Rugby Aphasia Café opens a regular place to reconnect
A new café near Rugby is giving people with aphasia and their families a regular place to communicate, practise and feel understood. The free Rugby Aphasia Café opens on 5 November at Willoughby Village Hall and will meet on the first and third Thursday of each month.
Rugby Town News reports that speech and language therapist Catherine Rattigan created the group after her own family experienced stroke-related aphasia. A community fundraiser raised £4,000 towards the service, which estimates more than 430 people locally are living with the condition.
Aphasia Support says the sessions combine conversation, accessible activities and peer support. People need a referral, and the opening itself does not yet show how many will attend or what longer-term changes they will experience.
What is already clear is the practical response: specialist knowledge, family insight and local fundraising have created a welcoming routine where communication difficulties do not have to mean isolation. Families can also meet others who understand the adjustments involved.
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