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• Call for carers - we are inviting people to get involved with trying out some simple and fun home-based craft activities.
• New films give a voice to people living with dementia. A series of short films show how a blend of poetry and gardens gives a voice to people living with dementia
• Engaging the Senses - read how sensory rich farm visits are a feast for young senses in our latest article.
• New book, 'out to play in Cornwall' - Sensory Trust has worked with Cornwall Council to produce this new guide, free to download!
• New film, the House Heroes! Sensory Trust has teamed up with The House youth project to make a film based in St Austell.
• Animate It! We teamed up with Aardman to run an animation competion and got a great response, have a look at the at the fantastic collection of 60 second films!
• Another year to grow! We've been granted another year's funding by the Big Lottery Fund for Creative Spaces, our project improving the quality of life of people with dementia through outdoor and community-based activities
• A new film showcases Cornwall Community Foundation and Sensory Trust - a recent visit from CCF gave us a welcome chance to share our latest project work
• Geekathon - thanks to a new Cornish company, employ-a-geek, ten IT wizards worked through a whole night and day to design new web and intranet facilities for us. We'll soon have a new microsite to house our resources. More news soon
• Timeline Time Machine, Feb 2012. An exhibition of stories and memories from the communities of St Blazey, Par and Tywardreath, part of our Clay Country Local Action Project.

• Sensory rich visits to farms and environmental sites. The latest newsletter is full of fabulous news and pictures and ready for you to read on our Let Nature Feed Your Senses website.
• Creative Spaces activity sheets - free to download! We are sharing ideas and activities that explore working outdoors with people with dementia.
• New Changing Places toilet at Eden Project. It's bright, it's orange and it's improving access for people with profound and multiple disabilities
• Eden Sessions, making music accessible to everyone. Take a look at how Sensory Trust and Eden Project worked together to make the Sessions a great time for everyone.
• Videos - collected in one place for your convenience.
• Eden Project hailed as UK's top accessible attraction. Thanks to the continuing hard work by Sensory Trust and the Eden team, the Eden Project in Cornwall won the Readers' Choice award at the Rough Guide to Accessible Britain Awards in March 2010. Eden was also highly commended in the Best Family Venue category.
• Sensory Trust runs training sessions for countryside managers in Belfast. We've been running training for the Countryside Access and Activities Network and supporting the great things happening in northern Ireland.
• Equality Act 2010 - what does it mean for access to public social space?
• Social Sustainability Toolkit: inclusive design - free download of the toolkit.
• The inclusive destination; making school visits work for everyone. In an article published in issue 48 of SEN magazine, Lynsey Robinson explores how to make school visits accessible and rewarding for all.

   

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