cambridgeshire deaf association news winter 2014
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CDA News All the news from the Cambridgeshire Deaf Association
Can you help
with our building
work? We need your support to help pay for the refurbishment of
CDA. Can you help with a donation?
Work has begun on our building
in Cambridge to bring it up to a
good standard. The work needs
to be done as there is damp
around the building, the floor
was dangerous and toilets in a
poor condition. The wheelchair
lift was also unusable by some
of the larger wheelchairs and
the front door inaccessible to
wheelchairs.
Now all that is being corrected
so we have a building that
Cambridgeshire’s deaf
community can be proud. We
will be able to use the building
for more events for deaf people
and rent it out to other groups to
make more money for CDA to
spend on services for deaf
people.
Please see the donation form at
the back and send anything you
can. Gifts small or large, it
doesn't matter. Everything
helps.
Donate online
www.cambsdeaf.org
Winter 2014
Jamie Billam, Community
Manager, is leaving CDA after 15
years of service. Jamie will
continue to teach sign language
and deaf awareness in
Cambridgeshire.
Here are some pictures from his
leaving celebration at
Peterborough Drop in on
Wednesday 5th November.
He will also be at Cambridge
Drop in on 19th to wish
everyone well after the
presentation by Sign Health. At
2:30pm
Big Thank you to Jamie Billam
Thank you and good luck to Jamie from
everyone at CDA
We will miss you Jamie! It is with sadness that we have said goodbye to Jamie. He has looked after CDA for 15 years and deserves his retirement. I want to take this opportunity to say a big thank you from all of the trustees for all of his hard work over the years. We will miss you Jamie. As many of you know Andy Palmer has been covering his role and he will be continuing to cover until we have finished recruiting a permanent replacement. We have also said goodbye to Helen Money so again I would like to say thank you for her hard work and we wish her all the best
for the future. As soon as we have a new case worker we will let everyone know on our Facebook page. All of the building work is very exciting and CDA is looking as good as new. We are delighted that it is looking so good but we
will need to fundraise for it. We have already started to raise money for the refurbishment and there are more details about how you can help in the newsletter. I am delighted with our new website and soon we will have little videos introducing the trustees to the community. If you have any ideas about what you would like to see on it then let us know. I am looking forward to the new CDA Carol service this year and hopefully I will see you there. There are a lot of changes happening but it will make us stronger in the future.
By Dr Janie Prince, CDA Chairperson
Hilda Boehm passes away
It is with much sadness that we give the details of our friend, Hilda Boehm’s, funeral. Hilda Boehm (Nee Hotson) was a much loved member of the community. She passed away on 2nd September 2014. The service was at the Fenland Crematorium in March on 25th September. (Interpreted by Jan Smith.) Afterwards we went to the Gallery House restaurant in Wisbech. About 24 deaf people came to support Hilda’s family. She was born on 6th January 1922 at Wisbech. Her Father died shortly after she was born. She was the youngest of 5 sisters, 4
deaf & 1 hearing. Her elder sister died long time ago. She went to the East Anglian School for the deaf at Gorleston-on-Sea. Her first job was a domestic worker where she met Gustav (Gus) (literally over the garden fence).
He was a German prisoner of war & its all to their credit that despite language problems they clicked. They were married on 4th September 1948 and had a long & happy marriage of 45 years until Gus died in 1993. They had a daughter Mary & a son in law Brian. The family grew to include three grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was proud of her family which included a lot of nieces & nephews two of which were Peter Chapman and Kathleen Gilbert (Nee Arnold) Before they died she spent a lot of time with her 2 sisters. They went on holiday, visited deaf clubs and shopped together. Her brother in law Arthur Cracknell has been a great companion. She moved to a flat
John’s History Visit BDA Heritage Officer, John Hay,
came to Cambridge Deaf Club
on Saturday 18th October to see
if we could help him identify
some of the faces in the BDA
film archive.
BDA are working on a project to
identify the hundreds of people
on the old film footage from the
archive and John said the visit to
Cambridge was worthwhile as
some new people were identi-
fied. It is all part of a lottery
funded scheme to preserve and
understand deaf history.
Some people may already know
John Hay from his time pre-
senting BBC’s See Hear.
See the calendar for John’s other
visits to Cambridgeshire.
Christmas Carol Service at Hope
Hall There will be a BSL Carol Service
at CDA on Sunday 7th December.
Jan Smith, the Deaf Church co-
ordinator for Cambridgeshire
will be leading the event which
begins at 4pm.
There will be soup, mulled wine
and mince pies to add to the
Christmassy feeling!
News from around Cambridgeshire
Hundreds attend Debbie Powell
Funeral Deaf people from across
Peterborough and
Cambridgeshire attended the
funeral of Debbie Powell who
died from cancer at home on
October 1st.
Debbie was a volunteer and a
great friend for CDA and
established the popular coffee
mornings in Peterborough. She
met many people through her
work as a sign language teacher
and kept many friends.
