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Summer 2015 From the Cambridgeshire Deaf Association
By Dr Janie Anderson
Chairman of CDA Welcome to the Summer edition of the newsletter. I have been enjoying the lovely weather, just maybe we will have a nice summer this year.
Have you seen our Facebook page recently? I was so impressed when I had a look recently, there are lots of news posts too. I was really amazed about how many shares our posts get.
I hope as many people as possible can come to our AGM this year. It is on Saturday 19th September at 2pm.
At the AGM we are going to ask our members for their ideas about what CDA should offer in the future.
We will also be welcoming deaf journalist, Editor of the Limping Chicken blog and film-maker Charlie Swinbourne to the AGM to talk about his work and his latest films.
After that we will have food and time for socialising!
It is an exciting time as we start to plan the next 3 years at CDA. We are going from strength to strength and we want to hear everyones ideas.
I will send the official notice of the AGM to members soon.
Best wishes Janie
2015 AGM Details Saturday 19th September
Begins at 2pm
Reports
Election of Trustees
Workshops on future services
Charlie Swinbourne talk and films
Evening celebration food and drinks
Me, scruffy? Never! Cover story: Terry-Anne Walker
and her hearing dog, Havanese
Billy, reached final of the cross-
breed competition at the Crufts
dog show called Scrufts
recently.
Terry-Anne qualified for Scufts
after winning the prize for most
handsome dog at a semi-final
event at Earls Court in London.
Terry-Anne was also on TV as
she was interviewed by a
Channel 4 presenter who took
a shine to her dog! The
interview wasn't subtitled but
we at CDA subtitled it to make
it accessible to Terri-Annes
friends
Terry-Anne works for Sense,
the deaf-blind charity as a
support worker and said she
was thrilled to share her first
experience of Crufts with Billy.
Terry-Anne has also been
collecting prizes with her horse
Libby. In March Terri-Anne won
first place in a dressage
competition in Somersham. Pictures is Libby the horse with
her rosette from competition.
Lots going on .. And we want your views
CDA Working with Cambridgeshire Police to make videos Accessible CDA have been working with
Cambridgeshire Police to help
them make their campaign
videos more accessible to the
deaf community.
As part of an agreement with
the force, CDA will provide
sign language interpretation
on videos that the police
produce to raise awareness
of particular types of crime.
The first video, which was
released in May, focused on
crimes that effect vulnerable
people, particularly elderly
people with conditions like
dementia.
Charlene Spires provided the
on-screen sign language
translation to the text on the
video.
It has been watched over
12,000 times on Facebook and
received plenty of likes and
positive comments.
Andy Palmer, managing
Director said: Its very positive
that Cambridgeshire Police see
that important information such
as this is provided in a way that
is accessible to the deaf
community to help keep people
safe.
A meeting is being held in
Wisbech to discuss plans for a
possible social housing scheme
especially for deaf people.
Working with Luminus Group, a
housing association working in
Cambridgeshire, CDA want the
views of deaf people in the
county to see if they would
support plans for a housing
development with deaf people
with care or support needs and
for those with no support
requirements.
Any such scheme could also
see support services on hand
with staff who can sign and
deaf clubs established close-
by.
It is thought that by creating a
housing scheme whereby deaf
people live closer together,
isolation could be reduced and
services centred in a particular
area, saving money and
increasing convenience for
local deaf people.
What do you think? Why not
come along and have your say.
Meeting details:
Where:
Octavia View,
10a14 South Brink
Wisbech
PE13 1JQ
When: 10:30am
27th June
If you need assistance with
transport. Please get in
touch.
Community housing for deaf people: Meeting planned
Mental Health
CDA have been working with
Cambridgeshire County
Council to make sure that deaf
people have their say on the
way services are provided.
In May the Public Health
Department visited Hope Hall
to meet with 9 deaf people and
talk about how to improve
mental health in the county.
It was a lively and honest
discussion where issues
related to being deaf and
mental health were raised.
