NOVEMBER Workshop SChedule

Hello Everyone, 

November has arrived and here at UCAN Productions we’ve had a busy month. We’re looking forward to what November has to offer us. 

As you all know we ran some face to face activities for October half term and it was so much FUN!!! 

Thank you to all our young people who attended our events. 

A massive thank you to our volunteers who came along to the Wales Millennium Centre for our Halloween party. 

We want to give a ‘shout out’ to The SenCom Centre in Cwmbran and Wales Millennium Centre for hosting our activities, and as always a HUGE thank you to our workshop leaders who made the events so special for everyone. 

For November we are continuing to run our regular workshop programme. You’ll be able to find all the details below. We hope you all have a lovely month and we look forward to getting together in person again soon. 

All the best

UCAN Productions

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What Workshops are We Running?

Face to Face:

SASI Face to Face (Self Advocacy for Sight Impaired)  Age 18 +

Come and join Alys every fortnight on a Wednesday at the wonderful SightLife Centre, Cardiff. Come along and improve your confidence, learn new improvisation skills, but most importantly have fun and make new friends. 

Online:

UCAN with Alys  (Age 13 -18 years)

Tuesdays: 5:00pm - 6:30pm

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 all through fun activities including storytelling and improvisation.

UCAN with Jake and Taylor (Age 13 and under)

Wednesdays and Fridays: 4:00pm - 5:00pm

On a Wednesday have fun and games with the legend that is Jake! Registered blind, Jake is a professional Actor, Filmmaker and Comedian. Always popular, these twice weekly workshops are great fun, activities include games, treasure hunts, drama, and lots of laughing! Join Taylor for a Friday funday workshop with even more fun games, tongue twisters and special activities like scavenger hunts, and quizzes. Taylor has worked as a trainer for UCAN for many years and is working his way to stardom as an actor.

 SASI (Age 18+)

Wednesdays and Fridays: (11:00am - 12:30pm)

SASI stands for Self-Advocacy for the Sight Impaired. These workshops aim to help young people grow in confidence and learn transferable skills that they can use in their everyday lives. We do this through drama games and showcasing developed work around improvisation, storytelling, and creativity. Our young people really enjoy these workshops and have created some great work in the past. The sessions on a Friday also involve consultations from organisations that approach us, regarding topics such as accessibility/inclusivity, theatre, and sight impairment.

Maggie’s Club (Age 18 and under) 

Saturdays: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Founded in honour of UCAN Board Member, Dr Margaret Woodhouse OBE, known to everyone as Maggie. This is held on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. It is a fun, interactive workshop for sight impaired children and young people with additional needs. These workshops are led by Jake and our wonderful Sound Man, Alex and involves fun games, stories, sounds, music and tactile art. Maggie’s club is very popular and they are currently undertaking a virtual round the world tour, visiting a different country each week.

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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 07825 468384 or email hannah@ucanproductions.org

OCTOBER 2021 Workshop Schedule

Hello Everyone, 

BIG DRUM ROLL!!!!!

We are extremely proud to announce that since lockdown began in March 2020, the UCAN team have delivered over 500 Zoom workshops. A MASSIVE thank you to our wonderful UCAN team and all our wonderful members for the fun, laughs and support. 

Can’t believe it is October already, where has this year gone? UCAN has had an extremely busy September, and we’re delighted to say that we have successfully tried out some face to face events. 

We have decided for October that we are going to do a mixture of face to face and Zoom sessions. If attending a face to face event you will be expected to comply with all of UCAN’s safety policies and procedures. 

Please see our face to face workshop details below. 

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NEW FACE TO FACE WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS

ALL UCAN ACTIVITIES ARE FREE.  

To attend any of the events below please contact our Peer to Peer Support Officer Hannah Matthews at hannah@ucanproductions.org or by phone 07825 468384. 

WHAT

UCAN with Jake and Taylor

Come along and have lots of fun with the ever popular Jake and Taylor. All workshops are free, no experience is required and all are welcome.

