NEWS ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY STUDENT PRIZES IN NEW ZEALAND
The Trustees are pleased to announce that the three universities in New Zealand that have Speech and Language Therapy Courses have accepted our invitation to participate in the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Prize to students for the best piece of work that relates to aphasia.
2010 winners are:
Kirsty O’Connor, The University of Auckland
Meghann Grawbury, The University of Canterbury
DR SALLY BYNG JOINS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Sally Byng OBE to the board of Trustees. There can be few in the world of aphasia, and beyond, who are not familiar with Sally’s phenomenal contribution to this field.
- From 1993-1999, Sally headed the Department of Language and Communication Science at City University in London where she was a Professor of Communication Disability.
- In 2000, Sally co-founded and became Chief Executive of Connect – the communication disability network; a charity promoting effective services, new opportunities and a better quality of life for people living with aphasia.
- In 2005 Sally was awarded the OBE for her services to speech and language therapy.
- Sally also played a key role in the development of the Department of Health’s national strategy for improving stroke services.
- Sally is now the Chief Executive of the Barnwood Trust, which aims to enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities in Gloucestershire.
Robin Tavistock, who founded the TTA, knew Sally well. He had great admiration both for her and her work and we know he would be, as we are, thrilled that she has agreed to become a trustee. Sally’s knowledge and experience will be invaluable to the board. We look forward to working with her over the years to come.
THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAVISTOCK TRUST FOR APHASIA ARE PLEASED TO BE FUNDING FURTHER WORK AT SPEAKEASY IN LANCASHIRE
Speakeasy works to support people with aphasia, and their carers, to reach individual goals, with the aim of encouraging greater involvement in social networks and life in general.
This grant will help maintain the momentum generated by the project the TTA has funded over the last three years. It will support the continuation of the existing StepbyStep aphasia therapy and specialised computer work which has become a core part of Speakeasy’s activity.
THE HONOURABLE CHARLES CAYZER RETIREMENT
Charles Cayzer has sadly retired as a Trustee due to demands on his time. Although Charles was with the Trust for a short time, his financial knowledge was especially helpful in the current economic climate. Charles will be sorely missed.
EIRIAN JONES RETIRES FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Trustees of the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia are so grateful to Eirian Jones for her contribution as a Trustee over the last 4 years. The TTA owes Eirian a debt that can never be repaid. Not only for her advice, guidance and benefit of her experience which have been invaluable over the last few years, but maybe even more to the point, without her, the TTA would never have come into existence. It was her dogged, professional and compassionate work as a speech and language therapist that enabled Robin to recover so much of his language. She was passionate about her patients and about wanting to raise the profile of aphasia, and this was an inspiration to Robin, who went on to found the TTA. We wish her every happiness in her retirement.
GROUND-BREAKING 'LIFE AFTER STROKE' SERVICES GET IMPORTANT FUNDING BOOST
The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia and the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust have granted Connect – the communication disability network £430,000 for the second phase of their Access to Life project which is a strategic part of Connect’s work in supporting people living with aphasia (communication disability following stroke or accident).
Read the full press release here
SMALL GRANTS
This year we have awarded a total of nearly £10,000 to improve the quality of life for those with aphasia and their carers. To date we have given a variety of grants that have ranged from £80 to our maximum per month of £1,000.
UNIVERSITY STUDENT PRIZES 2009
It is the end of the academic year 2008-2009 and we are finding out to whom the academic staff have awarded this year’s Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Prizes.
The award goes to the student (or students, if it is shared) who have produced the best piece of work relating to aphasia during that academic year. The work has to be an excellent ‘piece of work’ relating to aphasia.
The most recent student to receive this award is Rupinder Sharma, University of Birmingham.
For a full list of prize winners, please go to Recipients of Student Prizes.
APHASIA ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND (APHASIANZ) INC.
2009 APHASIA CONFERENCE "APHASIA THERAPY AND BEYOND"
This conference, the third aphasia conference in New Zealand, was held over three days from 21st to 23rd October 2009, with the main conference programme running over one full day and two half days, and a symposium for health professionals on the afternoon of day two.
People with aphasia made up 25% of those attending, with family members accounting for a further 14%. There were a significant number of Speech Language Therapy students attending, as well as qualified SLTs and other health professionals.
THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA AWARDS
TAVISTOCK STUDENT PRIZE
Charlotte Poulson, a third year Speech and Language Therapy student, has been awarded the prestigious annual Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Student Prize.
The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Student Prize is awarded to students in participating Universities for “an excellent piece of work relating to aphasia”.
Presenting the award to Charlotte, Jane Cross, Acting Head of the School of Allied Health Professions, explained that Charlotte had won the award “on the basis of an outstanding case study assignment on language disorders”.
Charlotte Poulson said, “I was surprised and delighted to receive the award. I found the work very rewarding and I’m really looking forward to working in the profession, focusing on adult acquired impairment. I’ll be spending the prize money on books!”
THE ROBIN TAVISTOCK AWARD 2009
DR JENNY DAUTLICH DFPH
The Trustees are very pleased to announce that Dr Jenny Dautlich DFPH is the 4th recipient of the Robin Tavistock Award.
Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford was pleased to present Jenny with the award on the 9th September 2009 at the BAS conference held in Sheffield.
For more information go to the Robin Tavistock Award Page.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
The TTA is pleased to announce that in June 2009 it renewed, for a further 2 years, its joint funding of a part time Speech and Language Therapist at The University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The post, which is based in the Aphasia Centre at the University, enables the centre to offer intensive speech therapy as well as group therapy.
Added to that, there is exciting news with regard to the Aphasia Clinic team’s recently completed work on Aphasia Therapy Resources, funded by the TTA. The resources are for Speech and Language Therapists and for guided use by students. These are now for sale and therefore can benefit many more people. All profits will be used to expand and develop this work.
The materials are sold as DVDs, with a manual
- Written Comprehension
- Sentence Processing
- Auditory Processing
THE GREAT NORTH SWIM - 12TH SEPTEMBER 2009
The Trustees would like to thank everyone who sponsored Nicky Campbell’s swim on behalf of the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia. He swam the mile in 39 minutes 28 seconds. The total raised to date is a staggering £25,700, with a further £5,000 promised. All proceeds will be used to further the aims of the Trust and we cannot thank you enough for your very generous donations.
FUNDRAISING
Open Garden
The Yard Sale held 12th September at Bedford House, home of Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford raised £642. Thank you to all who came and supported this event. The garden was open to the public for two days in June. We raised over £1,000 for the TTA. Thank you to all those who contributed.
THE TAVISTOCK TRUST