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Celebrating Role Models in Health For the first time ever, Lisa was able to phone NHS 111 in her own language. She was able to ask for medical advice without any communication barriers, making it a smooth and stress free experience. See Lisa’s story below.

Celebrating Role Models in Health When Colette’s three year old son had a nasty fall, she needed medical advice quickly. Colette has always had to rely on unqualified friends and family to interpret for her, but using InterpreterNow to call NHS 111 gave her the independence to seek professional help. See Colette’s story below.

Today UCL are celebrating today’s Deaf Awareness Week Theme ‘Health’ UCL Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre (www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk ) has launched a new suite of online short Deaf Awareness courses designed for Health Professionals (audiologists, doctors, nurses, professions associated with health and administrative staff). Watch a video clip from the course In this sample clip from […]

Today Action Deafness are celebrating Deaf Awareness Week! PROUD OF OUR ROLE MODELS AT ACTION DEAFNESS! As Deaf led national charity, Action Deafness has always embraced the Deaf Gain ethos, Action Centred Leadership (ACL) approaches as well as promoting opportunities for aspiring and inspiring Deaf people not only in specialist communications interpreting, community support or […]

Celebrating Role Models in Health Today InterpreterNow are celebrating Deaf Awareness Week with some important advice. NHS 111 can give you medical advice when it’s less urgent then 999.  But as a deaf person how can you access this? InterpreterNow has the answer ….. NHS 111 Video Relay Service Info [pdf] or watch our video all […]

Celebrating Role Models in Health Today SignHealth are celebrating Frank’s Story   My name is Frank Essery and I am the Senior Advocate for SignHealth. I am a qualified Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) and Generic Advocate. I have worked for SignHealth since 2003 during which time I have gathered […]

Celebrating Role Models in Education and Employment Today the British Institute for Verbatim Reporting are celebrating with us! The British Institute of Verbatim Reporters (BIVR) not only assesses prospective members for accreditation into its membership, but also holds training sessions throughout the year.  This year’s BIVR Awareness Week (BAW), taking place from 9-11 July 2019 at […]

Celebrating Role Models in Education and Employment Today Mary Hare are celebrating their Role Model Dr Helen Willis Helen Willis joined Mary Hare in Year 7 in 2007, remaining with the school until the end of 6th Form.  During her time at Mary Hare, Helen gained nine GCSEs, eight of which were A* and one […]

Celebrating Role Models in Education and Employment Today DeafReach Celebrate Every child is Precious! The work of DeafReach in Rwanda is making a difference to individual children and families. The tall man in this picture is called Omar and he is the Headteacher of Umutara Deaf School in North Eastern Rwanda.  The others in the […]