Very excited to announce the launch of our new training initiative.

i2i Creative Training Solutions by UCAN Productions.

The first workshops were held on 13th of September 2016  and delivered at the University Hospital of Wales for fourth year Junior Doctors.  These series of interactive workshops were developed and delivered by  ‘UCAN Productions’, and Nicola Crews, MBE, a Training consultant.  The workshop included exploring the emotional and practical aspects of living with visually impairment and run by visually impaired tutors from UCAN Productions. The tutors’ experiences of visual impairment formed the basis of the lesson, as students wore spectacles simulating different forms of visual impairment and attempted to perform routine tasks such as pouring a glass of water.

The tutors described the students as enthusiastic and respectfu,l in a session where they were allowed to ask any questions, ranging from, “ As you have a degenerative eye condition, how do you cope with the prospect that you may go blind “, to “ What do you see when you dream? “

Jane Latham, Development Director from UCAN Productions said, “ Our i2i training team are delighted to have been offered the opportunity to contribute to this year’s Ophthalmology teaching. It was a very beneficial experience for all those involved “

UCAN help Students explore practicalities of life on Mars at science event.

For the second year, the UCAN team were delighted to work with Yellobrick, a marketing agency who specialise in immersive and engaging experiences. Five of our core UCAN team supported the day by becoming special agents and helping with the production management.

On the day, over 200 local Year 8 students explored the practicalities of humans living on Mars for a science event at Cardiff University.

The event, entitled, STEM Live!, was successfully held for the first time in 2015. It encourages students to explore a theme, using their understanding of science and engineering. It also aims to introduce students to a wide range of science careers open to them before they make their GCSE choices.

At this year’s event, students investigated the science around an evacuation of Earth for habitation on Mars. Staff from the Schools of Engineering, Bio-sciences, Physics, Computer Science, Earth, Architecture, Chemistry, and Mathematics, led students in a number of different hands-on activities, ranging from designing rockets to transporting humans to Mars, exploring living conditions and issues of temperature and energy, and farming on the planet.

UCAN perform at The Annual Wales Eye Care Conference.

#Eyecareconference.

Recently Wales Council for The Blind and UCAN Productions entered into a partnership agreement to collaborate on establishing Regional Groups of young adults with sight loss, to influence design and delivery and help achieve citizen centred services. As UCAN is a performance arts company, the UCAN Team created two performance sketches, ‘What Can Rehabilitation do for me?’ and ‘Employment’. RNIB Cymru tweeted

#futureinsight

Ever wondered what it’s like living with sight loss?  The first of the short films made by Jake Sawyers and Ben Richards are now live.  

We asked Visually Impaired young people how they get around.

Coming soon to a computer near you !

Jake Sawyer and Ben Richards have been busy creating a series of short films for the #Future Insight Project, which is a five year Big Lottery in partnership with RNIB Cymru, Guide Dogs and Vision Support.  Both Ben and Jake interviewed visually impaired young people across South East Wales on a number of topics and the results were amazing!  All to be revealed very soon.  If you have a visual impairment and are between 14 and 25 and want to get involved, email info@ucanproductions.org