Derwen College Head of Speech and Language Therapy Julie Hawkins is a Senior Makaton Tutor and a firm believer in the power of Makaton. She explains why Derwen is a proud advocate of Makaton...

Fish and Chips @ Weston Grove is the First Makaton Friendly fish and chip shop!

My mum shared a video of me and it had over 30k views in a matter of days and it made me realise that other people were interested too. That's when Isabella Signs was created across all social media platforms...

Using Makaton has brought children of all ages and abilities together, making it easier for all children to understand each other.

Alice is a Makaton User and a huge Strictly Come Dancing fan who has been campaigning to make the programme more accessible by including Makaton signing... with great success!

Terri nominated Margaret Walker for her Pride of Britain Award... "I just couldn’t believe that something Margaret created all those years ago was having this incredible impact on so many people." 

We are the Makaton Champions from Marine Academy Primary in Plymouth. We would love to introduce ourselves to you and tell you all about the outstanding Makaton we do across the school...

Makaton has given us a way to enhance our relationships with Dotty – finding common ground to not only communicate on a practical level, but also to play, have fun and love our time together.