The Makaton Charity's Finance Manager, Lizz Nelhams, has won the award in the Planning and Budgeting category of this year's Sayer Vincent Financial Leadership Awards.

S4C's Makaton children's programme Dwylo'r Enfys has been nominated for a prestigious Rockie Award at the 2013 Banff World Media Festival...

You can now support us every time you sell an item on eBay. Select The Makaton Charity as your favourite charity, then whenever you list an item, simply choose a percentage of the sale price you would like to donate.

The Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP) ran for three years and was designed to investigate the progress of children with speech, language and communication needs over time...

Dwylo'r Enfys (Rainbow Hands), a new TV programme for young children and families in Wales, is the first Welsh language programme to use Makaton. And six year old Enfys Thomas, from Caernarfon, who has Down's Syndrome, was the inspiration for the show...

Justin Fletcher has won a BAFTA in the Presenter category for Something Special in the British Academy Children's Awards. Justin has now won three BAFTAs, making him the most awarded children's presenter yet.

Children's television presenter Justin Fletcher, aka Mr Tumble, from CBeebies Something Special programme, has received an Outstanding Achievement Award at the Shine a Light Awards 2012 for helping and supporting children in developing good communication skills.

Makaton Champion Andrea, from The Grange in Bookham, is one of the award winners in Mencap's National Christmas Card Competition. Andrea's colourful Reindeer design was chosen with three other national winners to be made into Mencap's Christmas cards for sale...