Rebecca A Withey

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Grant Radford tells us about setting up a Deaf Pub night in King’s Lynn (BSL)

August 1, 2024

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Hello everybody! My name is Grant Radford, I was born in Essex and moved to King’s Lynn, Norfolk when I […]

Glenn Faeroy: Being deaf hasn’t stopped me from volunteering at the Olympics! (BSL)

July 30, 2024

Hi everyone I am Glenn Faeroy. I am 52 years old, from Redditch near Birmingham and I’m involved in various […]

Signature launches RE/SIGN campaign to tackle the influx of ‘Fake sign language’ on TikTok (BSL)

July 29, 2024

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Signature – the leading awarding body for British Sign Language – has launched a campaign to take a stand against […]

Insight: My Mother was told she couldn’t foster animals because she is deaf (BSL)

July 26, 2024

I am writing this blog on behalf of my Mother who is a BSL user and has asked me to […]

Martyn Kenyon: Signing songs for Shania Twain was a dream come true! (BSL)

July 25, 2024

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Hi! I’m Martyn Kenyon, I’m 36 years old and I am a Sign Song Performer from Blackpool. I am also […]

Mary Sutherland, Associate Director on WonderBoy tells us how seeing a captioned show changed her life (BSL)

July 24, 2024

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I first moved to Derby in 2016 for my undergraduate degree. I had always wanted to become an artist, primarily […]

Paola Brolis: A message to the NHS regarding our deaf daughter (BSL)

July 23, 2024

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Our sweet daughter Everly will be 3 years old soon, and like many other deaf children, she attends hospital appointments. […]

Book Review: The Silent Suspect by Nell Pattison (BSL)

July 19, 2024

Just over a year ago some friends and I set up a book club for BSL users in which we […]

Insight: The political party doesn’t matter, it’s the commitment to inclusivity that does (BSL)

July 18, 2024

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Two weeks ago, there was a national election in the UK where here we were asked to vote for the […]

Deaf school launches fundraiser for a safe road crossing (BSL)

July 15, 2024

You can donate to the new puffin crossing via the JustGiving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/puffincrossing Deaf school pupils at the Deaf […]