Hands and Voices is a fully inclusive singing and signing community choir that inspires disabled people to communicate through creativity and with community spirit at its heart. One of the first singing and signing choirs in the UK, set up as a means of enabling people with learning and communication difficulties to take part in music and express themselves creatively, Hands and Voices has won national and international acclaim for creating an innovative approach to making music more accessible.

Hands and Voices welcomes all members of the community whether they have a disability or not, led by a vision where everyone is equally valued, celebrated, challenged and where people can grow musically and socially. The choir performs a diverse repertoire of inspiring and fun songs, many of which are written by the choir's very talented members. "It's all to do with involvement and sincerity - that's what you get when you see Hands & Voices perform" AAM Patron 92 - 2012, Alan Hacker OBE

Hands and Voices provides a unique opportunity in the York community for people to both enjoy the social and creative benefits of belonging to a choir, and enabling those with learning and communication difficulties to build self esteem and self confidence, empowering vulnerable groups in York to have a voice and to become more confident and included members of the local community and by inspiring others with their charismatic and uplifting performances.