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London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
The London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard (LLGS) has introduced a textphone number
to enable people who are deaf or hard of hearing to access its service.
Textphone: 0207 689 8501
Website: www.llgs.org.uk
Yorkshire Deaf Gay and Lesbian Group
The next meeting will be held at Blayd's Bar, Lower Briggate, Leeds, on 4 June
from 7pm till late. After that the meeting will take place every three months
on the first Saturday of the month. Straight and hearing people also welcome.
Website (MSN members only): http://groups.msn.com/DeafGayUK/yorkshire
gaylesbiangroup.msnw
Leeds cybercafé
Leeds Deaf Social Club has launched a cybercafé. A tutor from Joseph
Priestley College is on hand to give surfing tips, and the club's kitchen serves
food and drinks.
Fax: 0113 242 3666
E-mail: enquires@leedsdeafsocialclub.org.uk
Wear 'deaf aware'
Colchester Deaf Football Club and Colchester YMCA have launched 'Deaf Aware'
wristbands in a joint effort to raise money for their activities. The wristbands
glow in the dark with the words 'deaf aware'. They're available for a minimum
donation of £3.
Website: www.colchesterdeaffc.co.uk
Business seminars
Free self-employment awareness-raising sessions with BSL support for deaf entrepreneurs
are scheduled for 18 May from 10am at CSV Avon Training, 7-10 Lawford St, St
Philips, Bristol BS2 ODH.
E-mail: admin@csvavon.org.uk
Website: www.csvavon.org.uk
There's also a 'Thinking About Business' seminar on 12 May from 2-5pm at BRAVE
Enterprise Agency, The Coach House, St Paul's, Bristol BS2 8QN.
Webiste: www.brave.org.uk
E-mail: info@brave.org.uk
Southwark job preparation training
Southwark Deaf Employment Project is offering job-preparation training for three
days in June for deaf people who live in Southwark. The trainer is a deaf BSL
user and will teach the course in BSL to deaf people only. Contact: Jessica
Wilde, deafPLUS, c/o Remark!, 13 Greenwich Quay, Clarence Rd, Deptford London
SE8 3EY.
Voice/fax: 020 8320 2100
Mobile: 020 8320 2101
E-mail: london@deafPLUS.org
Light, Love and Laughter
The Jane Beech Trust will be holding another 'Light, Love and Laughter' event
on 14 May at Nottingham Deaf Centre. There will be reiki, aura, aromatherapy
and breathing exercise workshops. Plus massage, aerobics, angel cards, fun,
games and a bookstall. To book, contact: Jane Beech Trust, c/o Notts Deaf Society
22, Forest Road West, Nottingham NG7 4EQ.
Fax: 0115 9423096
E-mail: Lisa.Warnock@nottsdeaf.org.uk
Pool championship
The National Deaf 8-Ball Championship takes place on 14 May at JFK's Pool Club,
188 Rye Lane, Peckham, London SE15 4NF.
Mobile: 07910 292541
E-mail: bobbyrogers100@hotmail.com
Leeds football trophy
The Football Annual Trophy Event takes place on 11 June at Weetwood Sports Facility
and Pavilion, University of Leeds, Otley Road, Leeds. Kick-off at 2pm. Please
meet at Leeds Deaf Football Club.
E-mail: chris_bojas@hotmail.com
or paul_young@eu.fmo.com
Deaf Rugby World Championships cancelled
Funding problems have prevented several deaf rugby unions from taking part in
Deaf Rugby World Championships, and as a result the event has been cancelled.
It is hoped that the championship can take place in Wales at a later date.
Birmingham football social evening
Birmingham Deaf Football Club (BDFC) will be holding a football presentation
and social evening for the English Deaf Cup and League on 14 May at Birmingham
Deaf Sport and Social Club, Centre for the Deaf, Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 8S2.
The event starts at 8pm. Tickets are £5/£7 at door. There will be
raffles, a buffet and a disco.
Fax: 0121 454 1110
Advice for deaf artists
ENDA (Enterprise Network of Disabled Artists) – will be running a project
aimed at Disabled and Deaf artists based or working in north-west England. Artists
will be able to access specific business advice, develop individual business
plans and attend business skills training days. The first training day 'Where
Are the Pounds and How Do We Get Them'? will take place on 14 June at North
West Disability Arts Forum, MPAC Building, 1–27 Bridport Street, Liverpool
L3 5QF.
E-mail: damien.oconnor@nwdaf.co.uk
Middlesex performing arts foundation course
Chicken Shed Theatre Company has teamed up with Middlesex University to offer
a new foundation degree programme based on its philosophy and practice of the
inclusive performing arts. The theatre-based course can be studied full-time
for two years or part-time over three to four years.
E-mail: suzic@chickenshed.org.uk
Cambridge Arts Theatre Summer School
Students who are interested taking in part in the Cambridge Arts Theatre Summer
School have until May 13 to send in their forms. There are only a few places
left. The summer school will run from 7–19 August and is open to young
people aged 13–18.
E-mail: events@ndcs.org.uk
Website: www.ndcs.org.uk
Barking College introductory evening
Barking College in Essex will be holding an Open Evening for deaf students on
11 May, 6-8pm. Sign-language communicators will provide one-to-one support for
deaf students on a wide range of academic and vocational courses. Note-takers
and lip-speakers are also available.
E-mail: DEAF@barkingcollege.ac.uk
www.barkingcollege.ac.uk
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