Paid for by a grant from The ALLIANCE’s Self-Management Fund deafscotland, working in partnership with Deaf Links, has produced information films for deaf people about Self-Management and what it means. The report Safety First…Keeping people safe with Communication for All which contains the baseline survey results…
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SAFETY VIDEOS
We have produced a number of videos on cyber-crime, disability hate crime and domestic abuse. These videos are fully accessible. The “I Am Me” website has a number of resources to support organisations and individuals to keep safe. For more…
COVID -19: INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS
Ideas for Ears It has been recognised that during lockdown and now into recovery, people who use hearing aids have suffered a huge disadvantage due to socail (physical) distancing. Even though the Equality Act 2010 is now 10 years old,…
RESLIENCE AND SAFETY
We have produced a number of videos on cyber-crime, disability hate crime and domestic abuse. These videos are fully accessible. Videos with information for adults: General scams – Child protection – Romance fraud – I Am Me Police Scotland – …
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIEFINGS
deafscotland has produced a number of Human Rights briefings. deafscotland made a Submission to the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights: Inquiry on the ‘UK Government’s COVID-19 Response’. WORD PDF deafscotland wrote a letter to the Scottish Parliament’s Equality and Human Rights Committee asking if the…
Deafness and Dementia
A new deafscotland study highlights parallels between the social isolation of lockdown and the social isolation experienced by people living with hearing loss and dementia. The link between dementia and hearing loss has been well established and it has been…
Cycling Safety for Deaf People
deafscotland, with funding from Paths For All and support from Cycling Scotland made two films with the Scottish Deaf Cycling Club on cycling safely if you are deaf. We also made a film about Cycling Scotland’s top 10 tips for cycling…
Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill
On behalf of deafscotland, Mark Griffin MSP, Convenor of the Cross Party Group on Deafness agree to take forward an amendment to the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill on Inclusive Communication. “Amendment 51 seeks to ensure that, in using its powers…
Evaluation of the deafscotland BSL Project
Part of the BSL (Scotland) Act 2015 Partnership deafscotland is the user led, membership organisation for the deaf sector in Scotland. As such it takes a person-centred, rights-based approach to all its work and recognises the importance of monitoring and…
OUR CONFERENCE TOMORROW (17 MARCH 2020) IS CANCELLED
In line with the UK Government announcement at 5pm today, it is with much regret that we need to postpone our conference that should have taken place tomorrow (17 March) in the DoubleTree by Hilton in Glasgow. We apologise for any…
Corona Virus Update
We are following the most up-to-date government advice and our conference on Tuesday is still going ahead. We look forward to seeing you there…
The First National BSL Summit
The First National BSL Summit in Scotland took place on Monday 23 September 2019 in Glasgow The summit was held on the UN International Day of Sign Languages 2019, which had the theme “Sign Language Rights for All!”. This fits…
Job Scheme – ITV SignPost & BSLBT – trainee scheme for Deaf Filmmakers
ITV SignPost has partnered with British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) to offer a new trainee scheme aimed at getting young Deaf film-makers into the industry. Applications are now being invited from Deaf film-makers and production talent who want…
deafscotland Cycling Survey
deafscotland is producing information on staying safe while cycling for people affected by hearing loss. The following survey will be vital in producing this information and help make the roads safer for everyone. If you could please fill out…
Safety Survey
deafscotland is producing accessible information on a number of safety issues. We would like to know how you feel about your own safety and what information would help you feel safer in your home and when you are out and…
Connect Us Too
deafscotland launched a series of mental health videos on Friday 12 April 2019 at the Tayside Deaf Hub. The videos can be viewed on the deafscotland YouTube site – see below for the links. Out Of My Head: https://youtu.be/0benfedpI-8 The…
2019 Mental Health Programme “Connect Us Too”
On Friday 12 April 2019 deafscotland, Deaf Links and ITV SignPost will be launching a series of related accessible video clips in British Sign Language (BSL) with subtitles and voiceover, introducing some key information from the See Me Campaign about…
Thank you for making our conference great!
deafscotland and Disability Equality Scotland would like to thank all the delegates, stall holders, workshop leaders, language/communication support professionals, sponsors and the hotel for making our Scottish Sensory and Equality Conference 2019: Communication for All a great day. We will…
Safety Survey is now live!
Our safety survey is now live. Please go to https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZSKVN7V to take part. This survey will take no longer than 10 minutes and will give us information on who knows what about personal safety and what gaps…
Stirling BSL Day
Historic Environment Scotland are running a day of BSL tours in Stirling on Saturday 22 September. The tours will be led by John Hay, and interpreted by Linda Duncan. The first tour of the day will be at the Engine…
“Mental Health and Wellbeing for all people affected by deafness: Past, Present and Future”
It is 10 years since SCoD published the research paper “Making the Case for Specialist Mental Health Services in Scotland”. SCoD has produced a paper that shows the developments that have been put in place for people with a hearing…