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In this Bulletin
UK Council on Deafness and Forest Books Ltd are pleased to announce that discussions are taking place that are intended to lead to Forest Books Ltd becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of UK Council on Deafness.
In recognition of the high regard in which Forest Books is held by its customers it will continue to trade as a separate company using the name Forest Books and to operate from its premises in the Forest of Dean with its existing staff. This will enable Forest Books to continue to thrive and develop in the long term, beyond the approaching retirement of the present owners, Doug McLean and Lyn Atkinson.
Susan Daniels, Chair of UK Council on Deafness said: We are delighted to have the opportunity to bring the two organisations together, which will enhance the profile of both and enable us to further develop services for our member organisations. Forest Books provides an invaluable service to many of our member organisations, who represent a large proportion of its customer base and this will enable them to share the benefit of developing that relationship.
Doug McLean, Director of Forest Books Ltd said: I am delighted that this idea is approaching fruition and that ‘Forest’ will remain firmly within the deaf world.
This is my 30th year as a bookseller and handing over to UKCoD will mean that Lyn and I can wind down gracefully, in the knowledge that our excellent team at Forest will receive first-class support from within the deaf world and that our renowned friendly, fast and efficient service will be in safe hands.
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Welcome to our new Member Organisation joining this month:
UK Deaf Sport works with sports councils, National Governing Bodies and associated organisations to ensure equality of opportunity for deaf and hard of hearing people through sport.
Contact: Stuart Harrison
Address: UK Deaf Sport,
c/o EFDS, Manchester Metropolitan University, Hassall Road, Alsager, ST7 2HL.
Tel & Text 0161 247 5629
Fax 0161 247 6895
Email sharrison@efds.co.uk
www.ukdeafsport.org.uk
Welcome to our new Affiliate Organisations joining this month:
· East Kent Coastal PCT
· Talking With Hands
Full contact details can be found in the Directory of Affiliated Organisations at www.deafcouncil.org.uk/affila.htm
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Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Interpreting in Mental Health Settings – Conference
11 July 2006 in London
To be held at the Britannia Street Centre in Kings Cross, hosted by the British Society for Mental Health and Deafness. With input from Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Interpreters the conference aims to promote a better understanding of the needs and issues relating to each other’s professions and to converge upon a consensus for good practice and ideal working. For further details please contact the conference organisers on: info@bsmhd.org.uk
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The Mika Brojer and Ben Steiner Memorial Fund are hosting a one day conference in London on Tuesday 5th December 2006. The conference will include presentations from deaf people who have experienced cancer, organisations that have projects supporting deaf people with cancer and from the mainstream cancer organisations about how they can make their services accessible to deaf people. The conference will conclude by developing ways to promote accessible services for deaf people with cancer. Organisations that would like to participate in the conference, either as a part of a presentation or by exhibiting should contact the conference organisers on deafcanceraction@deafcouncil.org.uk
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2006 Annual Deafness Conference
Tuesday 7 November 2006 at Britannia Street Conference Centre, Kings Cross, London. The 3rd Annual Deafness Conference is an opportunity for all professionals working with deaf people to meet and network and to gain a greater understanding of developments taking place across the country and across the spectrum of deafness. Delegates last year commented: “A great networking opportunity and a chance to learn about new projects”, “Opportunity to meet and chat with other people from the sector. Get updates on other activities. Chance to publicise our own work”, “Great to hear about all that UKCoD and their members are doing.”
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The conference will showcase innovative projects, give examples of collaborative initiatives and feature the latest research and the findings of recent surveys resulting in a better understanding of the diverse activities of the many organisations working with deaf people across the UK. Those wishing to present at the conference must send by email a brief outline of their presentation to j.isaac@deafcouncil.org.uk by 31st August 2006. There is also an opportunity to exhibit at the Conference. For further details contact the organisers on conference@deafcouncil.org.uk
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The Mary Brennan Memorial Visiting Fellowship
Dr Mary Brennan (1944-2005) was a pioneer of sign linguistic research. An annual visiting fellowship in her memory is being funded by the ESRC Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre at University College London, with support from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Durham. The holder of the fellowship will be expected to spend a minimum of three weeks at DCAL, undertaking independent and collaborative work with DCAL researchers, and present one public lecture at UCL. A travel and subsistence allowance of £2000 is available together with an honorarium of £500. There will also be the opportunity to present lectures in Durham and Edinburgh for which additional honoraria, travel and subsistence allowances will be available (supported by University of Durham, Heriot-Watt University, and the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh).
