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BBC Outreach charity tickets
The BBC Outreach charity tickets ballot is now open…. BBC Outreach has secured a number of tickets to high-profile studio recordings such as Strictly Come Dancing and Later with Jools Holland for charities.
Read MoreDeaf and Disabled Apprentice Opportunities
Positive Signs is working with LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM and ARCH to recruit people to fill up 31 Business Administration and childcare apprenticeship positions.
Read MoreUKCoD & TAG
[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] UKCoD and TAG have for some time been working together closely on the campaign for modernised relay services and the Communications Bill. At a recent meeting of TAG it was agreed to formalise this working relationship and as a result a special interest group, UKCoD Deaf Access to Communications (DAC), will be […]
Read MoreAccess to TV and the Web
Ofcom is reviewing of the quality of subtitling provision in the UK, and have asked Action on Hearing Loss to gather the experiences of people who rely on subtitles for watching television. They have recently launched a major survey, open until 31 August. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Qualitysubtitlessurvey See here for further details.
Read MoreTexting overtakes talking in the UK, says Ofcom study
BBC News: People in the UKare now more likely to text than to make a phone call,
Read MoreVRS Today! is closing but campaign for relay services continues
Many of you will know we, TAG and many other organisations have been working actively for some time to ensure there are effective relay services for deaf people in the UK. One of our campaign partners was Sorenson
Read MoreRemploy Stakeholder Bulletin
Please see below recent statement by Maria Miller MP, on the progress that the Remploy Board has made….
Read MoreReview of Relay Services
Further to the Ofcom Review of Relay Services: Further Consultation, UKCoD and TAG welcomed the opportunity to respond. UKCoD/TAG submission to the consultation
Read MoreHMRC Disability Roadmap
At the last disabled customer consultation group meeting it was explained that HMRC want to re-launch the disability road map. The roadmap sets out key objectives both for HMRC team and the wider HMRC, and that they want to keep the roadmap fresh and relevant so that it can drive forward improvements in HMRCs customer services for […]
Read MoreAccess to Work
Young disabled jobseekers on work experience will be able to access extra support to help them into mainstream placements for the first time. They will be given access to the Government’s successful Access to Work scheme, which provides more than £100m to help disabled people into mainstream work by providing specially adapted equipment, support workers […]
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