They also discussed what it is
like to be deaf and employed
and what the additional
pressures might be.
Council staff said that it was an
extremely useful event but time
will tell if any of the points
raised by deaf people influence
the councils strategy on
improving public mental health.
Libraries
Fenland drop in saw a bumper
turn out for a consultation on
the future of libraries in
Cambridgeshire. Jon Anderson
visited with an interpreter and
explained that the council were
looking into ways of making
libraries offer more services so
they were sustainable.
Deaf people in the meeting
explained that they found
libraries often inaccessible with
staff who were not aware of the
needs of deaf people. Also that
the DVDs and videos that
could be borrowed did not have
sign language options nor were
there many easy read titles for
those who wanted them.
Both the mental health and
libraries consultation are part of
CDAs approach to ensuring
that people in Peterborough
and Cambridgeshire have their
say on local issues.
First Deaf Health Forum Deaf people in Peterborough
will get the chance to express
their views on the health
service direct to NHS
representatives in the first
ever Deaf Health Forum.
There will be BSL interpreters
there and speech-to-text
provided by AI Media.
The meeting is the first in what
CDA hopes will be regular
twice-yearly forums where
deaf people can give feedback
on their experiences and then
the NHS will be able to report
back to deaf people any
progress or problems. The meeting is on 25th June at
6:30pm at the Friends Meeting
House, Thorpe Road,
Peterborough.
Local deaf people involved in Consultations
Check out our website for all the latest news
www.cambsdeaf.org
All staff and volunteers send
our heartfelt thanks and
congratulations to Chris Byrne
after completing the London
Marathon on behalf of CDA
and NDCS.
Chris made it round the historic
London course in just over 4
hours and raised over 2,400
which will be split equally
between the two charities.
Chris is father to Henry Byrne
who is six years old and has
had an operation to have two
bone anchored hearing aids to
help him hear. The family have
received invaluable support
from NDCS and from CDA who
have worked with the family on
a holistic communication
approach which included the
family learning some useful
sign language.
If you like what we do, there is
still time to donate to Chriss
page and help make sure
charities like NDCS and CDA
can support more families in
future.
Once again, we all salute Chris
Byrne! Thank you
Enrolment opens soon for BSL classes Over 100 people have regis-
tered their interest in learning
BSL across Cambridgeshire
and Peterborough and enrol-
ment for the courses open in
June for registrants and July for
the general public.
It is hoped that classes can be
expanded in Peterborough and
Cambridge to accommodate
day-time as well as evening
classes.
CDA Sign Language Academy
will also be opening BSL Level
1 in Huntingdon and Level 2 in
Peterborough.
In other news, CDA Sign Lan-
guage Academy has been
working with Cambridge Uni-
versity to teach 6 medical stu-
dents deaf awareness and BSL
Level 1 on a fast-track basis.
Charlene Spires, our BSL
teacher in Peterborough has
also started working with Deaf
Blind UK to provide BSL Level
1 to employees there.
If youre interested in learn-
ing sign language, please
visit www.cambsdeaf.org
Thank you, Marathon Man!
Citizens Advice Bureau now giving advice in BSL in Peterborough Working with CDA in
Peterborough, the Citizens
Advice Bureau will now offer
support for deaf BSL using
clients with BSL interpreted
sessions once-a-month.
Following on from the
successful sessions at
Peterborough Drop-in, funding
has now been secured to
provide BSL interpreters once a
month. If you would like to
book, please get in touch with
CAB direct or via CDA.
Two guest speakers at Cambridgeshire
Deaf Church Deaf lady Penny Beschizza
visited BSL Deaf Church at
Hope Hall in February.
Penny is very involved with
Deaf issues and politics. She
talked about how new life can
come when things look
hopeless.
In April, Rev. Anne Richardson
visited. She talked about
Easter and worshippers shared
Communion of Bread and
Wine.
The next BSL Cafe church is
on Sunday June 21st at 2pm till
5pm at Hope Hall. People are
asked to bring food to share.
