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In this Bulletin
Trustee Induction & Networking Day - 15 February 2005
To be held at Britannia Street Conference Centre, London. For all Chairs, Trustees and Chief Executives of organisations working with deaf people, an opportunity for new trustees to learn about their responsibilities and for experienced trustees to bring their knowledge up to date. A unique opportunity to meet trustees from other organisations working with deaf people and to share experiences with each other. Speakers include: Emma King, Trustee Training and Development Adviser, NCVO; Karen Heenan, Executive Director, Charity Trustee Networks; Shirley Scott, Chief Executive of Charity Finance Directors' Group; Susan Daniels, Chief Executive of NDCS, Chair of Groundbreakers, Women Leaders in the Voluntary Sector Network, and Vice Chair of UK Council on Deafness; Martin Redshaw, Chair of Trustees, Royal Association for Deaf people; Lindsey Lavender - Executive Director and Peter Howes - Chair of Trustees, deafPLUS; Jonathan Isaac, Director of UK Council on Deafness. To book your place contact Sylvie Say s.say@deafcouncil.org.uk
Volunteering Conference - 25 January 2005
To be held at Britannia Street Conference Centre, London. In 2005 'The UK Year of the Volunteer' this is an opportunity for professionals working with volunteers to meet each other and learn about innovative ideas for recruitment, retention, training and management. There will be examples of best practice from organisations working with deaf and hard of hearing people, as well as information about funding, legal issues and the latest research. Speakers include: Ruth Johnson, Director of Grant Making at Volunteering England; Roger Hewitt, Projects Manager, UK Council on Deafness; Sharon Tynan, Head of Marketing and Fundraising at TimeBank; Robert Parkinson, NDCS Director England.Bunty Levine, Trustee and Chair of the Volunteer Planning Team, Hearing Concern; Shafiat Aslam, from the London Ethnic Minority Deaf Association and Mark Restall, Senior Information Officer, Volunteering England. To book your place contact Sylvie Say s.say@deafcouncil.org.uk
Health Promotion for Deaf Communities Conference - 10 March 2005
To be held at Britannia Street Conference Centre, London WC1. For health professionals, PCTs, Social Services, project managers and professionals working with deaf and hard of hearing people. A unique opportunity to find out about different methods of delivering health promotion to deaf people. There will be examples of best practice as well as information about current projects around the country. Speakers include: Simon Hesselberg, Project Manager, RAD; Carly Munro, Manager of the Scotland Cancer Awareness Project and Paul McCusker, Heart Health Development Worker, Deaf Connections, Glasgow; Roger Hewitt, Voluntary Coordinator, Healthy Deaf Minds; Herbert Klein, DPI Project Manager at SIGN; Tina Stewart, Contact Development Co-ordinator in the North East at deafPLUS and Lorna Bailes, Newcastle Deaflink and Martin Bell from the North Shields YMCA will be making a joint presentation; John Walker, Chair of the Brighton and Hove Deaf Equality and Access Forum and Shehla Khan, Assistant Manager at Minority Ethnic Women's Network in Swansea. To book your place contact Sylvie Say s.say@deafcouncil.org.uk
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness
A delegation from the APPG on Deafness visited Oak Lodge School in Wandsworth on 14 December and the next meeting will be addressed by Stephen Carter, CEO of Ofcom, on 12 January. Reports of both events will be posted on the Group's website shortly www.appg-deafness.org.uk
Opportunities for Volunteering Grants
We have funding available for a number of new three-year projects to start in April 2005. The deadline for requesting a 1st Step application form is 21 January 2005 and the deadline for returning the completed 1st Step application forms is 11 February 2005. Full details of the criteria for Opportunities for Volunteering Projects can be found at www.deafcouncil.org.uk/grants.htm or contact Roger Hewitt r.hewitt@deafcouncil.org.uk to request an application form.
The ACE Campaign committee have produced a national report into deaf people's experiences of gaining access to public services. The report focuses on all those who use English language service professionals. Copies of the report are being distributed widely, a pdf version can be found at www.deafcouncil.org.uk/ace.htm , if you would like to be sent a printed copy please contact Jonathan Isaac j.isaac@deafcouncil.org.uk
Congratulations to Lilian Lawson, Director of the Scottish Council on Deafness on being awarded the OBE in the New Year Honours List.
Following the extensive strategic review consultation process, carried out during 2004, the Trustees, at their meeting on 9 December 2004, have agreed a new Mission Statement to guide our work in the coming years. Focusing on our remit as the infrastructure organisation for voluntary sector organisations working with deaf people, our objectives will enable us to meet our aim of supporting members in their work with deaf people and encouraging co-operation between members in promoting and representing the diverse interests of deaf people. The full statement can be found at www.deafcouncil.org.uk/about.htm
Videophone interpreting consultation
Feedback is being requested from BSL users on a customer charter that is being developed for video interpreting services. Video interpreting services are also known as Video Remote Interpreting (VRI), it is where a deaf person and hearing person are sitting beside each other in the same place and the interpreter is in another place interpreting for them through a videophone. The deadline for responses is 4 February 2005. Full details of the consultation can be found at www.deafcouncil.org.uk/vribsl.htm
Proposed Minimum Standards for Agencies - second consultation
The Agency Steering Group (ASG) recently conducted the first of three rounds of consultation concerning the proposed minimum standards for agencies. The ASG now wishes to enter into the second of these consultations with all stakeholders involved in the industry regarding the potential adoption of these minimum standards. The deadline for responses is 31 January 2005. Full details of the consultation can be found at www.deafcouncil.org.uk/pmsa.htm
TAG, the consortium of deaf organisations that for almost 20 years has been
promoting the interests of deaf people in telecommunications has extended its
remit to include broadcasting and all forms of electronic communication. In
the broadcasting field, TAG is already involved in consultations, including
quality standards for subtitling and setting quotas for subtitled and signed
programmes. As a result of its extended remit, TAG will no longer use its former
full name
(Telecommunications Action Group) and instead will simply be known as "TAG".
Further information can be obtained from Ruth Myers - r.myers@merula.co.uk
Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children Europe 2005
A conference being held by The Ear Foundation, NDCS and RNID in London on 13-14 May 2005 to promote joined-up working for Europe's professionals with deaf children and their families. Discounts for registering as a delegate before 31 January. For full details visit www.dhice.org
FE: London Deaf Students - "Quality of Joined-up Support"
A networking and conference event for all professionals, providers, educators and access services concerning London Deaf Students in Further Education to be held at the Academy Rooms, Southwark College, The Cut, London. SE1 8LE on Friday 25 February 2005. For further details contact: Penny Beschizza pennyb@southwark.ac.uk
Following the merger of the Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund the Large and Medium Programmes in England and the UK-wide Strategic Grants Programme are being phased out. Full details at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
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