Link Up participants reconnect in Northern Ireland Our beneficiaries and volunteers came together in Northern Ireland recently for a Link-Up event. The two-day event in Cookstown was a chance for them to reconnect with other participants, Hearing Link volunteers and staff. There was also an opportunity to socialise and mark the festive season with a Christmas celebration complete with Christmas jumpers! For […]
Volunteer takes part in experimental theatre performance ‘Living with the Volcano’: Arts accessibility made manifest at Edinburgh Multi-Artform Venue A Hearing Link volunteer has taken part in an experimental theatre performance in Edinburgh. Ann Thallon, who has a severe hearing loss, worked intensively with musician/theatre maker Greg Sinclair and visual artist Kate Temple to develop and share ‘Volcano’. The project was funded […]
Lipreading courses in Tamworth and Stafford Lipreading tutor Tom has been in touch to let us know about two lipreading classes he is running in Tamworth and Stafford. The classes are taking place at: Glascote Meeting Room, Dumolos Lane, Tamworth, B77 2AU 7pm – 9pm Monday evenings. and The Whitehouse, 3A Chapel Street, Stafford, ST16 2BX 10am – 12pm Friday mornings. Each […]
New lipreading classes in Leeds Lipreading teacher, Susan Lee, has announced new classes beginning in January of the New Year. The classes will take place at the Leeds Society for Deaf & Blind People, St Mary’s Street, Leeds, LS9 7DP; beginning on Wednesday 10th January. Each session is 2 hours long, from 1pm to 3pm, at a cost of £5 per […]
*FREE pen with December shop orders Spend more than £10 in the Hearing Link online shop this December and receive a free pen. We have a fabulous range of communication resources, assistive equipment, gifts and much more at shop.hearinglink.org. To qualify for our free pen deal you must spend £10 or more before delivery. Our offer is valid until 31st December […]
NHS Wales to implement new accessibility standards The new standards require GP surgeries in Wales to identify and record the specific communication needs of their patients on their medical records
ATLA coffee morning to be held in Edinburgh The Scottish group of the Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults is hosting a coffee morning on Saturday 2nd December in Edinburgh. Join them at Deaf Action, 49 Albany Street, Edinburgh from 1pm-4pm. There will be Christmas cards on sale, a raffle and tombola. Money raised at the event will go to supporting lipreading tutors in […]