The church was full with around
200 mourners. Gifts in Debbie’s
memory can be made to the
Peterborough and District Deaf
Children’s Society or Guide Dogs
via the Funeral Directors office.
Our thoughts are with Debbie’s
family and friends. We will miss
her.
Smiths Funeral Directors
Church View House
75 High Street
Fletton
Peteborough
PE2 8DT
Debbie will be sorely missed by
all staff, members and volunteers
of CDA. Our thoughts are with
her family.
New Services from CDA
We are pleased to announce
the new name for our sign
language teaching – CDA Sign
Language Academy. We will be
using this brand to encourage
people to sign up to our
courses in Peterborough and
Huntingdon.
We have three teachers
currently signed up. Charlene
Spires will be delivering Level 1
in Peterborough (welcome to
the team) Jamie Billam will be
News from around Cambridgeshire Christmas Buffet Games & Raffle at
March & District Deaf Club Friday 5th December 2014 at St Peters Church Hall High Street
March PE15 9JR Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm.
Price £2.50 for members and £3.50 for non-members.
March Deaf Club Talk about World War I On Friday September 5th 2014 we had a talk about the 1st World War. The speaker was Pat Case who is a member of the British Legion Club. She brought some books containing names & photos of local people who went to war. She gave a fantastic talk. Some of
our members brought family photos of this time. Thanks to Anna Baker for interpreting. I wish I had taken my camera with me.
delivering Level 1 in Cambridge
and Sarah Clarke will be doing
level 2 in Cambridge. Yvonne
Brookes will also join if enough
people want to learn in
Cambridge.
We will also be launching an
interpreting agency service
called CDA Connect offering
interpreting services at low cost
See out website www.cambsdeaf.org for more information.
News from around Cambridgeshire Elaine’s Visit to Wine-making France I went to visit Civray with a group of people from Downham Market this summer. Civray is the twin town with Downham Market. I stayed with a nice lady known as Ginette as I spent one week at her house two years ago and same again this year.
One of the French hosts is Jean-Marie Guillot whose parents were deaf so we were able to communicate in sign language, most of it is similar and we were able to have long conversations in BSL and French sign language.
We went to St. Emilion in the Bordeaux area, where we visited the vineyards, he did the
interpreting for me on all the trips.
You can see from the photo Jean-Marie is holding the booklet 'Sign Here', inside I wrote words in French alongside all the BSL signs.
It was a good trip and I would like to thank all the Civraisiens for being so welcoming, friendly and hospitable.
By Elaine Heath
Peterborough Drop In News The summer of July we were interesting outing in Spalding with David kettle showed us around his history Ayscoughfee Garden Q Victoria Silver Jubilee.
Afterward we had a delicious dinner at Beijing Palace. Thank you David Kettle with your time and kind to direct us. August was UK Deaf Sport Lee and Rebecca from Living Sport came and sharing our thoughts on sports.
We enjoyed the discussion and we are looking forward The Deaf Sport in Peterborough in the future. September was quiet with most of the families were too busy with their children back to school and some of them to learn new course to gain their skill.
You can contact CDA by
email if you want
support
News from around Cambridgeshire Peterborough Deaf Club get knitting In August Peterborough Deaf Club met at Ferry Meadows for their annual BBQ. The question of 'how many men does it take to start a BBQ' is answered in the photos. Knitting in September was good. Thank you to David and Rita for all of their help showing every-one how to knit. We especially loved the fancy headgear that they had made themselves to show everyone.
Janet and Simon’s New Baby Congratulations to Simon and Janet on the birth of their daughter Eva Lily Richardson. Everyone loved seeing her at Deaf Club when they visited recently. Isn’t she adorable?
New CDA Program assist deaf people with cochlear implants CDA have launched a program
to assist cochlear implant users
practice their speech.
Cochlear implant users need the
chance to practice their speech
but sometimes this isn’t
possible to do at home.
CDA have recruited and trained
a volunteer to provide speech
training support to Simon
Richardson from Peterborough
via Skype a few times a week.
The sessions only last about 15
minutes and can be done from
home for the volunteer and for
the deaf person.
So far things are going well with
Simon reporting he is more
confident and the volunteer
learning some new sign language
from Simon.
If all goes well, we will be
expanding the programme next
year and looking for more
volunteers and more deaf people
with cochlear implants who
would like more speech practice.
As the project is being done by
Skype it is possible to provide
support to people anywhere in
the UK.
Have you got an idea for CDA? Email [email protected]
News from around Cambridgeshire CDA BSL Courses enrolling now
Tell your friends! People can learn BSL with the CDA Sign Language Academy from January. We will be running Level 1 and 2 in Cambridge and a new BSL Level 1 course in Peterborough. If people are interested, please ask them to contact [email protected] or visit our website www.cambsdeaf.org
A Warm Welcome from SignPost
Nigel Frisby from SignPost says
that all deaf people are welcome
to come along to their services.
