*FREE* UCAN CREATIVE DAYS - SUMMER 2024

Are you aged 8 - 18, and have a vision impairment?

Come join the UCAN team for SIX days of fun and creativity:

• drama and games

• music and poetry

• sound recording and stories

And also the chance to hang out with friends, and make some new ones too!

Over 18s are also welcome to volunteer, help out and have fun!

WHERE AND WHEN

• Sight Life, Womanby Street, Cardiff, CF10 1BR

• Thursdays through the summer holidays, 10.30 am – 2.30 pm

• July 25th and August 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th

In some workshops we will be joined by the fantastic Children’s Laureate for Wales, poet and good friend of UCAN, Alex Wharton!

For further info, and to book a place, please email: alex@ucanproductions.org

UCAN Productions: Activities and Updates for April 2024

Hello everyone,

Hope you’ve had a lovely start to the Easter holidays!

March has been fairly busy as usual for us here at UCAN, from our regular workshop program to organising and running extra activities. We also have a major Save the Date announcement for the festival this year. You’ll find the info below in the Updates section.

We’ve also completed our pilot project within Cardiff - UCAN Arts Award. The group were amazing and we felt privileged to witness their growth in confidence over the weeks working with them.

This month we are continuing our workshop program as usual. Along with this we will be running more creative workshops for the second half of the Easter Holidays. You can find information on this below in the Updates section.

As always a big thank you to everyone who supports UCAN and the work we do. Also a big thank you to our funders!

All the best

UCAN Productions

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UPDATES

We are going to be holding several more workshops over Easter!

This week come and join Hannah and Alys for lots of drama games, storytelling and making new friends - we’d love to invite UCAN Participants to join us.

When: Wednesday 3rd, Thursday 4th April – 10am-3pm

Where: Sight Life, Jones Court, Womanby Street, Cardiff, CF10 1BR

Who: UCAN Participants aged 7-18

It’s not too late to sign up! Just contact Hannah, our Peer to Peer Engagement Officer, via email hannah@ucanproductions.org or phone 07393365531.

SAVE THE DATE!!!!!

UCAN Perform Festival is Back

Join our UCAN Leaders for our FREE annual UCAN Perform Festival. We will have a celebtration of drama and sound activities and even a chance to showcase your talent!

To book your place and for more information please contact Enireth via email at enireth@ucanproductions.org

When: Saturday 27th July 2024 - 2pm til 4:30pm

Where: School of Optometry and Vision Science, Maindy Rd, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ

Who: All UCAN Participants welcome

FACE TO FACE WORKSHOPS

UCAN Friday Nights

We're still running our creative sound and music sessions, drama and games every Friday evening. If you are aged 7-25 there are opportunities to work towards an Arts Award with Alex, Alys and Hannah. This weekly session is a great chance to catch up with friends old and new while having fun.

Please contact Hannah - hannah@ucanproductions.org / 07393365531 if you want more information on attending, or you can check our social media for updates.

When: Every Friday 5:00pm-7:00pm. (starting 12th April)

Where: School of Optometry and Vision Science, Cardiff University, Maindy Rd, Cardiff CF24 4HQ.

Who: All UCAN participants welcome.

Maggie’s Club

Founded in honour of UCAN Board Member, Dr Margaret Woodhouse OBE, known to everyone as Maggie. This is held one Saturday a month. With fun, creative activities for sight impaired children and young people with additional needs. These workshops are led by the UCAN team and involve fun games, sound, music and tactile art.

When: Saturday 27th April 2024 2:00pm-3:30pm

Where: School of Optometry and Vision Science, Cardiff University, Maindy Rd, Cardiff CF24 4HQ.

Who: Children and young people who are vision impaired with additional needs.

UCAN After School

We will be running after-school drama activities with a group of participants based in the South Wales Valleys. The sessions use our creative arts methods to continue to build physical and vocal confidence in young vision impaired people, and there are opportunities to work towards different Arts Awards levels. The location changes, so please contact hannah@ucanproductions.org to find out where we will be running these sessions.

When: Wednesday 24th April 2024

Who: ages 7-17.

SASI

Come and join Alys every fortnight at the wonderful Sight Life Centre, Cardiff, CF10 1BR. Sessions aim to develop confidence, vocal and self-advocacy skills whilst making friends and having fun.

When: Wednesday 10th and 24th April 11:30am-2:15pm.

Where: Sight Life Centre, Jones Court, Womanby Street, Cardiff, CF10 1BR.

Who: 18+ years old.

Then and Now Project: Exploring the Lives of Blind People in Wales

Funded by the Heritage Lottery, this is an inter-generational project that explores the history of blind and partially sighted people, and the people and organisations who have been instrumental in improving the lives of blind people in Wales from the early 1800's to the present. The aim of the Then & Now Project is to build a collection of recorded stories, plays, discussions and interviews that will document people's oral history and historical stories.

If you would like to find out more information, or would like to get involved please contact Alys on alys@ucanproductions.org

When: Wednesday 17th April 2024

Where: Sight Life Centre, Jones Court, Womanby Street, Cardiff, CF10 1BR.

Who: 18+ years old.

ZOOM WORKSHOPS

UCAN with Alys

Have fun and learn new skills through drama. A popular group with lots of drama games, creative and storytelling activities. Alys is one of our trained workshop leaders and has worked with UCAN for many years. Her workshops are all about making new friends and having tons of fun through activities including storytelling and improvisation.These workshops are particularly beneficial for those who cannot attend face to face workshops or are keen to learn more about UCAN.

When: Every Tuesday 5:00pm-6:30pm.

Who: ages 13-18.

HOW TO JOIN

If you’ve previously filled out the registration form you won’t need to do it again.
If you are a parent who would like your child to join some free and fun workshops, please complete our online registration form by clicking here!

If you are 18 years and older please complete the form by clicking here

Once completed, you will then be contacted by a member of the team, who can talk you through how to get on Zoom either by audio using a mobile or landline, or by using a tablet or computer.

Alternatively call or text Hannah on 07393 365531 or email hannah@ucanproductions.org