About Speakability

Speakability is the national charity dedicated to supporting and empowering people with Aphasia and their carers.

Aphasia is a communication disability caused by damage to the language centres of the brain. It can come as the result of a stroke, head injury, brain tumour or other neurological illness.

More than a quarter of a million people in the UK have problems with speaking, reading, writing or understanding language as a result of Aphasia.

Speakability supports and empowers people with Aphasia to overcome the barriers they face by:

• supporting people with Aphasia and their carers through its Information Service, national network of Self-Help Groups and programme of activities 
• influencing individuals, organisations and statutory bodies in order to improve services for people living with Aphasia 
• raising funds to support these aims

  YORK SPEAKABILITY is an active self-help group based in the city of York. It is run by people with Aphasia for people with Aphasia. We are a friendly and welcoming group, who are always happy to meet new people, especially those who are interested in joining in with our group's activities and finding out more about how Speakability can help.