Diary of Events

Deaf Awareness Expo

The Hearing Care Centre of Colchester will holding an outdoor exhibition in the Lion Walk shopping centre in Colchester town, all day on Friday, 6 May.
Here a team of hearing aid audiologists will be offering hearing checks, ear examinations plus free advice and information on hearing healthcare and deaf awareness.

Going a step further to support deaf awareness, the Centre will, for the whole month of May, be offering weekly classes in lipreading and communication skills, led by hearing therapist Anna Pugh RHAD MSHAA. The four-week course will take place at The Hearing Care Centre on 3B Headgate, Colchester, every Tuesday evening 6.30-8pm, commencing 10 May. Cost is £40.

Bookings and enquiries to Anna on 01206 760839 or anna@skeelshearing.co.uk

the hearing care centre
3B Headgate . Colchester . Essex . CO1 1NU
Telephone: (01206) 760839
Fax: 01206 760192

www.skeelshearing.co.uk

STAGETEXT Captioned performances during Deaf Awareness Week, 2-8 May 2011

Friday 6 May, 7.30pm, and Saturday 7 May, 2.30pm: Ghost The Musical, Manchester Opera House
Tel:   0161 245 6605   Email: manchesterboxoffice@theambassadors.com           
Be the first to see the dazzling new musical Ghost, based on the phenomenal Oscar winning Paramount Pictures film written by Bruce Joel Rubin, which premieres at the Opera House on its way to London’s West End.  A timeless fantasy about the power of love, Sam is trapped as a ghost between this world and the next trying to communicate with girlfriend Molly through a phoney psychic in the hope of saving her from his murderer.

Friday 6 May, 10.30am (schools performance) and Saturday 7 May, 1.30pm: Three Musketeers, Unicorn Theatre, London
Tel:  020 7645 0560   Email:  boxoffice@unicorntheatre.com
Enter a world where the most dangerous player is a mysterious female with all the cards in her hand and where outsider D’Artagnan has nothing to show for himself but courage and an open heart.  He will do anything to prove himself her equal.  But at what price?  Join the Unicorn Ensemble as they tumble, chase, rage and gleefully flirt their way through Alexandre Dumas’ magnificent novel at breakneck speed.

5a Hazelgrove Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 3PH

Tel / SMS:         01444 415582
Fax:                  01444 415587
Text:                 01444 415593
Email:               info@actionfordeafness.org.uk
Website:           www.actionfordeafness.org.uk

Action for Deafness (AFD) will be arranging the following events during DAW.

• Tabletop display at Haywards Heath Resource Centre – including Communication Support (STTR and BSL) demonstrations.
• Tabletop display at Worthing Resource Centre – including Communication Support (STTR and BSL) demonstrations.
• Raffles at Haywards Heath and Worthing Resource Centres
• Exhibitions at all AFD clinics being held during DAW (Hassocks, Henfield, East Grinstead and Steyning)
• Exhibitions at local GP surgeries and local libraries
• Deaf Awareness talks at Hazelwick School. To include two afternoon sessions with students and a visit by a volunteer with a hearing dog.
• Very basic finger spelling sessions at Worthing Resource Centre, during the entire week.
• Info packs to be sent to local schools prior DAW asking the schools to have a brief discussion with the students about deaf awareness during DAW.

HEARING CARE OPEN WEEK
Tuesday 3rd – Friday 6th May 2011  (9am-5pm | by appointment only)

The Hearing Care Centre, 5 High Street, Ipswich             
www.hearingcarecentre.co.uk                
Tel: 01473 230330

During our their massive ‘ Hearing Care Open Week’, the multi-award winning, Hearing Care Centre will be offering, free hearing screenings,
a free MOT (e.g. filter and tube change) of any existing hearing aids you may have, and free specialist advice on the latest hearing instruments.
This includes the launch of ‘Lyric’ by Phonak, the World’s first completely invisible, extended wear hearing aid. Special offers will also be
available on selected models.

AND as a special treat for all attending, they will be offering complementary traditional cream teas, as well as bringing
back their amazing offer on hearing aid batteries; Buy 4 packets and receive 4 FREE (saving you up to £16.40!). Appointments are essential.

To celebrate Deaf Awareness Week, which is taking place from 2-8 May, we are offering a huge 50% discount off our standard fees for Deaf Awareness Training.

With over 9 million Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing people in the UK, the need to fully understand how deafness can affect service users, customers and co-workers is more vital than ever.

All you need to do is to book your training by 27th May, 2011, and you will only pay:

Full Day - £450
Half Day - £225
Maximum class size 15

This fully accredited Signature course includes modules on Communication, Language and Culture and can be delivered at your own organization, at a time and place to suit your requirements.
 
For further details and to make a booking, please click on the attachment, then email Sue Curley at sue.curley@bid.org.uk  or telephone us on 0121 450 7767.

The Bid Services Communication Team

Friday 6th May

Deaf Awareness Coffee Morning
12pm – 2pm at the Saloon, Greenock Town Hall, Municipal Buildings, Greenock, PA15 1LX
Come along and learn to order your refreshments in British Sign Language, find out how difficult or easy it is to lip read and see a range of equipment designed to help people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

Please contact:

David Goldthorp
Project Manager
Inverclyde Council on Disability Ltd
10 Clyde Square
Greenock
PA15 1NB

email: david.goldthorp@icod.org.uk

Tel: 01475 732700
Textphone: 01475 732995
Fax: 01475 791622

The Suffolk Deaf Association

We would like to invite you to drop in for a cup of coffee or tea on any day between Tuesday 3rd May and Friday 6th May (between 10.00am and 12 noon each day).  We are at Suffolk House – on the corner at the junction between Dales Road and Wharfedale Road.

You do not have to be deaf or hard-of-hearing to visit us! You might, however, hear or see something that could be of interest to someone else who has some degree of hearing loss.

What is Deaf Awareness Week?
All organisations working with deaf people anywhere in the UK are holding ‘open house’ events so that anyone can come and see and better understand how deaf, deafened, deaf-blind and hard of hearing people can acquire better communication skills through:
Lipreading Classes
British Sign Language Classes (BSL)
Social Clubs and Sports Clubs
Tinnitus Groups
Hard-of-Hearing Clubs
We look forward to meeting you!

ABC Hearing Care Centre

To show our support for Deaf Awareness Week and people with hearing problems we are pleased to be holding four Hearing Information days.

The aim of these events is to promote hearing and hearing loss and provide information and help with hearing aids, tinnitus and other hearing problems. We will also be carrying out a free hearing aid clean and check service on the day as well refreshments and a tombola in support of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.

Exhibitors include, RNID, Hearing Link, Deaf Action, Phonak, Unitron, Starkey, Hearing Dogs and ABC Hearing.

Friday 6th May – ABC Hearing Care Centre
16 Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall, West Lothian, EH54 9JE
By appointment RNID, Hearing Link,
Hearing Dogs, Phonak, Unitron

For details call 01506 856500