Hands and Voices - Outreach Workshops

Each of our trainee-led workshops is co-led by adults who take part in our Hands and Voices choir. They work alongside a professional music leader and an accessible communication specialist to plan, deliver and evaluate the sessions.

Our Hands and Voices trainees co-lead workshops in:

  • Singing and signing
  • Communication

Workshops have been designed to be suitable for a range of settings and participant groups, including:

  • Schools (Primary, Secondary and SEND)
  • Pre-school settings
  • Youth clubs and other youth groups (e.g Scouts, Brownies)
  • Music Leaders and Education Professionals (the Hands and Voices apprentices have led workshops at conferences and seminars and for organisations including City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra)
  • Businesses and Statutory providers (our trainees have delivered workshops at corporate conferences and team-building days)
  • Day Centres, Resource Centres and other disabled groups
  • Health and Social care professionals

Workshops are tailored to suit the group we're working with. They can focus on any age and range of abilities and can be adapted to suit personal needs. We can also deliver more bespoke workshops adapted to the needs of your group or a particular theme you'd like to explore.

Get in touch if you'd like to know how our outreach workshops could work for you.

More information on our trainee-led workshops

For workshop participants, a trainee-led workshop offers the chance to learn new skills whilst seeing positive disabled role models in action. They’re a great way to promote inclusion and can be a fantastic team building exercise – our trainees are very skilled at making everyone feel comfortable and confident. And everyone has great fun too!

For our trainees, planning and delivering workshops give them the chance to:

  • Develop skills in communication, leadership, team working and critical thinking
  • Share their skills with other people
  • Gain understanding and experience of what it means to be professional
  • Grow more confident
  • Feel motivated and positive about engaging in training and learning
  • Make a valued contribution to their local community, leading to improved self-esteem

Thanks to the generous support of our project funders, we're able to offer some free or subsidised trainee-led workshops to schools and other organisations in and around York.

If you're interested in booking one of our workshops, we’d love to chat! Contact us on projects@aamedia.org.uk or call us on 01904 626965.