The theme will be about the
Holy Spirit (Pentecost).
On 20th September there will
be a traditional Harvest
Service. Worshippers are
invited to bring and share food
to eat together.
Dry food like pasta or teabags
or canned food is encouraged
and it will be taken to local
Food banks. People who are
having money problems can
get vouchers from Social
Workers or GPs and Food
Banks provide 3 days food.
The Cambridgeshire Deaf
Church Group also have small
groups where discussions are
had about Christianity,
questions answered and
communal prayer sessions.
From September, the group will
start to look at Old Testament
Bible characters, like Noah,
Moses and David.
See the deaf church dates in
the planner. If youd like more
information on deaf church visit
www.cambsdeafchurch.info
March Deaf and District Deaf Club St Peters Church Hall, March, Cambs. Meets first Friday each month from 711pm. Contact Godfrey Palmer by email [email protected] or Christine Pape 07902 282390
Peterborough Deaf Club Kingfisher Centre, Bretton, Peterborough. Meets second Saturday each month. Dan McMillan [email protected] Peterborough Deaf Drop In 2 weekly at City College Peterborough, Ky Dai 07548 667944 Peterborough Deaf Skills Club 2 weekly at Quaker House. Charlene Spires, [email protected] Peterborough Coffee Morning John Lewis Caf Peterborough. Contact to be confirmed Peterborough Social Services 2nd Floor, Town Hall Bridge Street Peterborough PE1 1HF Voice 01733 747474 Mobile text: 07917133170 Fax 01733 454445 Minicom: 01733 454449 Email:[email protected]. Peterborough Deaf Football www.poshdeaf.com Andy Palmer 07949 571173 [email protected] Peterborough and District Deaf Childrens Society www.pddcs.co.uk [email protected]
Add your details to the Cambridgeshire Deaf News If you would like your organisation or
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page or the diary pages of the
Cambridgeshire Deaf News please
contact CDA [email protected] or
contact the office on (18002) 01223
246237
Cambridgeshire Deaf News is
produced by the Cambridgeshire Deaf
Association. Contact details and
dates of events are subject to change
and we take no responsibility for any
loss incurred through using
information contained in this
newsletter.
Summer 2015 Diary June 13th BSL Caf Lounge Wisbech 2:30pm 18th Golden Hind BSL Pub meet Cambridge 7:30pm 18th Peterborough Skills Club 20th Peterborough Coffee morning 10.30 12pm 20th Tea and a sign chat in Cambridge 2:30pm 22nd Ely Drop-in 10 12pm 23rd Cambridge Lunchtime Drop-in 11:30-2:30pm 27th BSL Gathering Peterborough 10:45am 27th Sign Post Deeping 27th Cambridge Deaf Pub 7:30pm 27th Cambridge Deaf Club 7.30 10.30pm 28th Signed Service St Barnabas Cambridge, 10:30am
July 1st Cambridge Church Lunch Group at Hope Hall 11am 2nd Peterborough Skills Club 2nd Huntingdon deaf lunchtime group 12:30pm 3rd March and District Deaf Club 7pm 5th Signed Service St James, Hemingford Grey, 11am 6th Peterborough Coffee morning 10.30 12pm
9th Fenland Deaf Drop-in 11am 10th Huntingdon deaf and hearing club (Tesco) 7:30pm 11th Peterborough Deaf Club 6:30pm 12th Sign Post Deeping Service 3pm 12th Signed Service St Andrews Soham, 10am 16th Peterborough Skills Club 18th Cambridge Deaf Club 7.30 10.30pm 20th Peterborough Coffee morning 10.30 12pm 21st Huntingdon Church Group 7:45pm 23rd Golden Hind BSL Pub meet Cambridge 7pm 25th Sign Post Deeping 25th Cambridge Deaf Pub 7:30 pm 26th Signed Service St Barnabas Cambridge, 10:30am 27th Ely Drop-in 10 12pm 28th Cambridge Lunchtime Drop-in 11:30-2:30pm 30th Peterborough Skills Club
