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23.04.05
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Welcome to the VEE-TV newsdesk, your weekly guide
to all things Deaf
Deaf Cup Final
The England Deaf Cup Final will be on Saturday 7 May. Doncaster v Newcastle
United are playing for the Cup (kick off 11am), and Leeds and Charlton
Athletic are playing for the Plate (kick off 3pm). The ground is Aldershot
Military Stadium (Queens Avenue, Aldershot, GU11 2JL).
Cinemas mark Deaf Awareness Week
Cinemas throughout the UK have pledged to mark Deaf Awareness Week (May
2–8) by screening extra subtitled films. UCI, for example, has said
that 14 of its cinemas will screen a subtitled film each day. To find
out how you can help improve deaf access to local cinemas, visit:
www.yourlocalcinema.com.
Meanwhile, the Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission (NIFTC)
has launched the Cinema Access Programme, which aims to enable deaf, hard-of-hearing,
blind and partially sighted people to access the latest films through
specialist subtitling and audio-description equipment. Participating cinemas
are obliged to screen one film a week under the initiative. Eight cinemas
have already received funding. Details can be found at:
www.yourlocalcinema.com
www.niftc.co.uk
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Deaf and desperate
Desperate Housewives will be featuring a deaf character, played
by none other than Marlee Matlin, Wednesday 20th April on E4, and will
be on Channel 4 this Wednesday (27 April). Tune in!
www.channel4.com/
desperatehousewives
Deaf Rave plus …
Deaf Rave's Summer of Love party is scheduled for 6 August. And you can
win tickets on this site!
Meanwhile, you can join Thames3 in association with Deaf Rave on April
29 from midnight for a free exhibition/rave under Festival Pier on the
South Bank. Free drinks, music, exploratory artworks and spaces.
Disability Film Festival
The Seventh Disability Film Festival will be at the National Film Theatre,
London from 30 November – 4 December 2005. Have you written, directed
or produced a film? Deadline for the submission of films is 29 April.
www.disabilityfilm.co.uk
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Nasty Girls
A free event to mark the launch of the Disability Arts Cymru's new website
will take place on May 10 in the Ocean Lounge, North Wales Conference
Centre in Llandudno. Renowned Nasty Girls and up-and-coming singer/songwriter
Susan Hedges will be performing. The event will incorporate sign-language
interpretation and speech-to-text. Book in advance.
www.artsdisabilitywales
.com/contact.htm
Nasty Girls are also performing their show 'Time Troupers' at this year's
Edinburgh Fringe, 11-19 August. They are looking for a disabled female
actress who has some experience of talent for performing comedy to join
them. You need to be based in the North West and available for rehearsals
in late June / early July. The work will be paid. If you want to know
more, e-mail Anne at:
acunningham@supanet.com
Fiona Tan tour
There's a free BSL interpreted tour of Fiona Tan's new exhibition on 30
April at Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP. For more
information, e-mail
dawn.scarfe@modernartoxford.org.uk.
www.modernartoxford.org.uk
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Deaf Connections
Deaf Connections is holding a fundraising Race Night and
Quiz at its centre, 100 Norfolk St, Glasgow G5 9EJ on 29
April at 7pm. Tickets are £3 each and all proceeds go towards the
refurbishment of the centre lounge. For tickets contact Nicola on 0141
420 2186 (voice/text) or e-mail
nicola@deafconnections.co.uk.
www.deafconnections.co.uk
Deaf Athletics Championships
The Deaf Athletics Championships will be held on 3 and 4 June at Halle/Saale,
Germany.
www.deafukathletics.org.uk/comps.html
2007 Winter Deaflympics
The 2007 Winter Deaflympics is to be held in Salt Lake City in Utah, USA.
The official website in now online.
www.2007deaflympics.com/
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Get fit in London
Deaf, hard of hearing or interested in sign language? Do you want to get
fit and healthy? Active Signs is a free course run by a qualified deaf
gym instructor who can sign. For more information, contact j.martin@disabilityserve.com
www.jactive.net/projects
_activesigns.html
Fashion Gallery
Join a talk and guided tour in BSL given by fashion journalist and former
VEE-TV researcher Melissa Mostyn on 27 April from 6.30pm to 7.15pm at
the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London
SW7. Advance booking is essential. E-mail
bookings.office@vam.ac.uk.
www.vam.ac.uk
Asian Deaf Women's Association forum
The Asian Deaf Women's Association forum is held on 26 April, 11-2pm at
Stratford Advice Arcade Room D, 107–109 The Grove, Stratford, London
E15 1HP. For more information, text 0781 506949 or e-mail
asiancaseworker@yahoo.co.uk.
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