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New Member
Welcome to this month's new member
Deaf Direct serves Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in the communities of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Contact Philip Gerrard, Deaf Direct, 13 Castle Street, Worcester, WR1 3AD. Tel: 01905 746301 Text: 01905 746300 Fax: 01905 746302 Email: philip@deafdirect.org.uk
And welcome to this month's new Affiliated Organisations:
Affiliation is open to Voluntary Organisations, Public Sector Bodies and Companies that work with deaf people. Please contact us if your organisation would like to affiliate.
SIGN have moved to:
5 Baring Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 2NB.
Tel 01494 687 600
Text 01494 687 626
Fax 01494 687 622
Email info@signcharity.org.uk
Web www.signcharity.org.uk
A Memorial for Pauline is to be held on Friday October 17th at 2.15pm at St John's, Smith Square, London. Doors open from 2.00pm and there will be drinks afterwards. If you would like to attend please email Lord Ashley of Stoke on ashleyj@parliament.uk
Media Seminar - 28th October 2003
Featuring: Mobile Phones - more than just talk? Mike Duxbury from Vodafone will talk about the huge range of information and communication services that are now available for everyone, anywhere...on mobile phones. Getting Noticed by the National Media. Charles Rhodes, media coach, will talk you through Press Releases, building a relationship with reporters, and how to prepare for enquiries from the press. How to recruit, retain and inform members. Ranila Ravi, Head of Communications at ACEVO talking about how to successfully use a wide range of effective communication tools to recruit, retain and inform members. With tips on how to get the best from regular Newsletters, email briefings, events and networking meetings. Full Potential from Websites. Linda Isaac, responsible for the leading UK Deaf Community website www.royaldeaf.org.uk, will explain how to use your website to its full potential; to raise the profile of your organisation, to interact with your members, to provide information and how the website can be an integral part of all of your services. To be held at Britannia Street, Kings Cross. To book your place contact Sylvie Say s.say@deafcouncil.org.uk
Setting Up a Deaf Users' Forum Seminar - 27th November 2003
Facilitated by John Walker of Chereme, who researched and wrote the original draft of the UK Council on Deafness publication Setting up a Deaf Users' Forum. John has 10 years experience of training in D/deaf related fields and has qualifications in management, personnel and training, as well as being the Training Manager for FYD for three years. He will explain how to set up a Forum and how it can influence change and make improvements in local government and health services, in order to meet deaf people's needs. To be held at Britannia Street, Kings Cross. To book your place contact Sylvie Say s.say@deafcouncil.org.uk
Opportunities for Volunteering Grants available for 2004/2005
First Step application forms for grants for 2004/2005 are now available by
sending an Email to r.hewitt@deafcouncil.org.uk
Closing date for receipt of First Step application forms is 30th November 2003.
Successful First Step Applicants will then be required to complete the full
Department of Health application form, the closing date for which will be 9th
January 2004. We hope to be able to notify successful Projects by the end of
January 2004. As we only have a very limited additional amount to distribute,
new grants for 2004/2005 will be awarded to projects that are for Summer Youth
Activities (for the period April - November 2004 benefiting young deaf people
aged 12 to 25), in addition to the standard requirements set by the Department
of Health. It is anticipated that the maximum grant will be £5,000.
BDA Learn to Sign Week 2003 - Monday 13 - Sunday 19 October
Following the Government's recognition of British Sign Language (BSL) in March 2003, the British Deaf Association (BDA) is challenging everyone in the UK to learn a sign. To find out how you can get involved log onto www.learntosign.org.uk. For further information Textphone 0800 6522 965 Tel 0870 770 3300 Videophone 020 7496 9539 Fax 020 7588 3527 or email helpline@bda.org.uk
The Ear Foundation's latest courses brochures are now available - one for Professionals working with deaf children who have cochlear implants, and the other for Parents and Families. If you would like a copy e-mail brian@earfoundation.org.uk giving your name and postal address or visit www.earfoundation.org.uk
How about texting? Have your say
How do you feel about text communication? Whether you like it or loathe it, new research wants your views on different ways of using text. There are options such as textphone, email, SMS, fax, Internet chatrooms and writing letters. What do think about them? Would you like them to be different in cost, ease of use, facilities, availability? Have your say, because researchers at London's City University are analysing the needs of people who do not use conventional voice telephony. The research is commissioned by BT, Orange, O2, Vodafone, Oftel, DIEL and the Telecommunications Action Group. They want to know how effective current services are and how to make them better. Do you use text communication now but would you like services improved? Or do you not currently use text? The researchers would still like to hear from you, to find out if there's any change to text services which could be useful. To take part in the survey (in complete confidence) contact: Text survey, FREEPOST LON16480, London, W3 8BR. Tel 020 8992 4302 Fax 0871 433 9272 Textphone 020 7040 8353 SMS 07961 827 873 Email to textsurvey@hotmail.com
Campaign to increase the supply of non-BSL Communication Support
The first meeting of the campaign committee will be held on 4th November 2003. The aim of the campaign is to work together to increase the supply of Lipspeakers, Speech to Text Reporters, Notetakers, Deafblind Communicators and other forms of non-BSL communication There are limited spaces available for organisations that wish to actively participate in the campaign. Please contact Jonathan Isaac j.isaac@deafcouncil.org.uk if you would like to attend.
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