Milford Haven School hosted a weeklong series of workshops, which culminated in a performance at the Torch Theatre. Bernie Latham, Artistic Director of UCAN said ‘ We are so grateful for the support of the school and all the staff, in particular the wonderful Jenny Turner’. The performance, which was very well attended by family and friends, was a great success. A massive congratulations to all the young performers.
For the first time UCAN Team attended the Exhibition and Information Conference at Venue Cymru. The event, which was hosted by the North Wales Society for the Blind, was a very interesting day where we met lots of new people from the sight loss sector. As usual we couldn’t go anywhere without having some drama and music, so we also ran some taster workshops.
Our new friends from Scotland came to visit Cardiff and learnt all about UCAN Productions. We had a fantastic couple of days visiting Wales Millennium Centre, Chapter Arts Centre, as well as having great fun at UCAN drama workshops. Hope to be working with our new friends from Scotland again in the very near future.
We are delighted to announce that we have secured funding from The Arts Council of Wales to create a project called the Art of Kindness. This exciting new project will examine the relationship between, acts of kindness and acts that cause pain. This is a partnership project with the Community Trade Union and the National League of the Blind and Disabled. Performances planned for early September.
February was a very busy month for the UCAN team; we ran drama and confidence building workshops in Barry, Milford Haven. Pembroke, Bangor and Wrexham. These workshops were delivered as part of the Big Lottery funded project Future Insight, a partnership project with RNIB Cymru, Vision Support, and Guide Dogs, which delivers a range of support services for visually impaired young people across Wales. We had a fantastic month made lots of new friends and had a lot of fun.
