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This page is dedecated to workshops for persons with Physical and learning difficulties

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The National centre for brain injury rehabilitation was established in 1979 and aims to work with adults with acquired brain injury so that their rehabilitation allows them to reach an optimum level of independence and well being.

Kemsley offers services for people between the ages of 18 and 64 with an acquired brain injury. The primary role is to serve people whose difficult to manage behaviour may deny them access to other rehabilitation services. "Thank you on behalf of all of Kemsley for the wonderful day you provided us.It was a great success and it would be great for you to come again.The feedback from everyone has been very positive, some would like a drum of their own!

Looking back on the day it was great how even those in wheelchairs could take part.I think it was great for them as well that they could make a lot of noise, not something they get much chance to do!"

The Pool (Edward lloyd trust) Newcastle

 

THURSDAY 24 JUNE 2010
 

BharATIya Ashram Dudhope Centre, ST MARY PLACE, DUNDEE, MONDAY 28 JUNE 2010 AT 2.30PM

 ‘Working to a Different Rhythm’ The Bharatiya Ashram Dudhope Centre in Dundee is the venue for an unusual final celebration session of a participatory arts programme, with a performance of African Drumming by people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) . The African Drumming programme has been organised by Tayside Healthcare Arts Trust (THAT) as part of their larger body of participant centred projects for people with Long Term Conditions (LTC). The work with COPD has been funded through NHS Tayside’s LTC Annual Commissioning Plan as an innovative approach to improving the health and wellbeing of people with this and other long term conditions. COPD can have a very debilitating effect as it can leave the person very breathless after the smallest exertion. THAT is also currently delivering other arts programmes with COPD both in Angus and In Perth. This group of participants have been drawn directly from  two pulmonary rehabilitation classes where the participants had built up their strength through physical exercise.  Lead Drummer, Steve Haden, has been working with the group over the last three months introducing them to African rhythms and showing them how this sort of enjoyable group activity can also contribute to peoples individual strength and stamina. The participants have had seven sessions working on three different rhythms leading up to the performance today. Chris Kelly, ST/ART Project Co-ordinator, said, “This is the first time we have introduced drumming into our repertoire of arts programmes and I am delighted with how well it has gone.  We discussed the intention of the programme with the COPD Specialist Nurse and Physiotherapist and decided we wanted to do something that would carry on an aspect of physical activity but would also be a  fun and creative group activity ” Marlene Boyle,  COPD Specialist Nurse said, “It has been great to see this group form and develop this new interest that is obviously so enjoyable but also addresses their health condition.  It can be very difficult for people with COPD to find opportunities to get involved in activities that provide peer support and help them physically and the feedback we have had from this group has been tremendous.”  

Persons in the picture below have been blanked out to preserve their identity.