Due to the continued success of the Project, we are looking for new Mentors to join the DRP teams in Wales, Devon, and the Midlands. If you think you can be a positive Deaf role model for young people and want to empower them to become the best versions of themselves, head on over to our Current Opportunities page.
The Victoria Derbyshire programme and the BDA highlight crisis of communication for Deaf people in hospitals. Deaf people are routinely being let down in hospitals through lack of language access, a Victoria Derbyshire exposé has today revealed.
Reuben Litherland, 14, who attends Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy in Derby, has again appeared on BBC One’s The One Show to talk about receiving an invite to this weekend’s Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Today we chat to Louise Sloan, BDA Scotland’s new Mentoring Officer for the Deaf Roots & Pride Project, about her role within the team and how the Mentoring aspect of the project works.
WFD and WASLI have jointly developed a statement to express their concern about the way in which decisions on where and when to use signing avatars as a form of access to spoken or written content is being managed by public authorities.
