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Welcome to this month's new members:
Hampshire Deaf Association provide services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People through interpreting, training, information and advice. Contact Graham Whitehead, Hampshire Deaf Association, 1 & 2 Carlton Commerce Centre, Dukes Road, Southampton, SO14 0SQ. Tel 02380 516516 Text 02380 516518 Fax 02380 516517 Email enquiries@deafhampshire.co.uk Web www.deafhampshire.co.uk
Leicestershire & County Mission for the Deaf provides social work services, equipment, interpreting, BSL Classes, Lip-Reading Classes, two Community Centres for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People. Contact Philip Kilgour, Centre for Deaf People, 135 Welford Road, Leicester, LE2 6BE. Tel 0116 257 4800 Text 0116 257 4850 Fax 0116 257 4856 Email director@cfdpleicester.org.uk Web www.cfdpleicester.org.uk
Little Signers Group works in four main areas: Baby Signers, Sign Language Club for Children, Family Signers and After School Clubs. Contact Deborah Rolley-Parnell, Little Signers Group, PO Box 6421, Derby, DE21 4NU. Text 01332 661258 Fax 01332 665256 Email deb@littlesigners.co.uk Web www.littlesigners.co.uk
Norfolk Deaf Association Provides services to support the local d/Deaf Community and the Hard of Hearing. Contact Peter Gosse, Norfolk Deaf Association, 217 Silver Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 4TL. Tel 01603 404440 Text 01603 404440 Fax 01603 404433 Email nda@btconnect.com
Nottinghamshire Deaf Society provides positive and empowering services and opportunities responding to the needs of the local Deaf Community. Contact George Reynolds, Nottinghamshire Deaf Society, 22 Forest Road West, Nottingham, NG7 4EQ. Tel 0115 970 0516 Text 0115 970 0516 Fax 0115 942 3096 Email george@nottsdeaf.org Web www.nottsdeaf.org
Oxfordshire Deaf Children's Society support deaf children and their families, including siblings, throughout the Oxfordshire region. Contact Celia Warde-Aldham, Oxfordshire Deaf Children's Society, Church Cottage, Oddington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2RA. Tel 01865 331316 Fax 01865 331316 Email warde@warde-aldham.fsnet.co.uk
The Slough Deaf Centre promotes the interests of deaf people by providing and managing amenities at the Centre. Contact Neil Stephens, Slough Deaf Centre, Windmill Road, Slough, SL1 3SU. Tel 01753 823608 Fax 01753 823608
Affiliates
And welcome to this month's new Affiliated Organisations:
Affiliation is open to Voluntary Organisations, Public Sector Bodies and Companies that work with deaf people. Please contact us if your organisation would like to affiliate.
Interactive Services & Digital TV Seminar
Thanks to a small grant from Awards for All, TAG is organising a seminar on interactive services and digital television in London on Tuesday 10th June 2003. The welcoming address will be given by the Rt Hon Lord Ashley of Stoke CH, speakers include Sara Nathan, Board Member of OFCOM and Deputy Chair of the Content Board. Presentations will be given by the Deputy Director of Technology at the Independent Television Commission; the Technical Director of the Digital Television Group will tell us about their work and a representative from the Department of Health will enlighten us about the forthcoming digital TV Information Service. Interactive services will be explained by representatives from the BBC, Kingston and Sky.
Full communication support will be provided by speech to text reporters from the BBC, BSL interpreters, lipspeakers and a loop.
The seminar is supported by the Deaf Broadcasting Council and PhoneAbility, the independent UK focal point for telecommunications and the needs of disabled and elderly people.
For further information contact Ruth Myers - rmyers@waitrose.com Fax 01923 283127.
Deaf chief executive appointed to Disability Rights Commission
Susan Daniels, chief executive of The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS), was appointed to the Disability Rights Commission on 28th March by the Secretary of State, Andrew Smith MP.
Ms Daniels, who is profoundly deaf herself, will work to achieve the DRC vision of eliminating discrimination against disabled people and promoting equality of opportunity. As well as ensuring the legal rights of disabled people are upheld under the Disability Discrimination Act (1995), she wants to change attitudes towards disability among non-disabled people. She is one of five new commissioners being appointed and will serve for three years.
Deaf since the age of four, Ms Daniels is particularly keen that deaf children and young people and their families are represented. She will work with other deaf organisations to represent the needs of the entire d/Deaf community.
Deaf Awareness Week 2003
Lots of events are being organised by our member and affiliate organisations around the country during Deaf Awareness Week: 5th - 11th May. We have posters, leaflets and a logo that you can use and can publicise your event on the Deaf Awareness Week website www.deafawarenessweek.org.uk
There are already over 60 events listed - do send us details of your activities during that week.
Recognition of British Sign Language
Latest developments: Following the statement on 18th March from Andrew Smith, Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Pensions that 'The Government recognises that British Sign Language (BSL) is a language in its own right regularly used by a significant number of people' there have been further developments in Europe on 1st April when the Report from Malcolm Bruce MP recommending the protection and promotion of European sign languages was debated and adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. The Report will now go to the Committee of Ministers, which represents 44 countries in Europe. Ministers will be asked to draft an instrument giving legal recognition to sign languages.
The British Deaf Association are holding a BSL Conference on Friday 9th May 2003 in Bristol. Contact Nathan Smith for further details: nathans@bda.org.uk Text 020 7588 3529 Fax 020 7588 3527
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