SOH News Oct-Dec 2013 Speak Out | Page 4

News Voice of Us - drama group news The Voice of Us drama group recently made a ‘play in a day’ with a group of 12 young people from a project called The Challenge Network. The actors made up the play, practised it and then performed it all in one day! The play they made was about homelessness, discrimination and people being labelled. It was a forum play and the audience joined in, helping the homeless characters to make their lives better. The audience was made up of other young people from The Challenge Network and some Speak Out members. The Voice of Us drama group were also involved in the West Middlesex Hospital open day... performing a short piece about the Patient Passport scheme. Disability Hate Crime Awareness Event - Monday 14th October The Voice of Us will also be performing their play “Can you save Jason?” at a Hate Crime Awareness Event in October. 3 The event is open to anyone who wants to come along. It run from 1.30pm-4.30pm at the Parish Centre, St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Road, Brentford. TW8 0PN.