Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Philipp Rathmer: How our photography project in Malawi captured young deaf people’s favourite sounds

June 5, 2015

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I have been working as a photographer for the Hear the World Foundation since 2011 and together we came up […]

Deaf News: UK Council on Deafness welcomes Access to Work research but remains concerned about cap on awards

June 4, 2015

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The UK Council on Deafness welcomes the Department for Work and Pensions’ desire to establish the return on investment delivered […]

Meet: Deaf illustrator Gary ‘Goaty’ Sturrock

June 4, 2015

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Last month, this site’s Editor, Charlie Swinbourne, showed his film The Kiss at Deaffest, then found a few days later […]

Richard Turner: Subtitles need to go back to the future

June 3, 2015

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In 2003 Tony Blair was still Prime Minister. ‘Friends’ was running its last series, Facebook had only just been launched […]

Deaf News: Action on Hearing Loss launch campaign calling for subtitles for on-demand content

June 2, 2015

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The charity Action on Hearing Loss have today launched a campaign to encourage the government to legislate for more subtitles […]

Emily Howlett: The rewards (and drawbacks) of setting up my own company

June 2, 2015

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I have many hats. I have my mother hat, when I am chasing small humans out of muddy puddles and […]

Deaf News: Deaf people can now contact Oxfordshire County Council in BSL by video link

June 1, 2015

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Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) and two of our supporters, SignVideo and Sign Lingual have announced that from 1st June 2015 members […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: How mindfulness helped me when I became a mum

June 1, 2015

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Once upon a time, back in the day, loooong before I became a Mum, practising mindfulness was just like practising […]

Watch: Irina Drytchak’s poem CODA about being a Child Of Deaf Adults

May 31, 2015

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At weekends, we publish popular articles from our archive, which you might have missed the first time round! Tell us which […]

Deaf News: New breakthrough for #toylikeme campaign as Playmobil agrees to make toys with disabilities

May 29, 2015

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There has been a new breakthrough for the #toylikeme campaign, which is calling on the global toy industry to positively […]