To whom it may concern,
Hi
my name is Jonathan Lucia-wright (
J-J )
I run a volunteer service with my
wife enabling people with a dual sensory loss ( both Deaf AND blind ) and other disabilities to access entertainment and popular culture.
I use days out and experiences to
create memories and smiles and motivation and hopefully encourage the people
that i work with to live life rather than just exist.
My previous line of work was in the
entertainment business for 13 years as a children's entertainer/comic - so my
approach to this line of work is somewhat unconventional!
In 2003 i decided to put my talents
to better use and changed my audience - a decision which I am very proud
of.
I now use comedy / humor to help
stimulate and motivate the people that I work with using toys, puppets, Magic
and objects of reference and other various techniques.
I have clowned with Deafblind
people all over the world - Russia, Texas, Holland I also was invited on a clown
trip
with patch Adams (you may have seen
the film?)
Clowning around in hospitals,
psychiatric wards and orphanages. It was a
life changing experience, and its
amazing what difference laughter can make.
90% of the people I work with
cannot see OR hear. Their ages range from 15 through to 85.
Some have been deaf or blind from
birth, while others have gradually lost their
sight or hearing with old age, or
for various other reasons. As a result of
their loss, they are unable to
access information in the way we do, through
newspapers, television ,theatre or
radio - so usually the most simple of things go
undiscovered for years - or never
at all.
I use my talents to enable my
service users to access any form of entertainment which they once loved and now
sadly cannot access.
Using the
aid of sign language, props, toys,
meet and
greets and touch tours my clients
can enjoy an evening as much as anybody else
Why i am writing is 3 years ago Olympus kindly donated a Digital
camera
which is a vital piece of equipment for us as the photographs are
the proof of the activities and events that we do
sadly this camera no longer works and
we are now looking
for a new sponsor who would kindly donate a digital camera which i could use for
my work
and i will include you as a sponsor and add your
logo etc to my website
I cannot stress how important a camera is to us - every trip, experience,reaction is captured so we can look back and see what worked and also keep a constant record of what we do,via blog and website and the places we have been and the things we have learn't.
People help
by donating items and experiences
and I pass these on and collect the smiles
If you
would like any more information, or
even just a chat please don't hesitate to
contact me as I understand that I
could be any tom dick or Harry! I am
available via email:
extremeclowning@hotmail.co.uk
or my mobile number is 07967 017
021 To find out more about my work have a look at my website
Thank you
for taking the time to read
this
I hope to hear from you
soon
Jonathan lucia-wright ( j-j
)
Creative support worker/clown
doctor
Mobile
: 07967 017021
Email
: extremeclowning@hotmail.co.uk
Website
: http://www.extremeclowning.co.uk/
Enabling people with a dual sensory loss
to access
entertainment and popular culture
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