connect a charity our mission is to improve the lives of people living with aphasia and...
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Connect
• A charity
• Our mission is to improve the lives of people living with aphasia and communication disability across the UK
What is Aphasia?
Aphasia occurs when the communication centres of the
brain are damaged, usually after stroke.
o Talking
and writing
Communication
o Understanding others and reading
People with aphasia
• Aphasia effects everyone differently
• People with aphasia can think clearly.
• People with aphasia are still competent adults.
Connect’s vision
A world where
people living with
aphasia find
opportunity and
fulfilment
What Connect does• We produce publications and resources by
and for people with aphasia• We provide training and consultancy to
decision-makers and front-line providers in health and social care.
• We pilot and evaluates effective and economical services
• We raise awareness of aphasia • All that we do is underpinned by practical
research
Involvement
We increase the ways in which
people living with aphasia
can be authentically involved
in the services and
opportunities available to them
Connect offers
• Involvement
• Participation
• Community
…in a range of activities
connect ideas series
Access to the Arts for people with communication
disability
A Guide for Arts Organisations
Published by
Connect – the communication disability network
The Music Group
• Runs Friday mornings• 20 - 25 people• Facilitated by people with
aphasia, supported by volunteers
• Members bring in CDs, select, play and discussed the music
• An extraordinary eclectic range of music
• A range of resources to support a ‘holistic communication’ approach
The music group
Photography group
• Runs every Wednesday• Go out and about • Need to be
– a good walker!– Enjoy taking photographs– Enjoy looking at them
with a critical eye
Arts Workshops
• Tate Modern• National Portrait
Gallery• An opportunity to
– View fine art– Access the expertise
of artists– Try your hand at
drawing, painting…
