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Lawnmowers Art Centre
Shields Road, Pelaw Gateshead NE10 0QD |
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| https://lawnmowerstheatre.com |
CHAT – What’s that?
Creative Health Awareness Training (CHAT). Is a Theatre Training package that has been developed specifically for the health sector, using real life stories and lived experience to example areas of the NHS system that people with learning disabilities find inaccessible. During training, participants experience a 20 minute theatre piece and work with the actors to improve the circumstances of the scene. Together we identify best practice when working with people with learning disabilities.
Social Worker Awareness Training (SWAT)
The SWAT programme has been developed specifically for people training and working in the social care system. The piece was informed by a qualified social worker using the Professional Capability Framework, using this and real life stories to example how people with learning disabilities find the social care system inaccessible.
Mate Crime Awareness Training (Friday Friends)
The Friday Friends, Mate Crime programme has been developed as a safeguarding tool that highlights people with Learning Disabilities vulnerabilities around the issue of Mate Crime The piece was informed by Community Engagement Officer at both Gateshead Council and Northumbria Police, along with real life stories and case studies to example how people with learning disabilities are vulnerable and susceptible to exploitation.