Diary of Events

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

Wednesday 4 May, 7.30pm: Rocket to the Moon, National Theatre (Lyttleton), London
Tel: 020 7452 3000  Fax: 020 7452 3030  Email: boxoffice@nationaltheatre.org.uk
Stunning, stockingless, ruthless in her youth, Cleo Singer arrives in Ben Stark’s dental practice and turns his married, humdrum world upside down. She promises passion, escape, if only he knew how. But Stark is not alone in his frustrated dreams and in those stifling, shared offices there’s rivalry over a woman discovering life, a woman who’s hungry for expression and for love. And she’s no pushover, she’s looking for the real deal.

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.

Wednesday 4th May – Eric Liddell Centre,
15 Morningside Road (Holy Corner) Edinburgh EH10 4DP
Drop in 10.30 – 4.30

For details call 01506 856500

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

Sign Language Taster Sessions (1 hour each)
8am-9am
9am-10am
12pm - 1pm
At 9 Clyde Square, Greenock, PA15 1NB (next door to the ICOD offices, underneath the Central Library)

Places are provided free and funded by the Big Lottery

Places must be booked by contacting the ICOD offices on Tel: 01475 732700, email enquiries@icod.org.uk or Minicom 01475 732995

Get-Together for British Sign Language Users
ICOD Sign Language Students will be meeting at the James Watt Bar (Cathcart Street, Greenock, PA15 1DD) at 7pm for a social get-together, other British Sign Language Users are welcome to come along for a chat and refreshments!

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!