Touch Trust Provides Creative Movement Opportunities for Those Often Denied Access to the Arts

Touch Trust was born 10 years ago in Wales, UK when Dilys Price began campaigning for her ‘Happiness Centre’ for people with special needs.

In the early days of Touch Trust, things were run literally from Dilys’ kitchen table and sessions were held in rooms and spaces all over Cardiff. It was often difficult but from these early beginnings, the Touch Trust programme grew in reputation amongst the disabled community in Cardiff. In 2004 Touch Trust moved to its own purpose-built suite in the Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) through the support of the National Assembly of Wales, the WMC Trust and the Arts Council of Wales.

In those early days at WMC, it was envisaged that we would run 5 sessions per week for people with complex needs. It soon became clear that demand for the Touch Trust programme was far greater than that and very soon we were running 5 sessions per day! People with Autism and behaviour that challenges greatly benefit from our programme and we are providing more and more sessions for these groups. We have also had remarkable results working with very young children and babies and, more recently, people with dementia.

The Art of Movement for Health and Happiness

Touch Trust is a pioneering charity offering unique and creative movement education, and dance programmes primarily for individuals affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders, those with complex needs and behaviour that challenges, but also to other groups in the community.

We encourage self-development and active, life-long learning within a social, creative and nurturing environment.

 
We promote inclusive communities through the provision of creative movement opportunities for those often denied access to the arts.

Celebrating the integration of the disabled and non-disabled communities in our inclusive, prestigious and state-of-the-art facilities will make Touch Trust a model for the 21st Century.

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[Curtis Maybin]

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Curtis

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[Donna Newman-Bluestein]

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