Survey opportunity: coping at meetings and events with hearing loss How do you get on when you go along to meetings and events? Can you follow what people are saying? Can you enjoy chatting with others? Are the noise levels comfortable? Please contribute to this (reasonably!) short questionnaire https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Meetings006; so conclusions can be drawn about the nature of any difficulties and how widespread they are. […]
Adults encouraged to have their say on social work in England Adult Social Work users are being encouraged to have their say about future research priorities in a new survey. The Adult Social Work Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) is calling on anyone who uses the service, or cares for someone who does, to take part. The PSP is being overseen by the Lyn Romeo, the Chief Social […]
Captioning Awareness Week 2017 This week marks the third annual Captioning Awareness Week (6th-11th November) run by the charity Stagetext. The organisation is asking you to be a Caption Hero in a bid to raise awareness of captioning to people with hearing loss across the UK. There are different ways you can become a Caption hero: Attend a captioned […]
Hearing Dogs Community Day in Belfast If you have ever wondered what Hearing Dogs for Deaf People are all about and want to learn more, we have the perfect event coming up in Northern Ireland. We invite you to come along to a Community Day in Belfast on Tuesday 14th November to meet with staff from Hearing Dogs and to chat […]
Transport for London – accessibility open day Transport for London will be holding an accessibility open day event this Saturday 28th October at Stratford station. The station will be running accessible guided tours during which attendees can discover more about the station itself as well as a history of the London Tube. There will be opportunities to chat to station staff and learn […]
Hearing loss documentary seeking candidates to take part There is an interesting opportunity available to take part in a documentary focusing on those with hearing loss who feel they do not quite fit in either the hearing world or the Deaf world. Those who exist in this “inbetweener” state are unfortunately an often overlooked group and hopefully a documentary on this subject may […]
DeafPLUS afternoon tea and advice sessions DeafPLUS, a charity working with deaf and hard of hearing people, is holding two free afternoon tea and advice sessions next week. The first event is taking place in Andover on Tuesday 24th October at St Pauls Church Community Centre, Smannell Road, SP11 6JP and runs from 1pm until 4pm. The second will be in Winchester […]