WHEN

1pm until 3pm.  Tuesday 26th and Thursday 28th October

WHERE

Sencom Centre, Brecon House, William Brown Close, Llantarnam Business Park, William Brown Cl, Cwmbran NP44 3AB

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WHAT

UCAN Halloween Fun 

WHEN

Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Pl, Cardiff CF10 5AL

WHERE

Wednesday 27th October

10.30 - 12.30:   Halloween Sound Stories and activities 

1pm - 3pm:       Maggie’s Club Halloween Party.

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WHAT

SASI Face to Face (Self Advocacy for Sight Impaired)  Age 18 +

Come and join Alys every fortnight on a Wednesday at the wonderful SightLife Centre, Cardiff. Come along and improve your confidence, learn new improvisation skills, but most importantly have fun and make new friends. 

WHEN

Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

WHERE

Sightlife Centre, Jones Court, Womanby St, Cardiff CF10 1BR

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UCAN ZOOM WORKSHOPS

UCAN with Alys  (Age 13 -18 years)

Tuesdays: 5:00pm - 6:30pm

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 all through fun activities including storytelling and improvisation.

UCAN with Jake and Taylor (Age 13 and under)

Wednesdays and Fridays: 4:00pm - 5:00pm

On a Wednesday have fun and games with the legend that is Jake! Registered blind, Jake is a professional Actor, Filmmaker and Comedian. Always popular, these twice weekly workshops are great fun, activities include games, treasure hunts, drama, and lots of laughing! Join Taylor for a Friday funday workshop with even more fun games, tongue twisters and special activities like scavenger hunts, and quizzes. Taylor has worked as a trainer for UCAN for many years and is working his way to stardom as an actor.

 SASI (Age 18+)

Wednesdays and Fridays: (11:00am - 12:30pm)

SASI stands for Self-Advocacy for the Sight Impaired. These workshops aim to help young people grow in confidence and learn transferable skills that they can use in their everyday lives. We do this through drama games and showcasing developed work around improvisation, storytelling, and creativity. Our young people really enjoy these workshops and have created some great work in the past. The sessions on a Friday also involve consultations from organisations that approach us, regarding topics such as accessibility/inclusivity, theatre, and sight impairment.

Maggie’s Club (Age 18 and under) 

Saturdays: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Founded in honour of UCAN Board Member, Dr Margaret Woodhouse OBE, known to everyone as Maggie. This is held on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. It is a fun, interactive workshop for sight impaired children and young people with additional needs. These workshops are led by Jake and our wonderful Sound Man, Alex and involves fun games, stories, sounds, music and tactile art. Maggie’s club is very popular and they are currently undertaking a virtual round the world tour, visiting a different country each week.

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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 07825 468384 or email hannah@ucanproductions.org

Workshop Timetable April 2021

Hello Everyone!

Can you believe it’s already April? Hope you’ve all been able to make the most of the sun that we’ve had this week.  It is over a year now since we took to Zoom and in that time we have provided workshops every week. Across all our age groups we have successfully delivered over 350 workshops. Just WOW!!!!. 

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our participants, families, organisations and the UCAN team for your continued support over this last year. We’re definitely looking forward to what the future brings us. 

We’ve made loads of new friends and had tons of fun

We wanted to let you know that we’re continuing to run our workshops as normal via Zoom.   We are busy planning for the future so look out for more information soon, along with some ‘Save the Dates’ for special events.

Click here to watch a video of Jake explaining what UCAN is all about.

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How to Join!

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.

If you’ve previously filled out the registration form you won’t need to do it again.

Alternatively call or text Hannah on 07825 468384 or email hannah@ucanproductions.org 

What workshops are we running?

UCAN Blurbed Vision (18+)

Mondays 5:00pm to 6:00pm (ending 12th April)

Come and join us each week where we'll be working our way through a new novel and a range of films. Our book and film club is also a time to socialise and have a chat with everyone. All books are fully accessible with print and audio formats and our films a specially picked to be compatible with audio description

UCAN with Alys  (Age 13 -18 years)

Tuesdays and Fridays: 5:00pm to 6:30pm 

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 all through fun activities including storytelling and improvisation.

