Partner with The Twisting Ducks to create bespoke accessible and creative resources
We work with you to communicate information in accessible and creative ways, using our expertise in film, performance, digital media and accessible communications.
Whether you need a complex document adapted into clear English or Easy Read, an interactive survey that uses audio-visual content, or a film or live performance to explore a topic, we can work with you to create a solution that meets your needs.
Our work is created with people with a learning disability and autistic people, bringing creativity, lived experience and new perspectives to your project.
"The Twisting Ducks can interpret a project brief into something that is incredibly creative whilst ensuring its members are included in all aspects of the project.
They always deliver high-quality products within project timescales and they convey messaging in an insightful and imaginative way, even when the messaging is of very challenging content."
- Judith Thompson, North East & Cumbria Learning Disability Network Manager NHS England
Send us your brief or contact us for a free consultation:
Email:
info@thetwistingducks.co.uk | Phone:
07925 167775
Our commissionable resources
Interactive surveys
Make your surveys more accessible
Interactive digital surveys and questionnaires using graphics, animation, film, sound and other interactive features to encourage participation and make responding more engaging.
Accessible Documentation
Make your information easier to understand
We can adapt your existing information into Easy Read or plain English, using clear language, images, graphics and photo-symbols to support understanding. Our accessible documents can help you communicate information clearly with people with a learning disability, autistic people and to wider audiences.
Films
Turn your message into a film
We create live-action films, animation, music and infographics to communicate information, tell stories and bring ideas to life. Films can feature acting, voice-over and BSL signing from our performers with a learning disability and autistic artists, with multi-language subtitles available.
Performance
Raise awareness through live drama
Performance can be a powerful way to open up conversations, share different perspectives and engage audiences. We create live drama, storytelling and performance work designed around your message or theme, featuring our performers with a learning disability and autistic performers. It is particularly effective for events and conferences.
Training
Make your training more engaging & inclusive
Our creative training sessions combine performance, storytelling and lived experience to increase understanding of learning disability and autism. Sessions can be tailored to your organisation and can include stories and insights from people with lived experience. They are particularly useful for health and social care professionals who want to bring real patient and service-user perspectives into their training.
Consultation & Involvement
Create opportunities for people to share their views
Our creative consultation and engagement workshops are led by people with learning disabilities and autistic people. Using drama, storytelling and multimedia approaches, we support participants to explore issues, share their experiences and express their views in creative ways. Workshops can be tailored to your project, helping you gather meaningful insight while making involvement accessible and engaging.
Our resources are designed to meet national Accessible Information Standards
"The support from The Twisting Ducks team during the Learning Disability involvement project was invaluable to us. The methods used to engage people with learning disabilities, through audio-visual stimulus and accessible means and care taken to do this properly really showed in the work that they did.
The needs of the participants were varied and The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company took time to understand the best approaches, adapting their tactics, so that each person involved could be understood. The expert guidance and advice from the whole team ensured that patients and families had a voice and were able to fully express their thoughts and feelings.
It was a real pleasure working alongside you to deliver this project."
- Caroline Latta, Director, Oluvus
Portfolio
Creative filmmaking service
Our professional filmmaking service transforms your message into engaging, easy-to-understand content for people with a learning disability and autistic people, helping you to reach more people, make a bigger impact and demonstrate your commitment to accessibility.
Flu Facts
Commissioned by North East and Cumbria Learning Disability Network
We were commissioned to create a series of films to improve the uptake of flu immunisation in people with a learning disability and their families / carers.
Watch the full series
Education, Health and Care Plans
Commissioned by North East and North Cumbria NHS
Part of a series of films created for the North East and North Cumbria NHS on the benefits of Education Health and Care Plans for young people with special education needs.
"I have worked with The Twisting Ducks on a number of projects, their films are always hard-hitting and thought-provoking. The members of the group are always able to bring our ideas to life and add their creative flair, which is always above and beyond."
- Kirsty Greenwell, Network Facilitator North East & Cumbria Learning Disability Network, NHS England
Easy read service
One of our key specialisms is
Easy Read - transforming complex documents into clear, accessible formats that support people with a learning disability and autistic people to engage, understand, and make informed choices. We’ve been delivering Easy Read for
over 10 years, helping health and care organisations across the North East and beyond to create clear, accessible documents.
Examples of our Easy Read documents:
What is Asthma?
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What is Asthma?
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NHS Mental Health
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NHS Mental Health
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Why choose The Twisting Ducks?
- Over 10 years experience developing accessible resources.
- We provide a professional, accurate and friendly service.
- We use a collaborative approach shaped by lived experience.
- Your commission provides paid work for people with a learning disability and autistic people in North East England.
- All income raised supports The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company's work, creating opportunities for people with a learning disability and autistic people in Tyne and Wear, and Northumberland to achieve their aspirations as performers, musicians and DJs.
"The Twisting Ducks are a model of good practice, not just in relation to learning disabilities & autism, but in how to communicate effectively, and how to respect our fellow human beings. And that's before I even mention that their theatre and video productions are informative, very good at illuminating tricky issues and, above all, hugely entertaining."
- Robert Webb, Director of Transmit Enterprise CIC & SIGNAL
Send us your brief or contact us for a free consultation:
Email:
info@thetwistingducks.co.uk | Phone:
07925 167775
