Good News – Deaf People Can Serve On A Jury
For the first time in England and Wales, Deaf people have been able to fulfil their civic duty and serve on a jury, supported by British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters.
Tag Archives: Deaf awareness
More Deaf Awareness Training
I am delighted to have been delivering more Deaf Awareness Training /British Sign Language for organisations (including lots of well known names) recently. As a Deaf person, it makes such as big difference when someone can sign. It’s also good fun to learn, great for team building and very useful if you need to get […]
Local Council To Become ‘(D) deaf friendly
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 […]
Deaf Awareness Training For JDX Consulting
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 […]
‘Experience Guildford’ – Deaf Awareness Training
Kathleen taught a fourth Deaf Awareness and British Sign Language session for people working in Guildford town centre, This was arranged through ‘Experience Guildford’ which aims to make visitors’ visits to Guildford restaurants, shops, theatres and other venues as enjoyable as possible. The January sessions have been attended by staff from The Friary Centre, Town […]
Jovial Sailor – British Sign Language Workshop
Kathleen and Paul very much enjoyed teaching BSL to staff at The Jovial Sailor pub in Ripley, Surrey. Part of the Barons Pub Company, the team at the Jovial Sailor were keen to learn some basic signs to help them communicate when they welcome Deaf guests to their restaurant and bar. As well as fingerspelling, […]
AAT – Association of Accounting Technicians – start 10 week BSL Course
The ‘Introduction to BSL’ course got off to an excellent start on Tuesday at AAT head office in London. The team are committed and very keen to learn British Sign Language so they can communicate with their colleague Oliver who is a Deaf BSL user. Kathleen taught the first class incorporating Deaf Awareness, communication tips […]
Signed Culture – BSL Access to the Arts
Signed Culture work with BSL users, arts and cultural organisations and BSL interpreters and Deaf presenters to help ensure that the cultural sector is as open and welcoming to Deaf people as it can possibly be. On their website, you can find out about upcoming arts and cultural events that are accessible to BSL users. […]
Deaf Awareness & Communication Tips in Schools
Kathleen was invited to a Surrey school to give a Deaf Awareness session to the teaching staff. The school has several pupils who use hearing aids and wanted advice on communication and teaching techniques. These students were not British Sign Language (BSL) users. These are some of the tips Kathleen shared, most are also beneficial […]
Deaf Awareness Training at Swimming Teachers’ Association Conference
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 […]