SASI (Age 18+)

Wednesdays and Fridays (11:00am - 12:30pm)

SASI stands for Self Advocacy for the Sight Impaired. These workshops aim to help young people grow confidence and learn transferable skills that they can use in their everyday lives. We do this through drama games and showcasing developed work around improvisation, storytelling and creativity. Our young people really enjoy these workshops and have created some great work in the past. 

UCAN with Jake and Taylor (Age 13 and under)

Wednesdays and Fridays: 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Have fun and games with the legend that is Jake! Registered blind, Jake is a professional Actor, Filmmaker and Comedian. Always popular, these twice weekly workshops are great fun, activities include games, treasure hunts, drama and lots of laughing! 

UCAN PodSquad (All ages) 

Thursdays 6pm - 7.30 (ending 15th April)

UCAN members and friends have launched a new podcast called the UCAN PodSquad! We want to reach out to visually impaired young people across Wales- and beyond - growing an interactive listening community to build connections in these isolating times.

Maggie’s Club (Age 18 and under)  

Saturdays: 2pm to 3.15pm

Founded in honour of UCAN Board Member, Dr Margaret Woodhouse OBE, known to everyone as Maggie. This is a weekly fun, interactive workshop for sight impaired children and young people with additional needs held every Saturday. These workshops are led by Jake and Alex and involve fun games, stories, sounds, music and tactile art. Maggie’s club is very popular and they are currently undertaking a virtual round the world tour, visiting a different country each week. 

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus/ Happy St Davids Day

Hooray!  The daffodils are out and the weather is getting a little warmer, so lots of reasons to be cheerful. 

MORE GOOD NEWS!  We are running loads of  FREE online workshops throughout March for vision impaired children and young people.    All details below. You are very welcome to join in as much or as little as you like! 

HOW TO JOIN!

How to Join!

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 07825 468384 or email hannah@ucanproductions.org 

What workshops are we running?

UCAN Blurbed Vision (18+)

Mondays 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Come and join us each week where we'll be working our way through a new novel and a range of films. Our book and film club is also a time to socialise and have a chat with everyone. All books are fully accessible with print and audio formats and our films a specially picked to be compatible with audio description

UCAN with Alys  (Age 13 -18 years)

Tuesdays and Fridays: 5:00pm to 6:30pm 

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 all through fun activities including storytelling and improvisation.

SASI (Age 18+)

Wednesdays and Fridays (11:00am - 12:30pm)

SASI stands for Self Advocacy for the Sight Impaired. These workshops aim to help young people grow confidence and learn transferable skills that they can use in their everyday lives. We do this through drama games and showcasing developed work around improvisation, storytelling and creativity. Our young people really enjoy these workshops and have created some great work in the past. 

UCAN with Jake and Taylor (Age 13 and under)

Wednesdays and Fridays: 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Have fun and games with the legend that is Jake! Registered blind, Jake is a professional Actor, Filmmaker and Comedian. Always popular, these twice weekly workshops are great fun, activities include games, treasure hunts, drama and lots of laughing! Click here to watch a video of Jake explaining what UCAN is all about!

UCAN PodSquad (All ages) 

Thursdays 6pm - 7.30 

UCAN members and friends have launched a new podcast called the UCAN PodSquad! We want to reach out to visually impaired young people across Wales- and beyond - growing an interactive listening community to build connections in these isolating times.

Maggie’s Club (Age 18 and under)  

Saturdays: 2pm to 3.15pm

Founded in honour of UCAN Board Member, Dr Margaret Woodhouse OBE, known to everyone as Maggie. This is a weekly fun, interactive workshop for sight impaired children and young people with additional needs held every Saturday. These workshops are led by Jake and Alex and involve fun games, stories, sounds, music and tactile art. Maggie’s club is very popular and they are currently undertaking a virtual round the world tour, visiting a different country each week. 

