Aphasia Support are a registered charity whose mission is to improve the wellbeing of people with aphasia and their carers, by providing tailored speech and language therapy and long term support. We want to create a world where every person with aphasia has access to support.
We have 5 key aims
Our charity matches people with aphasia with a trained volunteer speech support worker who visits the person in their own home and supports them to work on their personal communication goal using computer therapy available on iPad and android devices. We loan people with aphasia equipment which enables them to see whether the computer therapy program will benefit them. The volunteer is also trained on supported conversation techniques so there will also be time spent building a friendship with the person with aphasia. We also run group peer support session in Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley, Halifax and Doncaster which are supported by staff and volunteers.