
Creative, inclusive, multi-sensory band sessions for disabled young people led by folk artists Emmie Ward and Joe Danks.
At Folk Unlimited you can:
If you want to, you can also:
You do not need any experience of playing an instrument or folk music to take part in Folk Unlimited. Love music? We want you to join us!
Carers are welcome to join in too, or can wait in our lovely café just outside the rehearsal space.
Folk Unlimited sessions take place in our busy public venue on the basement floor which is accessible by lift from the outside of the building. Other events will be running in other rooms and our cafe will be open. Please not that we cannot therefore guarantee a nut-free environment.
For disabled 12 – 30 year olds, their friends and carers. Open to all abilities and levels of experience.
Sundays 2-4pm on the following dates:
Spring term: 2, 6 February | 1, 15 March 2020
Will continue in the Summer term - dates coming soon!
Term fee: £24 per term (advance booking required)
Single session: £6
Contact us if you need help with transport or fees at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 020 7241 8953.
Please fill out and complete our online Folk Unlimited Enrolment Form so we have the most up to date contact, access and medical information. Thank you in advance for providing us with this. You only need to complete this at the beginning of each term unless your circumstances change and we need to be informed.
https://www.cecilsharphouse.org/csh-visit-us/how-to-get-here
Our lift is on the left side of the main entrance steps.
https://www.cecilsharphouse.org/efdss-contact-us/access
Folk Unlimited will usually take place in Storrow Hall – visit the webpage to see images and a description of the space
There is a café downstairs for tea and coffee and a range of snacks.
There is a drinking fountain in the cafe.
https://www.efdss.org/efdss-about-us/terms-and-conditions
https://www.efdss.org/efdss-about-us/policies
Emmie Ward holds a PG CERT in music and special needs using Sound Of Intent with Roehampton University. She is a folk musician and works as a freelance music and folk arts practitioner and teaches a range of classes for people with learning disabilities. She specialises in using a multi sensory approach to storytelling and music. Emmie has worked in a variety of settings including Day Centres, FE colleges and schools where she has worked as a teacher for many years. Projects have included “Everybody Dance Company” a millennium funded dance project with performers with complex needs and working on the show “Weighting” by Extraordinary bodies an inclusive, touring circus. Emmie also teaches on the “Get Your Folk on” holiday workshops for young disabled people.
Joe Danks is a percussionist, guitarist singer and composer from Nottingham, now based in South East London. He is a member of the band Ranagri (StockFisch Records), playing Bodhran, Tenor Guitar and percussion. In 2018 he was selected for one of EFDSS's Musicians In Museums residencies at The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. His education work has seen him work with EFDSS, Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre, London Symphony Orchestra, The BBC Family Orchestra and Nottingham Royal Concert Hall; amongst others. He is also director of Pulse Arts CIC, a company that takes person centered music practice into hospitals and hospices in London and East Anglia.
Folk Unlimited is supported by John Lyon's Charity.