Talking Mats | Improving communication, improving lives

Mission Statement

Talking Mats is a social enterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties by increasing their capacity to communicate effectively about things that matter to them. Our innovative, award-winning communication tool is based on extensive research and was designed by Speech and Language Therapists.

About Talking Mats

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“Talking Mats opens up emotional exploration for some who might not normally manage it”

Arturs Valickis

“It was fun and easy to describe my feelings because I don’t like talking”

Child aged 10 years

“Using a Talking Mat helped us to identify needs that I would not have thought to ask about”

Specialist nurse

“helped a young person who has been out of school and not able to engage verbally with adults, to say exactly what would help him”

Speech and Language Therapist

How Talking Mats can help

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Impact Stories

The Talking Mats Blog

Talking Mats Foundation Courses for Organisations

The Talking Mats Foundation Training is a course that builds people’s confidence in using and applying Talking Mats to their…

8th Jul 2021 | Laura Holmes

Sex and Relationships – Using Talking Mats to assess understanding of concepts and vocabulary that keep you safe (Part Two)

Thanks to Kate Boot for the second part of her interesting blog describing her use of Talking Mats to assess and teach understanding…

1st Jul 2021 | Laura Holmes

Sex and Relationships – Using Talking Mats to assess understanding of concepts and vocabulary that keep you safe (Part One)

Thanks to Kate Boot for her interesting blog describing her use of Talking Mats to assess and teach understanding of concepts and vocabulary…