August 2nd Signed Service St James, Hemingford Grey, 11am 3rd Peterborough Coffee morning 10.30 12pm 5th Cambridge Church Lunch Group at Hope Hall 11am 8th Peterborough Deaf Club 6:30pm 9th Sign Post Deeping Service 3pm 9th Signed Service St Andrews Soham, 10am 11th Huntingdon deaf and hearing club (Barley Mow Pub) 7:30pm 13th Peterborough Skills Club 17th Peterborough Coffee morning 10.30 12pm 18th Huntingdon Church Group 7:45pm 27th Peterborough Skills Club 20th Golden Hind BSL Pub meet Cambridge 7pm 23rd Signed Service St Barnabas Cambridge, 10:30am 29th Cambridge Deaf Pub 7:30pm 29th Sign Post Deeping 31st Peterborough Coffee morning 10.30 12pm
September 2nd Cambridge Church Lunch Group at Hope Hall 11am 6th Signed Service St James, Hemingford Grey, 11am 3rd Huntingdon deaf lunchtime group 12:30pm 4th March and District Deaf Club 7pm 10th Fenland Deaf Drop-in 11am 10th Peterborough Skills Club 11th Huntingdon deaf and hearing club (Tesco) 7pm 12th Peterborough Deaf Club 6:30pm 13th Signed Service St Andrews Soham, 10am 13th Sign Post Deeping Service 3pm 14th Peterborough Coffee morning 10.30 12pm 15th Huntingdon Church Group 7:45pm 19th Cambridge Deaf Club 7.30 10.30pm 24th Peterborough Skills Club 26th Cambridge Deaf Pub 7:30pm 27th Signed Service St Barnabas Cambridge, 10:30am 26th Sign Post Deeping 28th Peterborough Coffee morning 10.30 12pm 28th 29th Ely Drop-in 10 12pm 29th Cambridge Lunchtime Drop-in 11:30-2:30pm
Summer 2015 Diary
Addenbrookes audiology Box: 94 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ Tel: 01223 217 797 Fax: 01223 586 912 Minicom: 01223 274 494 [email protected] Cambridge Deaf Drop in At CDA, monthly. Contact CDA for more information. Cambridge Deaf Club Held at Cambridge Deaf Association. 8 Romsey Terrace. Third Saturday of the month. Contact CDA for more information. Cambridgeshire Social Services for D/deaf children and young people Disabled Childrens Team Box SS1012 Babbage House Castle Park Castle Hill Cambridge CB3 0AT Telephone: 0345 045 5203 (General enquiries) Fax: 01480 376748 Minicom: 01480 376743 Text: 07901 226 356 Email: [email protected] Cambridgeshire Sensory Services Disability Service Amundsen House Compass Point Business Park Stocks Bridge Way St Ives PE27 5JL Phone: 0345 045 5221 Fax: 01480 498066 Send a text: 07765 898732 Minicom: 01480 376743 Email: [email protected] CDA Support and Advocacy Services 8 Romsey Terrace, Cambridge. Tel 01223 246237 Fax 01223 411701 [email protected] 07902 281668
CDA Connect (BSL Interpreter Services) Anna Baker 07895 072132 [email protected]
CDA Sign Language Academy (BSL Course and Deaf Awareness Courses) Charlene Spires [email protected] Cambridgeshire Deaf Church For any information about services or advice concerning Weddings, Funerals or Baptisms please contact me, Jan Smith, on 07596 652077 or [email protected]. Cambridge Hard of Hearing Club Meetings are held at the Meadows Community Centre, 1 St. Catherines Road, Cambridge CB4 3XJ. Phone Pam on 235547 or text Chris 07876108963 Cambridgeshire Hearing Help 8a Romsey Terrace, Cambrudge Tel / Text 01223 416141 MonFri 9am to 2pm Deeping Signpost Nigel Frisby Deeping Baptist Church, 42 Bridge Street, Deeping St James, Peterborough, PE6 8HA. [email protected] Ely Deaf Drop In Gem Dixon [email protected] text 07786 434700 Emmeline Implant Centre Box: 163, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ Tel/minicom: 01223 217 589 Appointments line: 01223 348 973 Fax: 01223 586 735 Fenland Deaf Drop in Christian Centre, Upwell Road March Meets on third Thursday each month Contact Christine Pape by text 07902 282390 Huntingdon Deaf and Hearing Club & Huntingdon Deaf Drop in Gem Dixon [email protected] text 07786 434700
Useful Contacts
What do CDA offer?
