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Forest Books is seeking a manager to take over from the MD, Doug McLean, who plans to retire during 2007.
For further details go to the Forest Books website at www.forestbooks.com
Tuesday 6 February 2007 at Britannia Street Conference Centre, Kings Cross, 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.
Delegates from last year’s conference commented:
“I enjoyed all of it. Excellent presentations, clarity, stimulating, welcoming.”
“Excellent end session – for once did not want to rush off for early train!”
“Some good ideas about strategic planning – having direction but also being flexible.”
“Gained lots and lots. Good practice. Vehicles of communication were excellent. Everyone had a chance to take part.”
“Brilliant Network opportunities – consolidation or clarification and update of information already known.”
“Some useful thoughts on how our Governance could be reviewed.”
Sessions this year will include:
· Governance Essentials
· Charity Commission Review
· The Governance Hub
· Governance Reviews
· SORP 2005
Conference Debate
“The Deaf Organisation of the Future”
The conference will end with a debate about how organisations working with deaf people will need to adapt to meet the changing needs of the modern deaf communities. Universal newborn hearing screening, Cochlear Implants, Digital Hearing Aids, Bi-lingual/Bi-Cultural Education will all influence the way that deaf children develop. The Internet, email, SMS and videophones are revolutionising the way that deaf people communicate. The closing of specialist deaf schools and the decline in attendance at traditional Deaf Clubs are changing the character of the local deaf communities. Organisations working with deaf people will need to be aware of the consequences of these changes to ensure that they remain relevant to their client group.
To book your place or for further information contact admin@deafcouncil.org.uk
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All Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness
The meeting with Anne McGuire MP, Minister for Disabled People, on 19 December 2006 was well attended and covered a range of topics, including implementation of the recommendations in the access to communication in english report, promotion of sign languages and the Access to Work Scheme. The transcript of the meeting is available on the Group’s website at www.appg-deafness.org.uk
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Welcome to our latest new member:
The Elizabeth Foundation
Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Hampshire, PO6 3LL
Telephone 023 9237 2735
Fax 023 9232 6155
Email info@elizabeth-foundation.org
Web www.elizabeth-foundation.org
Contact: Shirley Metherell, Founder and CEO
The Elizabeth Foundation was established in 1981 for pre-school deaf children and their families. It provides Baby Testing Unit, A Baby and Pre-School Programme for deaf children 0-5 years with qualified Teachers of the Deaf, Family Support and Education and Correspondence Course for parents unable to attend the Family Centre.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
BSMHD 2007 Annual Conference Bristol
Abstracts of papers for consideration by the conference committee are requested on any subject relating to Mental Health and Deafness. The BSMHD 2007 Annual Conference will be held on Thursday 24 May 2007 at the Council House, Bristol. All presentations will be plenary sessions, presented in front of all conference delegates in a theatre style. The official languages for presentations will be English and British Sign Language. Simultaneous interpreting will be provided for all sessions between English and British Sign Language. Abstracts must be submitted by email attachment in text (.doc, .txt, .rtf) to info@bsmhd.org.uk by 9 March 2007. The conference subcommittee will select the most appropriate presentations and a decision will be made by 31 March 2007. Full papers will be required by 11 May 2007 to give time for the communication support team to prepare for your presentation.
There will also be a small exhibition attached to the conference, organisations interested in booking exhibition space please contact Clare Long, the conference organiser, at c.long@deafcouncil.org.uk .
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Scottish Council on Deafness 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. There will be speakers from the UK, Ireland and Europe and also workshops and a small exhibition. The conference will be co-chaired by Professor Peter McKenna, Chair of Psychiatry, 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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The QALYity Project is a new UK-based initiative that brings together key healthcare stakeholders to help support improvements in the quality of life of individuals with long-term conditions. It’s first objective is to find out what health campaigners’ opinions are on quality-of-life issues, what has been achieved, and what campaigners like to be achieved. You can give the Project your opinions on five questions about your organisation’s campaigns on, and research into, the quality of life of your members. You can answer these questions anonymously, if you wish, or you may choose to be attributed. Please return your response by the survey’s closing date of Friday, January 19th 2007. The QALYity Project plans to use the information generated to summarise the current state of opinion about the quality of life of people living with long-term conditions. The Project’s more long-term aim is to help bridge the gap between, on the one hand, the individual’s desire for improvements in wellbeing, and, on the other, the rulings of government agencies such as the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE). As a survey participant you will be sent a report on the survey results (February 2007).
To answer this short questionnaire go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=228893001738. The questionnaire can then be answered online.
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Every child matters ….. don’t they? – Cumbria Deaf Association Research
Called: ‘Mentoring for Success’ this was a study to consider the feasibility of a mentoring scheme in Cumbria for young people with hearing loss.
In the Foreword to the Report John Brown, Chief Executive of the Cumbria Deaf Association, writes: I am delighted to write a forward to this study which is the culmination of three years of hard work. In the Autumn of 2003 as a result of our concerns about the number of young deaf people who were leaving school and were finding themselves underemployed or unemployed or struggling with the further education system we invited the key agencies involved to form a multi agency working group to consider how we could respond to the challenge that this presented to us all. It was agreed that a conference should be convened to hear from young people who have been through the system, leaders in the education field and employers. This took place in October of 2003, was very successful and resulted in a conference report being produced and an action plan. The steering group has been overseeing the process of delivering the action plan since then. The recommendations in this report provide us with an agenda which will keep us busy for the next three years and beyond! It is vital to young people who are deaf, especially when we are assured by the Government nationally and our County Council here in Cumbria that: ‘every child matters’ That we make sure that those words have real meaning and are not simply a powerful sound bite.
The full report is available for download from the CDA website at www.cumbriadeaf.co.uk
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Association of Notetaking Professionals
One of the recommendations in the access to communication in english for deaf people report is that professional associations are established and developed to support LSPs, we are therefore delighted that on 11 November 2006 the Association of Notetaking Professionals held their inaugural AGM and adopted their constitution. The committee appointed to run the association are: Julie Forward as Chair of the association, Nick Hobson as Vice Chair, Merial Michaelides as Treasurer and Louisa McDaid as Secretary. We look forward to working with them all to help develop their profession.
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TEA Implementation Panel
The next meeting of the Towards Equity and Access Implementation Panel, in March, will be the final meeting of the panel. An evaluation report will be produced and disseminated detailing the achievements of the panel. In April 2007 the British Society for Mental Health and Deafness will be establishing 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. Details of the work of the Panel can be found at www.bsmhd.org.uk/teaimp.htm
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DCAL Online Participation System
DCAL is now looking for people to participate in research projects. Most projects will require participants who are Deaf and who use British Sign Language (BSL). To participate in DCAL projects, first go to the website: http://dcal.sona-systems.com/ . Click on ‘Request an account here’ at the bottom left of the login screen (under ‘New Participant’) and follow the instructions to get a username and password. If you click on ‘Study Sign-Up’ you will see a list of the research projects (‘studies’) that you are currently suitable for and information about each project, including amount of payment. You may click on any study to begin. You will be paid for your participation, please note that different DCAL projects may pay different amounts depending on the task.
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Please submit information for the next UK Council on Deafness Bulletin by 2 February 2007.
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