Unique Creative Arts Network for visually impaired young people
UCAN FIND A VERY SPECIAL NEW HOME
1 December 2009
The UCAN Members and the Staff of the School of Optometry and Vision Science, Maindy Rd, Cardiff
UCAN Productions, the award winning performance arts cooperative for blind and partially sighted young people have been offered a wonderful new home for their regular drama workshops. The company will now be based in the state of the art new School of Optometry and Vision Sciences building, Cardiff University, Maindy Road in Cardiff.
Jane Latham, Development Manager of UCAN Productions said 'We are extremely grateful to the School of Optometry for allowing us to use their wonderful building. It's a perfect place for us to gather and a wonderful opportunity for our young people to meet and build relationships with the students and visual impairment specialists. We think it is a perfect example of how arts and science can work together.
Dr Christine Purslow, Director for Innovation and Engagement within the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences said, “We are really pleased to have these talented young people joining our community in the School. We look forward to a long, supportive partnership and the opportunities for our own budding optometrists to work on some joint theatre projects”.
News and events
Achievements – 2003 to Date
- Find out what our amazing Junior Chairman Lloyd Colman has been up to recently and listen to his interviews
- Find out what Mr Patrick Watts of the Royal College of Ophthalmology thought about the UCAN Performance
- The new social networking site UCAN TALK, funded by Cardiff Council Innovation Fund, is going very well
- UCAN find a very special new home
- Harry Potter Orchestrator and UCAN Productions Junior Chairman work to leave a Musical Legacy
- UCAN perform at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Congress in Birmingham
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Read more in our record of achievement