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Diwrnod Dydd Gwyl Ddewi Hapus!

Hwre! Mae'r Cennin Pedr allan ac mae'r tywydd yn cynhesu ychydig, felly llawer o resymau i fod yn hapus.

MWY O NEWYDDION DA! 

Rydym yn cynnal llwyth o weithdai ar-lein AM DDIM ledled mis Mawrth ar gyfer plant a phobl ifanc â nam ar eu golwg. Gweler y manylion isod. Mae croeso mawr i chi ymuno hune hoffe chi neu gyn lleied ag y dymunwch!

SUT I YMUNO!

Os ydych chi'n rhiant a hoffai i'ch plentyn ymuno â rhai o’n gweithdai hwyliog am ddim, cwblhewch ein ffurflen gofrestru ar-lein trwy glicio yma!

Os ydych chi'n 18 oed neu'n hŷn, cwblhewch y ffurflen trwy glicio yma

Ar ôl ei gwblhau, bydd aelod o'r tîm yn cysylltu â chi, mi allwn siarad â chi a helpu chi trwy ddefnyddio ‘Zoom’ naill ai trwy sain gan ddefnyddio ffôn symudol neu linell dir neu trwy ddefnyddio cyfrifiadur.

Neu fel arall gallwch ffonio neu anfonwch neges destun at Hannah ar 07825 468384 neu e-bostiwch hannah@ucanproductions.org

Pa weithdai rydym yn eu cynnal?

Gweledigaeth Blurbed UCAN (18+ oed)

Dydd Llun 5:00 yh i 6:00 yh

Dewch i ymuno â ni bob wythnos lle byddwn yn gweithio ein ffordd trwy nofel newydd ac gwahanol ffilmiau. Mae ein clwb llyfrau a ffilm hefyd yn amser i gymdeithasu a chael sgwrs gyda phawb. Mae pob llyfr yn gwbl hygyrch gyda fformatau print a sain ac mae ein ffilmiau wedi'u dewis yn arbennig i fod yn gydnaws â disgrifiad sain.

UCAN gyda Alys (13-18 oed)

Dydd Mawrth a dydd Gwener: 5:00 yh i 6:30 yh

Cael hwyl a dysgu sgiliau newydd trwy ddrama. Grŵp poblogaidd gyda llawer o gemau drama, gweithgareddau creadigol ac adrodd straeon. Mae Alys yn un o'n harweinwyr gweithdai hyfforddedig ac mae wedi gweithio gydag UCAN ers llawer blwyddyn. Mae ei gweithdai i gyd yn ymwneud â gwneud ffrindiau newydd a chael tunnell o hwyl i gyd trwy weithgareddau hwyliog gan gynnwys adrodd straeon a gwaith byrfyfyr.

SASI (18+ oed)

Dydd Mercher a dydd Gwener (11:00 yb - 12:30 yh)

Mae SASI yn sefyll am Hunan Eiriolaeth ar gyfer y rhai â Nam ar eu Golwg. Nod y gweithdai hyn yw helpu pobl ifanc i fagu hyder a dysgu sgiliau trosglwyddadwy y gallant eu defnyddio yn eu bywydau bob dydd. Rydym yn gwneud hyn trwy gemau drama ac arddangos gwaith datblygedig yn ymwneud â gwaith byrfyfyr, adrodd straeon a chreadigrwydd. Mae ein pobl ifanc yn mwynhau'r gweithdai hyn yn fawr ac wedi creu gwaith gwych yn y gorffennol.

UCAN gyda Jake a Taylor (13 oed ac iau)

Dydd Mercher a dydd Gwener: 4:00 yh i 5:00 yh

Dewch i gael hwyl a gemau gyda'r chwedl Jake! Wedi'i gofrestru'n ddall, mae Jake yn Actor, Gwneuthurwr Ffilm a Chomedïwr proffesiynol. Bob amser yn boblogaidd, mae'r gweithdai hyn ddwywaith yr wythnos yn llawer o hwyl, mae gweithgareddau'n cynnwys gemau, helfeydd trysor, drama a llawer o chwerthin! Cliciwch yma i wylio fideo o Jake yn egluro beth yw pwrpas UCAN!

