Julie messaged me one Saturday evening with this amazing idea, bears with information on the signs of sepsis that could be passed from one person to another. These became known as the Sepsis Aware Bears...

Kerry’s mum has a rare psychological condition called Disassociative Fugue State. Sufferers can ‘forget’ who they are, where they are or the identity of people around them. It can also lead to wandering off and loss of speech...

Katie uses Makaton with her daughter Gracie as well as in her SENCO role in a nursery. Here she tells the stories of Gracie and Amber...

Ann Cardinal attended the very first Makaton workshop run by Margaret Walker at Botleys Park Hospital in 1976. This is her story...

Thornbury has launched a Communication Trail with around 40 posters displayed in shops and other organisations around the town...

21-year-old Chloe, has been using Makaton to support her communication since she was a child, has started sharing Makaton on social media and in weekly singing and signing sessions...

James uses Makaton to communicate, sing and play with his family. "It has allowed James to communicate with us allowing us to understand his feelings, what he wants and needs."

Alfreton Park Community Special School is an outward looking school and we on a mission to make Alfreton a Makaton Friendly Town