TalkLink Trust Annual Report 2021 - 2022
01 December 2022
The TalkLink Trust is holding its Annual General Meeting this year on 1st December 2022. . The Annual Report is available for viewing. 2021-2022 Annual Report ...
Diederik's story
18 October 2021
Diederik is a long time AAC user who is passionate about supporting mental health. ...
Celebrating the Achievements of the TalkLink Trust whānau
18 December 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, what better way to finish this crazy year than on a high, celebrating some of the achievements of people who access AAC tools and strategies. TalkLink was delighted to be referenced in the TV One report about the awesome students at Kōwhai Special School who turned their talker group into Movie Stars. It was a great way to see AAC being integrat......
TalkLink Trust Annual Report
10 December 2020
The 2019-20 financial year has been a year of two halves, and this is reflected in the outcomes outlined in the Annual report. ...
Early Childhood AAC use - George in the sandpit
27 July 2020
This is the third amazing learning story from a young AAC user, George, who was on our waiting list at the time these were written. ...
Early Childhood AAC use - George playing with bugs
20 July 2020
We have three amazing learning stories to share with you from a young AAC user, George*, who was on our waitlist at the time they were written....
Early Childhood AAC use - Communicating with George
13 July 2020
We have three amazing learning stories to share with you from a young AAC user, George*, who was on our waitlist at the time they were written. ...
KiwiChat goes Virtual
07 May 2020
Extraordinary times can result in innovative and new ways of working. This is certainly what has happened for the TalkLink team. Throughout Alert Levels 3 & 4 of the Covid19 response, the TalkLink team has been busy supporting our clients in new ways....
Our Ambassador Mke in Wellington
05 March 2020
Mke Ninces recently travelled to Wellington and while there, offered to wear her TalkLink Trust “ambassador hat” and meet two young TalkLink clients. ...
TalkLink Trust 2019 Annual Report
11 December 2019
Please click here to download the 2019 Annual Report. Mke Ninces, one of the TalkLink ambassadors wrote in the 2018 Annual Report: “I hope that we can all find the right words in 2019; After all, the TalkLink Trust is about communication and finding our voice is what we are here to achieve.” In this annual report, there are many examples of how people have overcome communicati......
Advocating for AAC
08 August 2019
Advocating for AAC Nathan Thompson is a 20-year-old young man who has high aspirations to support others just like him. To communicate, Nathan uses an eye gaze device with text to speech to type. He uses this to write emails, complete NCEA school work and like any other young adult, he is often scrolling through Facebook and Instagram. He first got this communication device fo......
TalkLink Trust 2018 Annual Report
11 December 2018
Please click here to download the 2018 Annual Report. The report outlines the last year which has been a challenging one. A big thank you to our ambassadors Mke and Geneva who have contributed articles to the Annual Report - they are worth a read!!...