Speaking out, being heard

The Speaking Out Being Heard project has been supported by the National Lottery Community Fund. We have a number of activities which we have been delivering over the last 12 months. The project then developed and with the help of 4 Speech & Language Therapy students from the University of Manchester we were able to extend the scope. The students were on placement from mid-November to mid-December.

We:

·      Provided training and supported staff from Pathways to Opportunities to implement Signalong in their day centre via

6 Signalong group sessions.  

·      Developed resources for families and staff to use with Pathways and New Bridge School

·      Worked with the young people and teachers at New Bridge to develop resources

·      Made 4 short films with the help of DISC college in Manchester

·      Consulted self-advocates about their views on the next steps for our project

The students began their placement with a Signalong workshop delivered by Alison and Helen. They were lucky enough to be given access to the Signalong library by Signalong for the duration of the project. One of their first tasks was to look at feedback from the participants and produce a summary from the workshop.

Alison Matthews

S&LT

Director TCS