Ace Centre
@acecentreuk.bsky.social
UK Based Charity supporting communication & access to technology for people with disabilities.
At Ace Centre, we’re excited to see the White Paper *Every Child Achieving and Thriving* place a stronger focus on ensuring all learners are supported and included and fully welcome this ambition. Read our latest blog to learn more: buff.ly/lwFUpnb
Communication Works is back in 2026! 🎉 Building on the success of the last few years, this year’s event promises to be our most ambitious programme yet! North - Fri 22nd May, Oldham Events Centre South - Wed 24th June, Charlton Athletic Football Club Register for your FREE place: buff.ly/6tnfqtB
Happy New Year! 🎉 We'll be back to normal opening hours from tomorrow onwards 😊
Happy Holidays from everyone at Ace Centre! We will be closed Christmas and Boxing Day before opening as usual on the 29th December, then closed for New Year's Day and opening again on the 2nd January. Our Advice line will also be closed 24th December - 2nd January.
We’re all set to go at the University of Reading SLT Careers Fair 2025! Come and say hi, we’d love to chat to you about working in the field of Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)/Assistive Technology (AT)! 👋 #AAC #AT #ATech #Communication #AugComm #SpeechTherapy
Communication Works is back! 🎉 We're delighted to announce that Communication Works will return to Oldham and London next year and registration is now open! North - Fri 22nd May, Oldham Events Centre South - Wed 24th June, Charlton Athletic Football Club Register your FREE place: buff.ly/6tnfqtB
This year, Ace Centre became the home of the newly created AAC Language Library, a collaborative online resource designed to support AAC users by providing and sharing communication materials in languages other than English! Read more/access the Library for free here: buff.ly/0xndPMd #AAC #Augcomm
Proud to be a Founder Member of the Alliance for Inclusive Literacy Education, launching today on #IDPD2025. Every learner deserves access to meaningful literacy instruction. Find out more: buff.ly/QLkBYPP #InclusiveLiteracy #IDPD2025 #LiteracyForAll #AAC #SEND
Communication Works is back! 🎉 We're delighted to announce that Communication Works will return to Oldham and London next year and registration is now open! North - Fri 22nd May, Oldham Events Centre South - Wed 24th June, Charlton Athletic Football Club Register your FREE place: buff.ly/6tnfqtB
Wishing everyone a very happy Bonfire/Fireworks night! If you need help celebrating, check out our free Autumn Festivals resource, focusing on core, descriptive and action words: buff.ly/s0t7xIp
Happy Halloween to all who celebrate from everyone at Ace Centre! 🎃👻 "Ghosts and goblins fill the night, Pumpkins glow with eerie light. Witches cackle, broomsticks fly— Happy Haunting! Don’t be shy!"
We hope you've enjoyed our series on handy resources/tips for this year's #AACAwarenessMonth. Check back through this month's posts to see them all! View the full list of links to these wonderful resources here: buff.ly/Rn5iLyZ #Innovation #Inclusion #Advocacy
Laura Davies, AAC Consultant & SLT, shares how props & sensory elements can make stories more engaging for AAC users with sounds, smells & textures! Find out more and see other handy resources: buff.ly/Eqe8IHc #AACAwarenessMonth #Inclusion #Innovation #Advocacy
Every learner deserves access to literacy and communication. Join Ace Centre & Teach Us Too for Developing Access for Learners with Complex Needs — a course on AAC, literacy & communication. 📅 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 | Thursday 6th November 🔗 https://ow.ly/zWao50XgYwa
Sam McNeilly, Senior AAC Consultant, shares her a tool for person-centred switch assessment: the Switch Assessment & Planning Framework, helping explore body position, switch type & ease of use. Find out more: buff.ly/2CKITSz More tools: buff.ly/zIxh64E #AACAwarenessMonth #Inclusion #Innovation
AAC Consultant Natasha Kay shares a go-to resource: My Computer My Way by AbilityNet — a simple, effective guide to adapting tech for independent access. “It empowers users to personalise their devices to meet their needs.” Explore the guide here: buff.ly/HMYGr5X #AACAwarenessMonth
COMING UP NEXT WEEK The final webinar in our series on access is on voice based communication, including using voice for typing and control purposes. Join us as we explore this important communication method! 📅 24th Oct ⏰ 12:30 🔗 buff.ly/tdrQlcL Full range of Access webinars: buff.ly/tsyoJCs
Katy Leckenby, Partnerships & Consultancy Manager, share’s one of her go to tools for educators to support AAC implementation in learning environments, TD Snap for Schools! Read more & apply: buff.ly/1g5g8O0 #AACAwarenessMonth #Inclusion #Innovation #Advocacy
May, Senior AAC Consultant, shares a tool from her AAC & Literacy training: alternative pencils. They help learners at any literacy stage access the alphabet via eye pointing, direct selection, or partner-assisted scanning. See our full list of favourites: buff.ly/BXOzPCT #AACAwarenessMonth
We're looking forward to being at this year's TES Send Show at the Business Design Centre London on the 10/11th October, a brilliant 2 day exhibition devoted to supporting educator's development and CPD. Catch us on stand H15 in the Assistive technology zone, we can't wait to meet you!
NEXT WEEK! Join us on the 17th October as we explore eyegaze/eye tracking tecnhnology for communication in more detail, including benefits and considerations, as well as different devices and example use cases. Register: buff.ly/ck5UAxW
Will Wade, Research & Development Manager, gives us an introduction to Echo, the award-winning AAC app using auditory scanning to support communication for those with visual & physical difficulties! Read more and try it here: buff.ly/OBBIEkf #AACAwarenessMonth #Innovation #Inclusion #Advocacy
We recently announced the participants in the AT Scholar programme for 2026, four passionate individuals who are driving innovation and inclusion through Assistive Technology across the UK! Read more and find out who's involved here: buff.ly/xriQa7T AT Scholar Project: buff.ly/qcHtStj
We can't believe it's already a month on from the Communication Matters Conference in Leeds! We had such a wonderful time getting to know new faces and sharing some of our latest developments and collaborations! Read our full review of the conference here: buff.ly/sBe2Ipg
We’ve completed Communication Access UK training to help make communication more inclusive for all. It’s free, easy, and we encourage others to join us! 🗣️ Register: buff.ly/BXOzPCT See our full list of resources/devices/sites: buff.ly/BXOzPCT #AACAwarenessMonth #Innovation #Inclusion #Advocacy
HAPPENING NEXT FRIDAY! Join us for the latest in our series of Access Methods tasters focusing on Switches! This webinar will look at how switches can be used in activites, the skills required to operate and some of the different options available. 📅10th Oct ⏲️12:30pm 🔗https://buff.ly/KplsSqd
