News
SPREAD THE JOY of great communication for everyone
Wednesday 7th February 2018
Success yet again for our programme of Deafblind training! A marvellous course was run in Derby, and we've been asked back to deliver more, such is the demand for the learning. Great news. Our latest iBSL Level 6 students all passed with flying colours, well done chaps, we're really proud of you. Congratulations to a new set of future lipspeakers who passed our selection process last week and are embarking on their journey with us from April. Can't wait to get those lips moving :)
RESULTS
Wednesday 23rd August 2017
Another hugely successful year for our wonderful students. Well done, all of your hard work paid off!
DEAFBLIND SUCCESS!
Wednesday 23rd August 2017
Congratulations to our latest co-hort of students who have just qualified in Level 1 Deafblind Awareness. Well done everyone. We are really pleased with how much interest there is in our programme of Deafblind Training courses. We run Level 1 awareness, Level 2 Deafblind communication courses and we are very excited to say that the Level 3 Deafblind communication course will be available early in 2018. The courses have become so popular , we needed to introduce waiting lists for the next co-hort! With around 330,475 Deafblind people in the UK, we need to spread awareness and improve communication and access for all, so your enthusiasm for learning makes us feel very happy and very proud. Thank you!
Man's best friend..
Wednesday 7th June 2017
Our student lipspeakers were delighted to meet two Hearing Dogs for Deaf people at their last session. Thank you so much to the their lovely owners who gave up their time to come in to talk to the students about their life, their deaf identity and how their working dogs enhance their daily lives. Gorgeous dogs!
Deaf Awareness Week
Wednesday 17th May 2017
It's the UK week of raising Deaf Awareness. What is everyone getting up to to spread the word? We'd love to hear from you and share your events.
Qualified!
Wednesday 3rd May 2017
Congratulations to our lovely Liz Mercer who has just qualified as our new NVQ Assessor for the Interpreting Diploma programme. We are so proud of her and a big thank you goes to Lynne and Linda for the ongoing nurturing and support!
Deafblind Success
Wednesday 19th April 2017
It is estimated that the number of Deafblind people currently in the UK is 356,000. To give that number some perspective that is enough people to fill the Royal Albert Hall 64 TIMES ! We are delighted that so many students are joining us for our Deafblind courses. Our recent Level 1 Deafblind awareness course students received 100% pass rate. We are so proud of them. Our current Level 2 Deafblind communication course is already FULLY BOOKED, so we are excited to announce that we are setting up another course in the New Year. If you would like to join us, please get in touch. We would love to hear from you.
Children Can Sign
Wednesday 12th April 2017
Thanks to the generous funding of Chloe and Sophie Special Ears Fund, we are bringing Signing Clubs to schools all over the area. St Lawrence's School has just completed their first 10 week club, and Guildford Grove School will start their new club after Easter. It's fantastic to watch those little hands communicating with each other!
WELCOME sunny weather, and sunny students!
Tuesday 11th April 2017
A sunny welcome for our latest Interpreting cohort who begin with us today. We are pleased to welcome our new trainee assessor Frances Lewis, as well as the warm return of Linda Gray and Jackie Griffiths. Our next Interpreter Assessment and Selection day will be 15th June, so get in touch if you are interested.