Celebrate Deaf Awareness Week 2021 This year, the theme is ‘Coming through it together’, highlighting the hardships from the past year, and looking forward to a brighter future. The pandemic has heightened communication barriers for BSL and lipreading users which is why we are challenging everyone to #SignForDeafAction. The aim of the challenge is to increase deaf awareness and have …
Learn the British Sign Language (BSL) Alphabet with Deaf Action. It’s an easy way to learn some basic BSL and get used to the handshapes. Download our BSL fingerspelling PDF, or watch the video below. BSL alphabet fingerspelling chart BSL alphabet fingerspelling video Want to learn more? Why not try our short taster BSL course. It’s the perfect way to …
Deaf Action colleagues and supporters have just taken part in the Virtual Kiltwalk 2021. Our team walked, cycled, climbed a collective 514 miles – that’s the equivalent of travelling from Edinburgh to France! Even better, we managed to raise a matched total of £16,662! This money will make an incredible difference, ensuring we can sustain and grow our services. Virtual …
Grab your kilt and get walking! The Deaf Action team will be taking part in this year’s virtual Kiltwalk all over Scotland to raise awareness and funds for the deaf community. After a challenging year, we are thrilled to finally be pushing fundraising efforts again. The digital shift over the last year has challenged charities to find new ways to support their communities …
Today marks 10 years since Tayside Deaf Association merged with Deaf Action. As two of Scotland’s oldest deaf charities, our combined experience and knowledge allowed us to increase and improve services for deaf people in Dundee and Tayside. Philip Gerrard, CEO of Deaf Action said: “Deaf Action and Tayside Deaf Association’s merger has meant that for the past 10 years, …
We’ve been celebrating Sign Language Week 2021! Sign Language Week is organised by the British Deaf Association every March, to celebrate when British Sign Language (BSL) was recognised as a language in the UK. At Deaf Action, we’re proud to be deaf-led, and have a commitment to BSL. Our team have shared some of the reasons that they’re proud to be part of the BSL community. Why is BSL special to us? Like …
To mark #WorldHearingDay 2021, we spoke to our friends at Age Scotland about the impact the pandemic has had on deaf and hard of hearing people. Age Scotland support older people, many of whom have hearing loss. We shared our experiences of face masks, and why we believe clear masks can play a huge part in improving communication for deaf and …
We are delighted to launch our new service for Scottish landlords and deaf tenants – Safe & Sound. This service offers Scottish landlords and deaf* tenants equal access to information and advice on the property rental market. We’re supporting deaf tenants by providing BSL video explaining some of the complicated processes involved in renting property, as we aim to make …