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Deaf Awareness Week 7th - 13th May 2007
The 2007 Deaf Awareness Week campaign got off to a great start on 20 March when 24 MPs and Peers attended a Deaf Awareness training day at Westminster. Organised by UK Council on Deafness, on behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness, the training, provided by RNID, covered communication tactics, sign language, basic information and statistics. All those attending learnt how to book communication support and to fingerspell their name.
The official launch of the campaign is taking place at an evening reception on 18 April at Portcullis House, Westminster. The event is expected to be attended by over 120 guests including MPs, representatives from UK Council on Deafness members and affiliate organisations and others.
Deaf Awareness Week is a unique awareness campaign bringing together about 250 deaf charities and organisations. Lots of events are being organised by UK Council on Deafness member and affiliate organisations around the country during the week.
Full details can be found on the campaign website www.Look-At-Me.org.uk
Please let us know the details of your event so we can add them to the 2007 Events Diary on the website. For hints about gaining maximum publicity for your event, check out the "Publicity Tips" section on the website. Any local media enquires that we receive will be forwarded on to the appropriate organisation.
To find out more about Deaf Awareness Week or to have your event listed on the campaign website contact Clare Long c.long@deafcouncil.org.uk
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New Affiliates
Welcome to our new Affiliate Organisation joining this month:
· MDH Wireless Technologies
Full contact details can be found in the Directory of Affiliated Organisations at www.deafcouncil.org.uk/affila.htm
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BSMHD 2007 Annual Conference
‘After TEA: The Future for Mental Health Services for Deaf People’
The BSMHD Annual Conference will be held at the Council House, Bristol on Thursday 24 May 2007.
After TEA. For the past two years the development of Mental Health Services for Deaf People and providing access for deaf people to mainstream health services has been dominated by the implementation of the recommendations in the Towards Equity and Access report. The conference will open with a presentation by Herbert Klein and Lloyd Wint, who have been working for the last two years as TEA Implementation Officers, highlighting the successes they have had promoting better access for deaf people to services in Primary Care Trusts.
The Future for Mental Health Services for Deaf People. The Conference Debate will be introduced by two important new initiatives: Reforming the Commissioning of Specialised Mental Health Services for Deaf People - Nick Kitson and Paul Stemman, SIGN; Mental Health and Deafness, an Integrated Approach - Mike Adamson, RNID.
Other Presentations Include: Prison Scoping Exercise and Prison In-Reach Project - Amy Izycky and Manjit Gahir, Rampton Hospital. The Prison Scoping Exercise identified the numbers of deaf prisoners, the Prison In-Reach Project makes mental health assessments of deaf prisoners and recommendations for more appropriate care; Suicide in the Deaf: A systematic literature review - Oliver Turner, Manchester University. Establishing the incidence and prevalence of suicidal behaviour in the deaf population, describing risk factors and approaches to intervention and prevention; The Healthy Minds Project - Caroline Doherty, National Deaf Children’s Society. Developing a Healthy Minds Resource Pack to help professionals and parents to implement strategies for promoting a positive mental health approach to deafness.
Conference Chair: Carolyn Nabarro, Deaf Equality Officer, Bristol City Council. Conference Sponsor: SIGN.
There will also be a small exhibition attached to the conference. For information about booking exhibition space or registering as a delegate please contact Clare Long at c.long@deafcouncil.org.uk
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Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System Conference – Salford 26 April 2007
The Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System Conference, organised by St Mary’s Hospital, will take place at The Lowry, Salford Quays on Thursday 26 April 2007 from 9am to 4pm. Speakers include: Ann Corsellis, Sue O’Rourke, Manjit Gahir, Martin Dickinson, Tina Little, Craig Flynn, Brendan Montiero and Neil Taylor. The conference will be chaired by Lady Winifred Tumin. For more details and a booking form, please contact Sam Doyle-Soens, St Mary’s Hospital, Winick Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8QA; tel 01925 423300; fax 01925 576752 and email:
samdoyle-soens@stgeorgehealthcaregroup.co.uk
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Great Expectations Conference – 15 May 2007
The Mental Health and Deaf & Deafblind People conference will take place at Celtic Park in Glasgow on Tuesday 15th May 2007 from 9am to 4pm. Great Expectations will examine models of good practice in England, Ireland and Finland which will help inform the planning and development of a fully accessible service for deaf and deafblind people in Scotland. The conference will enable delegates to participate in and contribute to shaping Scotland’s ideal service. Co-chaired by Prof. Peter McKenna, University of Glasgow, and Lilian Lawson, SCoD Director. For more details and a booking form, please contact Alison Coyle at SCoD, Central Chambers Suite 62, 93 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 6LD; tel 0141 248 2474; text 0141 248 2477; fax 0141 248 2479 and e-mail: alison@scod.org.uk.
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Towards Equity and Access Implementation Panel
The final meeting of the Towards Equity and Access Implementation Panel took place on 19 March. An evaluation report will be produced and disseminated detailing the achievements of the panel. At the Annual Conference in May we will be discussing the plans for BSMHD to establish a successor panel to continue coordinating the progress that is being made in improving access to health services for deaf people and the development of specialist mental health services for deaf people. The agenda and minutes and supporting papers of the TEA Panel meetings are available on the BSMHD website at www.bsmhd.org.uk/teaimp.htm .
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Additional Relay Services – a Feasibility Study
The research conducted by City University, commissioned by Ofcom, into the feasibility of additional types of telephone relay service for deaf people has now published its report which is also available in BSL at www.addrelay.org.uk
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SANE Email support service
SANE is pleased to announce the launch of a new email support service. SANEmail aims to provide support and information to people affected by mental health issues and will run alongside SANEline, the national out of hours mental health helpline. The service is available for anyone at sanemail@sane.org.uk, but SANEmail is particularly aimed at young people affected by mental illness, who may feel more at ease using email than the telephone. The new service provides another avenue by which people affected by mental illness can receive emotional support, as well as information on such matters as local and national mental health services, or treatments and therapies for dealing with panic attacks or overcoming depression.
If you require any SANEmail posters for your organisation or would like a pack of our wallet cards, please contact Rochelle Batten, SANEmail Co-ordinator, SANE, 1st Floor, Cityside House, 40 Adler Street, London E1 1EE. www.sane.org.uk Tel: 020 7422 5536 rbatten@saneline.org.
SANE's new email support and information service, SANEmail, can be contacted at sanemail@sane.org.uk. All messages will be responded to within 5 working days. For more immediate help SANEline is available from 1pm to 11pm every day of the year on 0845 767 8000.
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The National Association of Deafened People Annual Conference and AGM will be held on Saturday 23 June at the Charity Centre, London from 11am to 4pm. The theme for the conference is Equality. For further details go to www.nadp.org.uk
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Public Bodies' Response to the Disability Equality Duty
An Audit of Compliance with the Requirement to Publish a Disability Equality Scheme by Ipsos-Mori on behalf of ODI.
This audit report provides findings, broken down by sector, as to how many public authorities have published a Disability Equality Scheme (DES) and the percentage of authorities who have actively involved disabled people (a key requirement of the new duty) in the production of the scheme. 72% of public authorities covered by the audit were found to have published a DES. 75% contained evidence the authority had involved disabled people in its production. Authorities who had involved disabled people were most likely to have involved disabled customers/service users (87%) or disabled members of staff (84%).
The full report can be found at www.officefordisability.gov.uk
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