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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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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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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 […]
Read MoreA 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 […]
Read MoreSign 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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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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Today UK Deaf Sport celebrate Deaf Awareness Week Role Models 2019 in Sport. Here at UK Deaf Sport, we don’t have one role model we want to shout out about on this particular day but instead we want to take a moment to reflect and celebrate all the role models we have in the volunteers […]
Read More‘1 in 6’ posters created by City College Norwich Student
Photography student’s thought-provoking poster campaign for Deaf Awareness Week Karolina Michalik, a photography student at City College Norwich, has used her camera and editing skills to produce a series of thought-provoking posters that will be exhibited in the college during Deaf Awareness Week (6th – 12th May, 2019). Twenty-year-old Karolina, from Watton, has titled the […]
Read MoreCity College Norwich create Sign Language Glossary
Press Release Sign language glossary to help promote deaf awareness at City College Norwich More than 50 staff at City College Norwich have collaborated to create a British Sign Language (BSL) awareness glossary which will be launched at the college during Deaf Awareness Week (6th – 12th May 2019). Over 250 signs have been individually […]
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