegetables, fruit and herbs, as well as geese
and hens.
Quarry Bank Mill is one of Britain's greatest
industrial heritage sites, including a complete working cotton mill It has
the most powerful working waterwheel in Europe and one of the earliest
steam-powered beam engines The woodland and riverside walks provide a
tranquil contrast
Our courses are held in a separate, quiet, restored building near the main mill building.
Bus services
Styal
Shuttle 200/1 Manchester Airport-Wilmslow
By road
1½ml
N of Wilmslow off B5166, 2½ml from M56, exit 5, 10ml S of Manchester.
Heritage signs from A34 and M56
By train
Styal,
½ml (not Sun); Manchester Airport 2ml; Wilmslow 2½
By air
There
are many low cost flights to Manchester International Airport from the UK,
Ireland and other European countries. Because Quarry Bank Mill is only
2 miles from the airport it is a very convenient location for overseas
students.
Photographs
Rear view of mill in its rural setting. The courses are held in the red
brick building to the left of the white 'Apprentice House'
The weir - one of the sights you
can enjoy on the short walks starting from the mill. The environment
of Quarry Bank Mill is very therapeutic.
Some of the attractive, restored,
red brick mill buildings and cottages that make up the country park area
surrounding the mill.
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