Brian
Nicola Robin
Fiona
Trudy Jem
Jane Vicki
Robin
Meader is working as our Artistic Director. He is getting known as a
professional artist. He enjoys travelling all round Somerset to see
historical buildings. One of his favourite stories is Aladdin, because it
shows that the sky's the limit! He also works for Sainsbury's and with
Glastonbury Enterprise Services. Robin has just got grants from the Renton
Foundation and Millfield School to work with Nick Hennessy, a well known
British storyteller.
The work of Robin is featured in the April 2008 issue of Mencap's Viewpoint magazine. Click here to download. The article about Robin is on pages 24 and 25.
Nicola
Grove is the Director of the Unlimited Company. She is a speech and
language therapist and storyteller who has worked for over 30 years with
people who have severe and profound disabilities. She is trained in sign
language and the use of total communication.
Brian
Marshall is working as our co-Director. He has run a storytelling group
for people with profound disabilities. He enjoys telling stories about his
own life, and heroic legends. He has his own flat in Frome, and he enjoys
going to the pub with friends in the evening.
Fiona Green helps to run our Storysharer
projects and work in schools. She enjoys going on holiday and going out with
friends. She has many stories about her travels all over the world. She also
works at Tastebuds, a catering business run by the Enterprise Resource
Centre, and with Somerset Total Communication.
Trudy
Graves is helping with our administration. She works in Barnados as a
volunteer, and at Tastebuds. She loves going to conferences and enjoys
stories about animals. She has a budgie called Joey.
Jem Dick Jem Dick also works with us. He enjoys
drawing, painting, pottery and making musical instruments to play. With his
partner, Sharon, he gives storytelling performances and runs a storytelling
circle in Somerset. He also works with people with learning disabilities and
runs creative programmes in day centres.
Jane Harwood runs the Storysharer projects. She also plays music, teaches, and works for Youth Music. She and her band often play at the Glastonbury Festival. The Count Me In drumming sessions she helps to run have involved hundreds of people with learning disabilities all over Somerset.
Vicki
Ross is a speech and language therapist and a storyteller who works with
children who have autistic spectrum disorders. She helps to run the group
and comes out with us for training.
The other members of the company, who join us to do workshops and
performances are Heather Dickinson Joel Reboul Catherine Rolfe Isobel Herdon
Hazel Elders Geoffrey Stowe helps us with art and music.