deafscotland’s Walking Project -“Communication to Walk” – funded by Paths For All has been completed. The outcomes for the project were: To promote understanding of the barriers to walking for people with hearing loss. To address the barriers to walking.…
Tag: Mental Health
Our Walking Project
Today we are launching three short films to promote walking to Scotland’s 1 million people who are affected by deafness with tips on inclusive communication so we can all join to improve our physical and mental health. The films are currently…
Opinion piece published – Social isolation: the need for inclusive solutions.
Andrena McMenemy, who has been working with us on a number of research projects over the last year, has had an opinion piece published by the ALLIANCE. To read the piece, go to https://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/blog/opinion/social-isolation-the-need-for-inclusive-solutions/
Mental Health and Deafness in Scotland: Exploring the Data
Andrena McMenemy, Queen Margaret University and DataFakts wrote this report which looks at the effects of social isolation on the mental health of people affected by deafness across Scotland. The report raises issues of mental health and well-being as we…
deafscotland May News
May is a busy month for Inclusive Communication in Scotland. It features focused action during ‘deaf awareness week’, ‘mental health awareness week’ and is national walking month. Walking is good for Scotland’s 1 million people affected by hearing loss and…
Mental Health, Sensory Loss and Human Rights – the Transition Report calling for Sensory Literate Services
BSL version of the Summary BSL version of the Full Report
Mental Health, Sensory Loss and Human Rights – the Transition Report calling for Sensory Literate Services
deafscotland, Deafblind Scotland, Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID), Sight Scotland and the ALLIANCE agreed in January 2021 to co-produce this report to inform and change decision making. Through our practice and experience, we recognise communication poverty is increased…
Self-Management Survey:No 2
Deaf Links is taking forward the Self-Management work that it started with deafscotland. This second phase looks at moderate to severe mental ill-health and how to support Deaf BSL users themselves or are caring for BSL users who are mentally…
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…