UK Council on Deafness

May 2005 Bulletin

New Member

Welcome to our new member joining this month

dDeafLinks Staffordshire offers a range of services to deaf people in Staffordshire.
Contact Hazel Williams, Managing Executive
The Ellis Centre, Wellesley Street, Shelton,
Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4NF.
Tel: 01782 219161 Text: 01782 281125
Fax: 01782 286174 Email: info@deaflinks.co.uk

New Affiliates

Welcome to new Affiliate Organisations joining this month:

· Hillingdon PCT
· Lewisham D-Zone Youth Club
· North Lincolnshire Hearing Support Service
· Rayovac MicroPower Batteries
· Shepway PCT
· Swansea NHS Trust

Full contact details can be found in the Directory of Affiliated Organisations. Affiliation is open to Voluntary Organisations, Public Sector Bodies and Companies that work with or want to be accessible to deaf people.

LOOK AT ME

2nd - 8th May 2005 is Deaf Awareness Week and organisations working with deaf people across the country are inviting you to 'Look At Me'. The theme aims to improve understanding of the different types of deafness by highlighting the many different methods of communication used by deaf, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing people, such as sign language and lipreading. Supported by over one hundred deaf charities and organisations Deaf Awareness Week involves a UK wide series of national and local events, promoting the positive aspects of deafness, social inclusion and raising awareness of the huge range of local organisations that support deaf people and their family and friends.

For full details of the campaign and the events taking place go to www.Look-At-Me.org.uk

Deaf People in the Workplace Conference

Being held on 21 June 2005 at the Britannia Street Conference Centre, Kings Cross. Full details on the Events Page.

Agency Steering Group Final Consultation

The Agency Steering Group (ASG) is currently undertaking the third and final round of consultation on the development of agency standards. To obtain a copy of the proposed standards email agencysteeringgroup@hotmail.com or alternatively, for a hard copy contact Donna Rubin at Deaf Direct on 01905 746305 (voice) or 01905 746300 (textphone).

The ASG is also planning to hold a conference for agencies in Walsall in late June or early July. The ASG will present the final version of the standards at this conference and also seek the views of agencies regarding their implementation. More information on the conference will be disseminated in due course.

Childhood Deafness To Top The Agenda At Major European Conference

A major European conference to promote a collaborative approach for Europe’s professionals working with deaf children and their families will take place on May 13th – 14th at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London.

Parents and professionals from throughout Europe will converge on London for ‘Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children Europe’ (DHICE) to raise the profile of childhood deafness on the EU’s political agenda. The first event of its kind, this conference will bring together all those concerned with providing services for Europe’s deaf children to discuss the common issues of multi-professional teamwork and support. It is being organised by The Ear Foundation, The National Deaf Children’s Society and RNID.

DHICE comes at a key time in the development of services for deaf and hearing-impaired children. The new-born hearing screening programme and the advancement of new diagnostic technologies and communication developments are transforming hearing services for children. These advances create new challenges for all the professional disciplines involved in the support and education of deaf and hearing-impaired children, to provide equitable, high quality services across Europe.
For full details and booking form, please go to www.dhice.org

www.deafstation.org

A daily news and information service for Deaf people in BSL, supported by Bristol University Centre for Deaf Studies, is currently offering an additional daily programme covering the general election - with news, the manifestos translated to BSL and an archive of stories. It is all free and anyone can use it. Part of the development includes a poll on the Deaf community in terms of voting intentions.

Learn 4 Life Academy

Vodafone UK Foundation has awarded Deafax £81,500 towards setting up an ‘Academy’ focusing on the delivery of specialist training using technology for deaf children to promote life-long learning and communication. www.Deafax.org

Forthcoming Events

BSMHD 2005 Annual Conference: Implementing Equity and Access – Improving Mental Health Services for Deaf People, Nottingham, 24 May 2005. www.bsmhd.org.uk

ASLI 2005 Annual Conference: Interpreting under the spotlight. London, 13 – 15 May 2005.
www.asli.org.uk

NDCS 2005 Annual Conference: Genetics and deaf children – friend or foe? Birmingham, 24 June 2005. www.ndcs.org.uk

Autumn Diary

UK Council on Deafness Conferences being planned for autumn 2005 include:

4 October: New Technologies in Communication for Deaf People

1 November: 2nd Annual Deafness Conference

22 November: Promoting Achievement for Deaf Young People

All being held at the Britannia Street Conference Centre. For further details, to book your place or reserve exhibition space go to the Events Page or contact Sylvie Say s.say@deafcouncil.org.uk

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