 Start gives people the opportunity to feel better about themselves through using art as a therapy. I was diagnosed with MS when I was about 26, so I gave up my job and I went way off around the world. I was 43, by which time I was finding very difficult to walk and I had to give up work. What I missed was going out every day with a purpose. I was a big achiever before the MS took hold. I used to be very good at handwriting and I can't even sign my name now as my arm is so useless. What Start means for me is that I can go along to an art class in the print workshop making prints, doing animation, making a film. You have a volunteer artist with you when you're doing this work and you can tell that artist exactly what you want them to do. They'll do the work that you can't do yourself. Start not only makes you feel good, it makes you go out of the house. If I hadn't been going to these classes, there are other things in different parts of my life that I've gone on to do because it's given me more confidence. I was very hesitant about travelling anywhere and I got an invitation down to London. The great achievement of that was not going to end down Main Street. It was the fact that I managed to get on a train, spend a couple of days away from home and come back on the train. I didn't think I could do that since I started doing the start courses. I do have more confidence and I feel really quite proud of the fact that producing something makes me feel good about myself.