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"Talking About Child Protection"
Talking about Child Protection flyer – potential participants Talking about Child Protection flyer – practitioners The University of Edinburgh, led by Professor Julie Taylor, with partners from Strathclyde and Coventry Universities are undertaking an NSPCC funded research study exploring the experiences and views of maltreated deaf and disabled children and young people about Child Protection […]
Read MoreMinister pledges to promote Deaf-Aware Care
Norman Lamb, Minister for Care and Support, has pledged to support and promote a new Deaf-Aware Care quality mark for residential care homes launched by RAD and [sonus]. At a packed meeting at the House of Commons yesterday, Mr Lamb said, “I give you a complete assurance that I will do anything I can to […]
Read MoreLyn Romeo champions better social care education
Lyn Romeo is the Chief Social Worker for Adults and yesterday was the launch of Lyn Romeo’s new blog, hosted on GOV.UK in which she pledges to comment regularly on “issues affecting social work”. Read More>>
Read MoreUKCoD – Deaf Access to Communication/Strategic Executive
The Board of UKCoD are seeking candidates for two voluntary roles, the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Deaf Access to Communication Group (DAC) and its Strategic Executive, a group to champion improved access to telecommunications and broadcasting for deaf people. Deadline for expression of interest has been extended to: Monday 28th April 2014 Role Descriptions (pdf) DAC […]
Read MoreCalling all text relay users!
Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has commissioned Opinion Leader and Facts International to gather the opinions of regular text relay users about their experience of the text relay service. If you would like to take part in the research please either register your interest at www.facts.uk.com/ofcomtextrelay There will be a £30 thank you payment upon […]
Read MoreExhibition: A timeline illustrating the history of British Sign Language (BSL)
As part of UCL’s annual diversity month, DCAL is pleased to present a timeline
Read MoreAccess to electronic communication services for disabled consumers
UKCoD have responded to the Ofcom Consultation on Access to electronic communication services for disabled consumers. Please see below for further details: Consultation Document Summary of Consultation UKCoD Response
Read MoreOfcom Consultation – Approval of a Text Relay Service
BT has submitted an application to Ofcom for the approval of a Next Generation Text Relay service. The document below is a consultation on Ofcom’s proposal to approve BT’s proposed service under Condition 15 of the General Conditions of Entitlement. UKCoD have submitted a respose to this consultation UKCoD Response Ofcom Consultation
Read MoreAccess to Work
UK Council on Deafness and the British Deaf Association (BDA) held a seminar on the Department for Work and Pensions’ Access to Work scheme on Tuesday 14 January in London and were joined by National Association of Deafened People (NADP) who provided supplemented information for the Report. The seminar on Access to Work covered the following areas: Campaign […]
Read MoreMaking health and social care information accessible
NHS England has begun a programme of work to develop and implement an Information Standard for accessible information and they want to know what people think about their plans for making health and social care information accessible via three surveys:
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