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…

Contact us:

sallymcvicker@ukconnect.org

www.ukconnect.org