It’s Mental Health Awareness Week this week (until 16th). Here are some stats for you. ⏺ 11 million people in the UK are deaf or hard of hearing.⏺ There are 151,000 BSL users in the UK. And.. Deaf people are more likely to: ⏺ have poor mental health – up to 50%, compared to 25% for […]
I hope you will be able to join us. More details can be found here. Best wishes Kathleen #csw #level6 #BSL
April is Stress Awareness Month. My colleague Marie, who has a hearing loss, gives a personal view of how she’s found the pandemic and shares great Deaf Awareness tips. Kathleen — My hearing loss has become increasingly challenging and at times stressful with everyone wearing masks and socially distancing, I can no longer lip read […]
We’re so thrilled to announce that all students including Rachel Shenton achieved the Level 6 qualification and passed all units with very high marks. We have very special and important news about our Level 6 pupils. We have recently received their results and we are delighted to announce that all students achieved the Level 6 […]
I was so pleased to see that Antrim and Newtownabbey are to become a ‘D(d)eaf-friendly’ council.😊 The local authority will commit to providing signing on their social media videos. The council is also likely to: Appoint a “deaf champion” Introduce sign courses for staff Commit to approving deaf awareness (working with neighbouring councils and deaf […]
We’re looking forward to delivering our BSL Level 4 and Level 6 courses. If not in real life, live online. We would love you to join us. You can explore all our courses here. To book, click here.
It was a pleasure delivering Deaf Awareness training for #JDX Consulting. JDX provides valuable, strategic, technology and operational consulting services to financial services companies, market intermediaries and FinTech companies. In the fun online session, which included breakout rooms, we covered: – The prevalence of deafness in the UK – Communication tips – Introduction to fingerspelling and basic […]
“I really enjoyed participating in the Taster Sessions, I wanted to dip my toe into BSL and found the sessions well run and fun to participate in. ‘It was amazing how many signs we covered in just 3 sessions and they were a great way to get interested in learning a new skill!” Jules Velati–Thank […]
Boris Johnson faced questions from the Liaison Committee yesterday. Caroline Nokes MP, chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, said: “Can I ask, when the Home Secretary says that the current lockdown rules are clear, and the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police says it’s preposterous that anyone could be unaware of the rules, why […]
