If you are in the Southampton area and would like tickets for the Deaf Ball contact Lisa Dean to buy tickets Saintball2019@outlook.com The theme is ‘Silent Ritz 1920’ and proceeds go to the charity Hearing Dogs for the Deaf. Date: November 16th 2019, Time: 7pm – 1pm, Venue: Southampton Stadium Tickets: £45 each. Book tables […]
Due to the popularity of our 10 week introductory course we will be running new courses in both Guildford and Woking, starting February 2020. This course is for complete beginners. You will learn how to meet and greet someone in British Sign Language, how to ask questions, give directions, discuss the weather, transport and many […]
It was an early start on Saturday to drive to Stratford-upon-Avon for the STA National Conference – this was an event we were keen to be part of! STA is an international charity working towards the objective of preserving human life by the teaching of swimming, lifesaving and survival techniques. Over the two day event […]
It was with great sadness that Dot Sign Language learned of the death of Dr Terry Riley OBE. Terry worked for the British Deaf Association (BDA) for over 50 years, in the position of Chair from 2008-2018. He was also a board member of the World Federation of the Deaf. At the WFD Congress this […]
The Hawthorns School in Bletchingly, near Redhill, received funding from Surrey Deaf Children’s Society for a Deaf Awareness training workshop for their staff. The school is attended by two children with moderate to severe hearing loss, as well as several at any time experiencing glue ear (8 in 10 children experience this before age ten!) […]
A brand new festive theatre production “Frozen Snow Queen” from theatre company D-Live is coming this Christmas time. It includes British Sign Language (BSL), spoken English and captions throughout, so it’s aimed for families that include D/deaf people and those learning BSL. Download Flyer The show will be performed at the following venues: Friday 6th and […]
Kathleen and Paul taught a very well received session at St Helier’s Hospital last Friday. Attendees particularly enjoyed pairing up and practising fingerspelling and phrases in British Sign Language. When we create training sessions we include vocabulary and scenarios which are appropriate to the workplace such as meeting and greeting patients / customers, checking an […]
Read the full article on rehab4addiction’s website: https://www.rehab4addiction.co.uk/guides/overcoming-addiction-sensory-impaired “Deaf children whose families do not learn to communicate with them are four times more likely to suffer from mental health disorders than those whose families communicate well with them.” – The Institute for Research, Education & Training in Addiction (IRETA) Addiction treatment programmes often involve talking therapies and […]
Dot Sign Language were contacted by the University Trust in order to improve patient experience. They booked Deaf Awareness and British Sign Language sessions at both Epsom and St Helier hospitals for their reception teams; Epsom on Tuesday, St Helier today. We at Dot are passionate about breaking down communication barriers faced by Deaf patients […]
Tickets now available! See Deaf Rave website 31st December 2019 – At Colours, 2-4 Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NU 8pm – 3am Massive celebration and deepest vibrations on the 12 o Clock HOUR! Booom! Goodbye 2018…Bring on for Year 2020! 600 d/Deaf UK and International community get together once again and party in style in […]
