About The Lisa Project
Our Story
Our Founder-Natasha Storey
Our Mission
The Lisa project is a Community Interest Company established in memory of Lisa Mascarenhas, a vibrant and fun-loving individual who aimed to bring joy to everyone she encountered. Many in the North East Deaf community will remember her for her entertaining Deafland Vlogs. Her family and friends cherish the memories of someone taken too so
The Lisa project is a Community Interest Company established in memory of Lisa Mascarenhas, a vibrant and fun-loving individual who aimed to bring joy to everyone she encountered. Many in the North East Deaf community will remember her for her entertaining Deafland Vlogs. Her family and friends cherish the memories of someone taken too soon at just 32 years old. In her honor, we are dedicated to enhancing deaf awareness and uniting people from diverse backgrounds through signing and singing.
Our Mission
Our Founder-Natasha Storey
Our Mission
Our mission in the North East is to use singing and signing to foster connection, inclusion, and wellbeing across generations and communities. We aim to use music and sign language as tools to connect groups in the North East who might otherwise not cross paths. These connections then allow for meaningful relationships amongst these commu
Our mission in the North East is to use singing and signing to foster connection, inclusion, and wellbeing across generations and communities. We aim to use music and sign language as tools to connect groups in the North East who might otherwise not cross paths. These connections then allow for meaningful relationships amongst these communities, improving their wellbeing, preventing isolation, but most importantly, creating a more empathetic and inclusive world.
Our Founder-Natasha Storey
Our Founder-Natasha Storey
Our Founder-Natasha Storey
Natasha was Lisa's sister. As a qualified language teacher with over two decades of experience in the North East, she feels very much at home teaching sign language to people of all ages and backgrounds. Having sung from the age of 7 years, Natasha knows all too well the benefits of singing on emotional wellbeing and self-regulation. Her
Natasha was Lisa's sister. As a qualified language teacher with over two decades of experience in the North East, she feels very much at home teaching sign language to people of all ages and backgrounds. Having sung from the age of 7 years, Natasha knows all too well the benefits of singing on emotional wellbeing and self-regulation. Her psychology degree showed her that the mere exposure to something new is enough to make people less fearful and more welcoming of it. This is what she hopes to achieve with The Lisa Project Programmes—a world in the North East that embraces sign language.
Our Partners
Our Programmes
The Sing Sign Self Choir (featured on BBC Look North)
The Sing Sign Self Choir (featured on BBC Look North)
The Sing Sign Self Choir (featured on BBC Look North)
The choir in the North East focuses on boosting children's wellbeing through singing and signing. It provides a safe space for children to think and talk about themselves and their emotions. The singing and signing then gives them an opportunity to release those emotions in a positive, healthy way, whilst also learning Sign Language. This
The choir in the North East focuses on boosting children's wellbeing through singing and signing. It provides a safe space for children to think and talk about themselves and their emotions. The singing and signing then gives them an opportunity to release those emotions in a positive, healthy way, whilst also learning Sign Language. This is aimed at primary school children and can be delivered in schools across the North East.
Lisa's Little Learners
The Sing Sign Self Choir (featured on BBC Look North)
The Sing Sign Self Choir (featured on BBC Look North)
This group provides pre-schoolers in the North East the chance to learn Sign Language in a fun and engaging way through song and play. With BSL now becoming a GCSE, this early exposure will stand them in good stead for later years. We are currently offering this programme in preschools across the North East.
Lisa's Lifetime Learners
The Sing Sign Self Choir (featured on BBC Look North)
Intergenerational Singing and Signing sessions
These sessions provide singing and signing classes for residents in care homes across the North East. The singing is a great way to promote emotional wellbeing, while the sign language offers an opportunity to enhance cognitive function and inclusivity.
Intergenerational Singing and Signing sessions
The Sing Sign Self Choir (featured on BBC Look North)
Intergenerational Singing and Signing sessions
Our Intergenerational Singing and Signing Sessions in the North East connect local preschools or schools with care homes, creating joyful experiences that promote inclusion, wellbeing, and mutual understanding across generations.