ISAAC International AAC Awareness Month - October 2008

STORY READING RECEPTION AT No. 10 DOWNING STREET

After much planning by Communication Matters and with the help of the staff at No. 11 Downing Street, a fabulous Story Reading Reception was held in Downing Street in October, with the kind permission of Alistair Darling, The Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The evening was opened by Liz Moulam, Chair of Communication Matters, who introduced guest speaker, Dr Nicola Grove (Founder and Director of the 'Unlimited Company of Story Tellers') gave an enthralling speech to the assembled audience who were invited by Maggie Darling to be seated, in true story-telling fashion, on the carpet of the State Room at No.10.

This was followed by readings of the three UK winning stories of the ISAAC ‘Many Stories - One Voice’ writing competition. Toby Hewson read ‘MI6 Rescue’ written by Sean Lucas, the International, as well as UK, winner. Beth Moulam read her inspiring story ‘Just Talking’, and Alan Martin read his tale of treasure, ‘Secrets’.

Everyone was captivated by Maggie Darling’s reading of ‘No Means Yes’, part of the Quirky Tails Collection by Paul Jenkins.

The memorable evening was rounded off by Alistair Darling presenting certificates to the winners.

You can listen to a recording of the speeches and the great story readings by following the link below.

- Listen to the speeches & story readings (MP3 recording)

- Read the UK stories (with symbol support, courtesy of Symbolworld)

- Read all story entries from around the world