Community Support We visit people at home,
or anywhere they feel
safe. We support with
issues:
Housing
Finances (money)
Accessing services
Health
Social
Developing new skills
Letters
Providing information
Emotional support
Raising confidence
Reducing isolation
Sign posting
Education
Employment (work)
Advocacy Advocacy is about
supporting people to
express their views and
concerns, ensuring
they understand their
rights so they can
make informed
decisions about their
lives.
Advocates take action to support people to: Express their views
and wishes
Secure their rights
Have their interests
represented
Access information
and services
Explore choices
and options
What issues can we advocate for? Health
Housing
Employment (work)
Legal
Finances
Social Services
Complaints
Education
Family issues
Access to services
Get in touch to find out if we are able to support you.
8 Romsey Terrace,
Cambridge. Tel 01223
246237 Fax 01223
411701 office@cambsde
af.org 07902 281668
CDA Support Services Support Advocacy Drop- in Services BSL Training Deaf Awareness
Deaf Church Deaf Social Events Information Sessions
See more information online
www.cambsdeaf.org
Over 60 deaf people were at
the Fenland Drop-in in April
when Norwich Deaf Cub paid a
visit.
Organiser Christine Pape said
the day was a great success.
Everyone was fed with bangers
and mash and there followed a
raffle and bingo with some big
prizes on offer.
Every two-years, Fenland Drop
-in invites deaf people from
around the UK to visit.
See a video of the event online
by scanning this QR code with
your mobile phone
Jule Garner was the Killer
Queen at Cambridge Deaf
Clubs games night in April.
She had the best aim of all the
players at the club who play a
variety of different games every
month.
This time around, David Cook
treated everyone to a specially
made cake with darts on the
icing.
If you would like to go to
Cambridge deaf club, check
our website and the diary
section of this newsletter.
Over 60 enjoy bangers and mash at Fenland Deaf Drop-in
Fun and Games at March Deaf Club There was an error in the
Spring 2015 newsletter. The
winner of the Rope Quoits was
Donates Pichovkinas not
Dennis Pope.
On Friday February 6th
2015, 21 people came for a
social evening with games.
One of our members David
Cook asked me if I
remembered playing a card
game called O-Yes. I did
remember playing it at
Cambridge Deaf Club between
1962 and 1965. David and I
tried to remember how to play it
and the rules. Eventually we
got it. Our members were
looking interested and nine
people joined us to play We
played two rounds and the first
one was won by Paul Langford
and the second by John Uren.
Members not playing cards sat
& chatted. It was an enjoyable
evening.
On Friday March 6th
2015 we played Indoor Kurling.
We had 18 peoples names
drawn out in pairs for a knock
out competition. It was a hard
game to play, trying to get on
target. The winners were Paul
Musgrove and Billy Rodwell
and runners up Paul Landford
and Rodney Hopkins. The
Kurling set belongs to
Peterborough Deaf Club and
we would like thank David
Kettle for letting us use it. (See
Photo)
The 32nd Annual General
Meeting and Election was held
on Friday 10th April. About 35
people came. The election
results are as follows. Hon
Chairman John Uren, Hon vice
Chairperson Christine Pape,
Hon Secretary Godfrey Palmer,
Hon Treasurer Michael
Manchett, Committee
Catherine Palmer, Michael
Pape, Ann Ratcliffe and Terry
Murray. These appointments
are for at least 3 years.
