Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Watch: Padraig Harrington presenting the rules of golf – with BSL interpretation!

December 3, 2013

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They never have a break, those people that work for our supporter, Signworld. Now they’ve gone and interpreted a film […]

Aged 15 to 30? Fill in Deafax’s sex education and pregnancy survey

December 3, 2013

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Are you aged 15 to 30 and deaf or hard of hearing? Deafax is looking for young men and women […]

Donna Williams: “Barriers often come from blissful ignorance.” What I learned from being part of the Human Library

December 2, 2013

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On Saturday 16th November, I had the privilege of being a part of the Human Library. The Human Library  is […]

Charlie Swinbourne: How I wrote The Fingerspellers!

December 2, 2013

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The Fingerspellers, which is showing this week on the BSL Zone, is a comedy about a family of deaf gangsters, […]

Deaf News: Deaf footballer reaches fifty-goal milestone in mainstream junior football with a hat-trick

December 2, 2013

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A young deaf footballer from Peterborough has reached the milestone of scoring 50 league and cup goals for his local […]

Round-the-world sailor Gerry Hughes to recieve award on ITV1’s Surprise Surprise tonight

December 1, 2013

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Gerry Hughes, the first Deaf man to sail solo around the world via the five capes will appear on ITV1’s […]

The Weekend Selection: The doing something about it edition

November 29, 2013

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Here are the top five new blogposts from the last 7-days based on pageviews. Matt Dixon: Deaf people’s rights are […]

Teresa Garratty: “Touched for the 31st time” – my top 10 misheard song lyrics!

November 29, 2013

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When you’re Deaf or hard of hearing, sometimes things that are similar get muddled up, but it’s not the end […]

Deaf News: No jokes about bum notes please – Canadian orchestra to provide deaf visitors with vibrating chairs

November 29, 2013

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A newly designed vibrating, audio-tactile device  chair will be offered to deaf members of the audience at the forthcoming Orchestra London […]

Vicki Galt: Two years ago, my Deaf son came home from football training in tears. Here’s what I did next

November 28, 2013

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Two years ago, my Deaf son came home from his mainstream football training in tears. He had been at that club […]