Fleming House, Alma Road, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8ED
Fleming House, Alma Road, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8ED
At the heart of everything we do is a commitment to empowering individuals to lead fulfilling lives. Speaking Space’s vision, mission, and goals guide our journey as we create a supportive, inclusive environment where communication thrives and meaningful connections flourish.
Speaking Space was set up by Alex Kelly in 2009, a speech and language therapist who is best known for being the author of the Talkabout series. It started with a speech and language therapy contract in one local school, and has grown over the years to a team of therapists working in over 40 local schools.
Soon after the company started, Speaking Space day service was opened. The day service is for autistic adults and adults with an intellectual disability who want to develop their communication skills in order to reach their life goals. Speaking Space moved to their current base in Romsey over 10 years ago and strives to promote inclusion and to empower those who have communication needs to be able to access the local community.
Speaking Space supported Romsey to become the first Makaton Friendly Town in the UK, and our members continue to engage in community projects to support local businesses to be more accessible for those with communication needs.
For every individual to have the communication skills which enable them to reach their life goals within their chosen communities.
To provide a Total Communication environment. To support each individual to develop their communication skills to enable them to lead a fulfilling life. To promote communication in all its forms within local communities so that individuals can live in a community which is accepting and inclusive.
We empower all individuals to achieve what they want to in life.
We always provide the highest quality service that we possibly can.
We are creative, adaptive and innovative, and proactively develop the knowledge base.
We promote inclusivity within our organisation and local communities.
We are positive, valuing, welcoming and friendly.
We grow organically, responding to our customers’ needs and wishes and run our business in a sustainable way.
Consistently looks for ways to improve self and performance, can accept feedback and use it to learn and develop.
Engages with all stakeholders in a professional manner. Strives to complete all tasks to a high standard.
Consistently expects high standards and is willing to problem solve difficult situations. Engages positively with stakeholders and talks positively about their role. Is friendly, valuing and welcoming.
Is holistic and always has the person’s best interests at the heart of everything they do.
Always learning from experiences and using this to improve self and service.
Is creative and adaptive. Thinks of new ideas to develop and improve the service.
Always gives their best to the role. Consistently keeps to their priorities.
Shows excitement or great interest about their role and any projects they are involved in.