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Deaf Awareness Week Role Models

  Today SignHealth celebrates their role model, Sarah Powell Sarah’s Story My name is Sarah Powell and I am a clinical psychologist.  Since I was a teenager, I have always been interested in mental health and the impact it has on people.  However, in ‘them days’ there was no deaf clinical psychologist.  This did not stop […]

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Deaf Direct are supporting Deaf Awareness Week

Today Deaf Direct are supporting role models in Family/Youth during Deaf Awareness Week. Deaf Direct is a local charitable company that has worked with and for deaf and hard of hearing people since 1927. We provide a wide range of services to deaf and hard of hearing people, family members and carers, and professionals and […]

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Deaf Awareness Week

Today Let’s Sign is supporting Deaf Awareness Week. Communication is at the heart of Family life and yet for some children this cannot be taken for granted. Language and culture are usually passed down from one generation to the next but most children  who are born deaf are born to hearing parents who may have […]

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Deaf Awareness Week Role Models

Deaf Umbrella Celebrates their role model today, Mr Peter Brown. Today we champion our Deaf Role Model Mr Peter Brown. Peter has worked with Deaf Umbrella for nearly 20 years.  As a freelance member of the team he has provided support for our interview process by skills testing all our applicants.  Each applicant will go […]

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Deaf Awareness Week Role Models

SignHealth celebrates their role model today, Marie Vickers. The Marie Vickers Story Marie Vickers and the DeafHope Team The Domestic Abuse team is a mixture of service manager, senior IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Adviser), 3 IDVAs, outreach workers, 3 prevention officers, children and family’s workers and admin coordinators. We’re such a diverse group, we are a […]

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Deaf Awareness Week

National Association of Deafened People are supporting Deaf Awareness Week 2019. Hearing loss should not prevent anyone from getting out and about. Fortunately access for people who have a hearing loss is improving. Traveling, attending talks or enjoying the theatre is now much easier and stress free than before. NADP are holding their Conference on 22nd […]

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A Message from our Chair

Hi I am Craig Crowley, Chair of UK Council on Deafness. I am delighted to see our theme for Deaf Awareness Week going viral on social media. We are proud of our theme to celebrate Deaf Role Models! It is important for the general public consciousness to acknowledge, recognise, and celebrate those who have made […]

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Sign your name for Deaf Awareness Week!

Today, the Youth Vibe team are out and about in Chester.  The Young people have been challenged to teach 50 people to sign their name using British Sign Language. We hope that this will be a fun evening, raising deaf awareness and teaching new skills to local businesses and member of the public of Chester! […]

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Deaf Awareness Week Role Models

SignHealth celebrates their role model today, Marlene Wilson. The Marlene Wilson Story My name is Marlene and I grew up in a hearing family. I only remember meeting deaf peers and engaging with the community from when I was 19 years old and at college. I didn’t know any sign language then so had to learn […]

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