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Conference News – 17 January 2013
‘The Health Reforms – their Impact on Services for People with Hearing Loss and Deafness’ Date: Thursday, 17th January 2013 Venue: National Union of Teachers, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD Our speakers include: Sir Malcolm Bruce, Chair of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness (Invited) Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer, Department of Health Professor […]
Read MoreDeaf Access to Communication appoints Chair
In October the Deaf Access to Communication special interest group was established by UKCoD to carry forward work related to relay services and the Communications Act review. The group sought to appoint a chair who would help https://ukcod.org/deaf-access-to-communications.htmllead it forward in these two areas of challenge. Sandra Verkuyten OBE, previously chief executive of the Hearing […]
Read MoreWork Programme – the experience of different user groups Survey
Last year the Government created a new scheme to help unemployed people back to work and it’s called the ‘Work Programme’ and it will run for another 4 years. The Work and Pensions Committee is now launching an inquiry into how well the Work Programme is working for different user groups and this is our […]
Read MoreAgeing and Deafness Conference
Our conference on ‘Ageing and Deafness’ held in London on 16th October was a great success with speakers. Our conference on ‘Adult Hearing Loss- time for a new approach’ in Westminster yesterday (15th October) gathered leaders from audiology, from industry, from the Third Sector and politicians, all joined in a passion to move forward with […]
Read MoreDeaf Health Social Care Champions – Project Manager
UKCoD in partnership with SignHealth, Manchester Deaf Centre, DeafVision, Merseyside Society for Deaf People have secured funding for a Deaf Health Champions Project in the North West. Please see Job advert and Job description for a Project Manager who will be employed by UKCoD. Closing date for applications 19th November 2012. Interviews will be held […]
Read MoreThe next generation of relay services
Ofcom have published a statement about the next generation of relay services. The statement is a welcome step in the right direction and an important moment in ensuring a significant change in provision for deaf people. But there is still a long way to go before deaf people have access to 21st century telecommunication services.
Read MorePRESS RELEASE
We are pleased to announce the launch on 1st October 2012 of the UKCoD’s special interest group named Deaf Access to Communications (DAC).
Read MoreCommunications Review
The United Kingdom Council on Deafness and TAG give joint response to the issues raised in the recent DCMS seminar paper on the Communications Review Joint Response
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Jim Edwards, Chair of UK Council on Deafness wrote to Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in June, welcoming recent commitment to explore the improvement of broadcast access services for people with sensory loss in the Communications Green Paper. A reply has been received
Read MoreReform of provision for children and young people with SEN and disabilities
The draft legislation on reform of provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and disabled children and young people has today been published. The draft provisions and accompanying explanatory notes can be found at www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/September_2012/03-09-12/5.Education-SpecialEducationalNeedsReform.pdf
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