Applications are now invited for the 2006-7 Fellowship, which is open to sign language researchers from any country. Please send a brief CV and letter of application, describing activities planned during the holding of the fellowship, to
The Mary Brennan Memorial Visiting Fellowship Committee, DCAL, University College London, 49 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD. Closing date is 31 July 2006. Applicants will be notified by mid-September. For informal enquiries, please contact b.woll@ucl.ac.uk. Further information about the activities of DCAL can be found on the DCAL website http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal
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CLICK, LOOK & LEARN
On 2 November 2006, CACDP is holding a symposium in London titled 'Click, Look & Learn - Resources for Teaching and Learning BSL in the Digital Age'. The aim of the event is to provide an opportunity for keynote presentations, workshops and an exhibition on new BSL teaching and learning resources in the form of websites, DVDs and interactive media. Resources of this kind, available now or in development, will be of interest to an audience of tutors, researchers, colleges, universities, other training providers and deaf organisations.
For further details contact : Leanne Clough,
Marketing Officer
Address: CACDP, Durham University Science Park, Block 4, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3UZ.
Tel: 0191 383 1155
Textphone: 0191 383 7915
Fax: 0191 383 7914
Email: leannec@cacdp.org.uk www.cacdp.org.uk
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Opportunity for BSL users to influence BT web access policy
BT is very keen to hear from any BSL users who have not yet filled in the questionnaire on their unique BSL-accessible microsite. The site explains the benefits of broadband to deaf people, and seeks their views on how BT’s website could be further enhanced with BSL. If you want to add your views to the consultation, go to www.btplc.com/age_disability and then click on the BSL link. The questionnaire can be found at the foot of A Guide To Broadband menu. Alternatively, you can find the site through ITV SignPost’s website home page at www.signpostbsl.com.
Action Deafness
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Action Deafnss, formerly the Leicester Centre for Deaf People, has launched a new brand identity as part of an integrated campaign to raise awareness and develop independence, equality and opportunity around deaf, hard of hearing, deafened and deafblind people.
Craig Crowley, Chief Executive of Action Deafness commented, “Action Deafness is a new and dynamic organisation, recently restructured and now firmly focused on the future of services for the community. Our aim is to ensure that communication happens seamlessly between all groups that we represent, including the hearing community. Our objective is to provide high quality, value for money services such as communication and interpreting services, community support, learning and employment services as well as embracing the rich heritage of the deaf and hard of hearing cultural community.”
Also congratulations to Craig for being awarded the MBE in the Queen's 2006 Birthday Honours in recognition of his work as Chair at UK Deaf Sport.
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CACDP’s new portfolio of unitised qualifications has recently been published on their website and can be found under the ‘What’s New’ section at www.cacdp.org.uk
For further details contact: Suzie Maine, Senior Qualifications Officer
e-mail: suziem@cacdp.org.uk
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Exclusion from NHS targets will fail deaf and hard of hearing people says RNID
In response to the Department of Health’s announcement for 18-week waiting time targets, RNID Chief Executive Dr John Low says: "It is very bad news for deaf and hard of hearing people that hearing aid services have been left out of the 18-week waiting time targets announced by the Government. We now have a hearing aid service where patients are able to get quality digital hearing aids fitted to a high standard. As the good news spreads about the benefit of NHS digital hearing aids, demand on the service has increased both from those who want their old aids replaced and from new patients, resulting in increased pressure on the service. To leave hearing aid services out of the 18-week waiting time targets will lead to these being an even lower priority for resources. People will find they have to wait even longer for hearing aids. Deaf and hard of hearing people will be severely disappointed that the reassurances and commitments made by the Government a year ago have not been maintained. It is vital that the situation does not become a disaster for deaf and hard of hearing people. Radical solutions are needed to ensure lengthy waiting times are slashed. A failure to do so means hundreds of thousands of deaf and hard of hearing people facing totally unnecessary exclusion and isolation."
For further information please contact: Anna Hollis, Senior Media Relations Officer RNID
Tel/Text: 020 7296 8229/8137
E-mail: anna.hollis@rnid.org.uk
Please submit information for the next UK Council on Deafness Bulletin by 21 July 2006.
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