UCAN PodSquad (Pob oedran)

Dydd Iau 6 yh - 7.30 yh

Mae aelodau a ffrindiau UCAN wedi lansio podlediad newydd o'r enw UCAN PodSquad! Rydym am estyn allan at bobl ifanc â nam ar eu golwg ledled Cymru - a thu hwnt - gan dyfu cymuned wrando ryngweithiol i adeiladu cysylltiadau yn yr amseroedd ynysig hyn.

Clwb Maggie (18 oed ac iau)

Dydd Sadwrn: 2 yh hyd 3.15 yh

Fe'i sefydlwyd er anrhydedd i Aelod o Fwrdd UCAN, Dr Margaret Woodhouse OBE, sy'n hysbys i bawb fel Maggie. Gweithdy rhyngweithiol wythnosol hwyliog yw hwn ar gyfer plant a phobl ifanc â nam ar eu golwg ag anghenion ychwanegol a gynhelir bob dydd Sadwrn. Arweinir y gweithdai hyn gan Jake ac Alex ac maent yn cynnwys gemau llawn hwyl, straeon, synau, cerddoriaeth a chelf gyffyrddol. Mae Clwb Maggie yn boblogaidd iawn ac ar hyn o bryd maent yn cynnal taith rithwir o amgylch y byd, gan ymweld â gwlad wahanol bob wythnos.

New Workshop timetable for 2021

We are continuing to hold our free online workshops throughout 2021!  We are hosting a range of fun online activities including: quizzes, sound, singing, drama and much more after school, at weekends and in school holidays. You are very welcome to join in as much or as little as you like! We know that COVID 19 and all the lockdowns can make the world feel a little strange, so why not use this time to learn new skills, have lots of fun and meet new people.

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What workshops are we running?

UCAN Blurbed Vision (18+)

Mondays 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Come and join us each week where we'll be working our way through a new novel and a range of films. Our book and film club is also a time to socialise and have a chat with everyone. All books are fully accessible with print/audio/braille formats and our films a specially picked to be compatible with audio description

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UCAN with Alys and Alex (Age 13 -17 years)

Tuesdays and Fridays: 5:00pm to 6:30pm 

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 all through fun activities. Alex is our sound and recording expert. He has been part of the UCAN team for 11 years and also runs our new Podcast (The PODSquad).

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SASI (Age 18+)

Wednesdays and Fridays (11:00am - 12:30pm)

SASI stands for Self Advocacy for the Sight Impaired. These workshops aim to help young people grow confidence and learn transferable skills that they can use in their everyday lives. We do this through drama games and showcasing developed work around improvisation, storytelling and creativity. Our young people really enjoy these workshops and have created some great work in the past. 

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UCAN with Jake and Taylor (Age 13 and under)

Wednesdays and Fridays: 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Have fun and games with the legend that is Jake! Registered blind, Jake is a professional Actor, Filmmaker and Comedian. Always popular, these twice weekly workshops are great fun, activities include games, treasure hunts, drama and lots of laughing! Click HERE to watch a video of Jake explaining what UCAN is all about!

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Maggie’s Club (Age 18 and under)  

Saturdays: 2pm to 3.15pm

Founded in honour of UCAN Board Member, Dr Margaret Woodhouse OBE, known to everyone as Maggie. This is a weekly fun, interactive workshop for sight impaired children and young people with additional needs held every Saturday. These workshops are led by Jake and Alex and involve fun games, stories, sounds, music and tactile art. Maggie’s club is very popular and they are currently undertaking a virtual round the world tour, visiting a different country each week. 

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How to Join!

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 07825 468384 or email hannah@ucanproductions.org 

We hope to hear from you all soon

The UCAN Team