On Friday 1st May we
played Jenga. The winner
was John Uren. He was taller
than the other 13 people
playing so it was easier for him.
Thanks to Pam Pope who lent
us her own Jenga. Another
enjoyable evening was had by
everyone.
Forthcoming events at St Peters Church Hall High Street March PE15 9JR. Doors open at 7pm
5th June Sid Follows shove halfpenny
Trophy. 3rd July Social Evening and Games 4th September. Sausage and Mash
evening.
M y good friend Irena who I met through her daughter in King's
Lynn had asked me a few years back to visit her at her home in Latvia so I finally went there a few months ago.
I took a flight to Vilnius which is the capital of Lithuania and also the home of Jonas who is Irena's partner. Met Irena and Jonas very late at night at the airport so went straight to the flat where Jonas lived. Next day was spent sightseeing in Vilnius, i was amazed to see so many churches and cathedrals. All very beautiful I would describe as Baroque style and one church was in candyfloss pink on the outside, very beautiful indoors too with paintings on the ceilings. We walked to the top of a hill where
the castle was with panoramic views of the city.
Jonas took me to the Deaf club in Vilnius, it was an old building with an office, meeting room and a theatre with rows of chairs.
On the third day, Jonas drove me and Irena to Latvia along the small roads, there were no passport controls on the border that we crossed. Irena lives in Daugavpils which is the second city in Latvia (Riga is the capital city), like Jonas, she lives in a flat. Irena also has a dacha - Russian word for summer house - with an allotment.
I found this place really delightful, the weather was good at the time. The stream where they get water was low
so Jonas took me half a mile away where there was a water pump.
The following day, we went to visit a Deaf club in Daugavpils, Irena called this as a 'drop in' without the coffee! It was nice to meet the Deaf community. An old gentleman read the main news from a newspaper with two interpreters as to keep everyone up to date.
I managed to communicate well with the deaf although sign language is different and I am still learning the Latvian and Lithuanian sign alphabet. I would like to thank Irena and Jonas for their hospitality and the opportunity to be shown the cities where they live.
Elaine Heath is a trustee of CDA
If you would like to share your stories with our
readers, please get in touch
Elaines Latvian Diary
Neils red nose day stall Neil Coot from Suffolk got in
touch with this picture of him
on a stall selling cakes for
Red Nose Day!
Two players from Peterborough Uniteds deaf
football club have been training with Great Britain
in June. Jamz Masoud was in the female training
squad ahead of the European Championships and
Will Palmer was invited to train as a goodwill
gesture from Manager Phil Gardener after the two
appeared together in a documentary earlier in the
year.
Striker Cameron Cockerill and midfielder Matthew
Wheeler who have both played for Posh were also
selected to play for the Great Britain under-23 team
earlier in the year.
Cambs Deaf Sports News
Cambs Deaf Sports News
Posh Deaf Mens team still looking for their first win Peterborough Uniteds deaf
team are still searching for
their first win after a frustrating
defeat to Bricketwood last
month.
Bricketwod are a deaf team
from St Albans and had won
all of their last 3 games before
they played Peterborough.
Peterborough took the lead
twice in the game but
conceded a penalty in the last
few minutes which allowed
Bricketwood to take the lead.
The goals came from Alex
Tovey who turned in a
scrambled corner and
Cameron Cockerill who placed
the ball in the top corner from
the edge of the penalty area.
Man of the Match Michael
Bedford (pictured) said: It was
a good game to start off with.
We were passing the ball well
and created a couple of
chances. A couple of decisions
went against us but thats
football.
Peterboroughs next match is
against Nottingham Deaf FC
on June 28th in Werrington.
Players and coach from the Peterborough
Uniteds deaf under-13 team celebrate after
Harry Howarth (centre) scores a golden goal in
the final against Charlton in May. The team
qualified for the finals after winning the southern
tournament in Reading in March and beat
Newcastle United, Morecambe and Charlton to
win the trophy at Englands training
headquarters at St Georgess Park near Burton-
upon-Trent. See www.poshdeaf.com