Friday Announcements

1.  Share your multilingual resources with other AAC Users!
From Ryan Crowe, Ace Centre:

Have you created an AAC resource in a language other than English? Are there resources out there you regularly use and trust to support AAC users that are multilingual?

If the answer to either of those questions is yes, please take a moment to add them to the AAC Language Library so other AAC users and professionals can benefit from your experience.

Visit our website and watch the quick video which guides you through how to contribute.

2.  Speech & Language Therapist vacancy at The Pace Centre 
From Julia Berry, The Pace Centre:

Salary £36,454 – 47,376 Full-time term-time equivalent.
Located in Aylesbury.
Opportunity for a Band 6 or 7 Speech & Language Therapist in our Child & Family Service and School, full-time and part-time considered as well as term-time or full year contracts. 

Pace is committed to supporting families and ensuring their children with a neurodisability can reach their fullest potential in life. Our Child and Family Service Team is looking for Speech and Language Therapists who are keen to join our focus on early intervention. 

The Pace early intervention framework has been designed specifically for babies and toddlers with neurodisabilities and is a child centred, family focused early child development programme, delivered within a nurturing environment by specialist, expert practitioners. Dysphagia and/or AAC experience is desirable. 

Pace is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and an enhanced DBS will be required.

Benefits: 

• Comprehensive induction and ongoing training, with supportive mentoring and clinical supervision.
• Excellent opportunities for CPD.
• A contributory pension scheme, up to 4%.
• Assistance and Cycle-to-Work scheme.

The deadline for this opportunity is 31 March 2026.

Apply here: The Pace Centre 

3. AAC Users Focus Group 17 February
The AAC User Focus Group will meet online on Tuesday 17 February at 4pm.

Verity Elliot will be joining us to discuss the CM Mentoring Project for part of the meeting.

To receive a zoom link and join the conversation on current topics, please email:
[email protected] or [email protected]

4. Voices Without Limits – Communication Club Scotland
We are delighted to invite AAC users in Scotland to come along to our first communication club, ‘Voices without Limits’. This is an opportunity for you to meet other AAC users, take part in some fun activities and share tips and tricks on how you use your communication device. The club is suitable for young people and adults who use AAC (aged 14+ years).

The first club session will take place on Thursday 16 April, at 10.30am-12.30pm at Corseford College in Inchinnan. There is plenty of free parking. Light refreshments will be provided, and you are welcome to bring your own lunch.

10.30am – 12.30pm, Thursday 16 April 2026,

Corseford College, India of Inchinnan, Inchinnan PA4 9LH

To register for this event, please click here

5. Communication Matters needs your vote!
We are honoured to be included in this February’s charity poll hosted by Discount Promo Codes, where the charity that receives the highest number of votes will be awarded a donation to support their work.

Head to Discount Promo Codes, scroll down until you see the poll on the right-hand side of the page (or at the bottom of the page on mobile), and then click on the small circle next to Communication Matters and vote!

It’s completely free to vote in the poll, and you don’t need to use any vouchers or codes to vote either. Everyone gets one vote in the poll per month, and it runs from 1-28 February.

To learn more about the competition, you can visit our blog.

Thank you for your support!

6. CM 2026 Abstract Submissions Now Open
We invite you to submit abstracts for our 40th anniversary conference!

As we celebrate four decades of advocacy and innovation in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), we’re seeking presentations, workshops, and poster submissions that push boundaries and champion limitless communication for all.

Abstracts will be reviewed by the Abstracts Committee who will meet after the deadline. Submitting authors chosen will be informed by mid-May 2026.

The deadline for abstract submission is Midnight (BST), Friday 27 March, 2026.

Submit your abstracts here.

7. Register for Peer Support Sharing Best Practice Day
Tuesday 31 March, 10am – 3.15pm, University of Leeds.

The next workshop for Sharing Best Practice for Peer Support & Mentoring is for AAC users, families and professionals who are interested in attending, supporting or setting up an AAC Communication Club and enabling AAC users to achieve Mentoring qualifications.

Our itinerary for the day will be mailed to all Peer Support subscribers.

Please click here to subscribe to receive details direct to your inbox.

Learn more and register for the event here

8. CM Conference 2026 – Save The Date!
Join us in Leeds on 13-15 September 2026 for an exciting event packed full of informative presentations, inspiring stories and insight into the advancing world of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).

Our conference offers a diverse programme of events that brings AAC users, their families and carers together with researchers, professionals and suppliers to learn, network, socialise and celebrate.

Further details will be shared once announced. 

In the meantime, visit our website to learn more about plans for this year’s event.

9. About Friday Announcements
These ‘Friday Announcements’ comprise weekly product updates, upcoming courses, and supplier news. Please email [email protected] with the item you want to be included by Thursday at 5pm – no more than 200 words (one entry per organisation per week) – and include contact email and/or link so readers can find out further information (no file attachments please).