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VICTORY – BBC RED BUTTON TELETEXT SERVICE SAVED FROM SWITCH OFF
PRESS RELEASE The BBC Red Button Teletext Service has been saved from switch off after the NFBUK and British Deaf Association handed in a petition to the Director General of the BBC Lord Hall and to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street on Monday 27th January 2020. The petition is backed by […]
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Friday, 24 January 2020 Alliance of deaf charities condemns treatment of deaf inmates in prison The coalition of deaf charities, the UK Council on Deafness (UKCoD) is seeking urgent action by prison service to improve their treatment of deaf inmates following a shocking new report. In an article report on deaths in custody by the […]
Read MoreUCL’s Summer School for deaf & hard of hearing (year 11 & 12) students
Background Deaf students are hugely under-presented in Higher Education (HE), ‘Discover UCL Summer School for D/deaf and hard of hearing (year 11 and 12) students’, a residential event, unique to UCL, aims to redress balance by equipping deaf students for university life. Approximately 15 students have attended each year, 62 in total since 2014. The […]
Read MoreUKCoD Health & Social Care Conference
Colleagues from across the health and social sector came together with UKCoD member organisations last week for our annual UKCoD conference. This year the theme was “Creating a Dialogue: Person-centred Practice with D/deaf people in Health and Social Care” and BT once again hosted our conference, this time at BT Centre near St Paul’s Cathedral […]
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Monday, 11th November at BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ Creating a Dialogue: Person-centred practice with Deaf people in health & social care This year’s UKCoD conference, hosted by BT, will bring together experts from across the health and social care sector to discuss what best practice looks like when working with people […]
Read MoreVideo Relay Service – VRS For All & 24/7 – Scotland
A great step forward for the the Deaf BSL Community in Scotland as on the 1st of June Contact Scotland BSL & Scottish Government/Health announced they are now VRS for all & 24/7! Deaf / deafblind British Sign Language users and hearing people can now call each other instantly via an online BSL interpreter. […]
Read MoreThanks to our Sponsors for #DAWrolemodels2019
Monday – Education/Employment Hearing Aid Repair Shop (HARS) At the Hearing Aid Repair Shop (HARS) we pride ourselves on repairing any make and model of hearing aid. We’re a joint venture company, which is owned by Mary Hare School for deaf children and a large multi-national hearing aid company. We started out in 2002 and we’ve […]
Read MoreDeaf Awareness Week 2019
This year our theme for the week is ‘Celebrating Role Models’ and includes a theme for each day for organisations to publicise their role models throughout the week to raise awareness. Sponsorship Our sponsorship pack with full details can be downloaded here Deaf Awareness Week 2019 sponsorship pack (pdf) We are looking for individual organisations to sponsor a theme (unlimited […]
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At BT Tower, London on 20th November Early Bird Rate available now! Powered by Eventbrite
Read MoreAction on Hearing Loss appoints Mark Atkinson as Chief Executive
National charity Action on Hearing Loss has appointed Mark Atkinson as its new Chief Executive following Paul Breckell’s departure. Mark, currently Chief Executive at Scope will join the UK’s largest charity for people living with deafness, tinnitus and hearing loss later in 2018, taking over from the Interim Chief Executive Mike O’Connor. Further details are […]
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