Doors open at 5:30om and there
are games, socialising, demon-
strations and talks. Afterwards
there is also time to share God’s
work from the Bible.
More details about latest events, news and Bible talks at Sign Post can be found on Sign Post web-site: //sites.google.com/site/signpostdeeping We provide free DVD’s of talks interpreted at deaf services. If you would like copies, please ask using the Sign Post address above or through Sign Post email:- [email protected] Both meetings are Sign language supported. Live typing and loop system also included.
Lauren is fundraising for CDA to show how much she
appreciated our work.
You can sponsor her online via
the giving website:
https://localgiving.com/
fundraising/
harveyandrubysfunrun
Lauren Mansfield , who is deaf ,
is going to do a fun run with her
daughter to raise money for
CDA to put to wards our new
building work.
Lauren has been supported by
CDA’s Ruth Godden and wanted
News from around Cambridgeshire
Sign Health are coming to Cambridge to talk about deaf health report National charity SignHealth will be coming to Cambridge to talk
about health issues for deaf people and people who use sign
language. They are coming to talk about their report called ‘Sick Of
It’ which looks into how the health of deaf people can suffer because
of access problems and take questions.
They will be at CDA on Wednesday 19th November from 11:30am
until 2:30pm. Afterwards, we will be having a farewell celebration for
outgoing Community Manager Jamie Billam.
Watch out for criminals on Facebook CDA would like to warn deaf
people in Cambridgeshire about
criminals on Facebook
pretending to be deaf people.
There have been cases recently
of deaf people making friends
with people on Facebook who
have then asked for money.
In once case, the fake person
was pretending to work with
the BDA and eventually asked
for money to be sent.
It is important that users of
Facebook are careful about
people they make friends with
and do not actually know and
never arrange to send money.
Tips for safety online
Always make sure that
you know the person
before becoming friends
Never send money to
people online.
Never send any personal
information like bank
details or your address
Check to see if the person
has lots of friends already
If you are unsure, please
ask CDA staff
Deaf football sessions in Cambridgeshire There are now two places to go
and play football for deaf people
in Cambridgeshire.
Session run every Friday at 7pm
with Peterborough United at the
Nene Park Academy. The
sessions are run by PDDCS with
Peterborough United with Coach
Steve Long. There is an
interpreter present.
The Peterborough United Deaf
Team have their first game on
19th November at 7pm at their
new home ground at Northern
Star Football Club in Dogsthorpe,
Peterborough.
Eventually the team will enter
into national deaf competitions.
There are also deaf football
sessions at Cambridge Regional
College on Thursday evenings
from 6:15pm from 6th
November. These sessions are
being arranged with
Cambridgeshire FA and young
Cambridge based deaf
footballer Will Rolls.
Deaf Boxing Deaf-friendly boxing sessions
are now available in
Peterborough. The sessions are
on Wednesdays at Middleton
School and on Fridays at Jack
Hunt School in Peterborough.
The classes are run by ABA
official coaches Sam Stockwell
and James Chappell.
To find out more, please email
Teresa Quail
[email protected] or text
07920 160404.
Diary Dates Pin me to the noticeboard! November Monday 10th Peterborough Coffee Morning Tuesday 11th Open Support Services, CDA Thursday 13th November Fenland Deaf Drop- In Wednesday 19th November Cambridge Deaf Lunchtime Group (With SignHealth and Jamie’s leaving get together) Wednesday 19th Peterborough Deaf Drop in Peterborough United Deaf vs Northern Star 7pm Kick Off. Mick George Arena, Chestnut Avenue, Peterborough. Thursday 20th Peterborough Skills Club Friday 21st March & District Deaf Club Christmas Meal Monday 24th Peterborough Coffee Morning Tuesday 25th Ely Deaf Lunchtime Group Tuesday 25th Open Support Services, CDA Saturday 29th Sign Post Deeping. Craft Evening
December Wednesday 3rd Peterborough Deaf Drop in Peterborough Skills Club
Thursday 4th Huntingdon Deaf Lunchtime Group Friday 5th March & District Deaf Club Christmas Buffet Saturday 6th CDA Christmas Party at Cambridge Sunday 7th Signed Service, St James Church, Hemingford Grey, 11am BSL Carol Service at CDA in Cambridge 4pm Monday 8th Peterborough Coffee Morning Tuesday 9th Open Support Services, CDA Thursday 11th Fenland Deaf Drop- In Saturday 13th Peterborough Deaf Club Christmas Party, Games & Bingo Sunday 14th Signed Service, St Andrews Church, Soham 10am Tuesday 16th Ely Deaf Lunchtime Group Wednesday 17th Cambridge Deaf Lunchtime Group Peterborough Deaf Drop in Peterborough Skills Club Saturday 20th Cambridge Deaf Club Monday 22nd Peterborough Coffee Morning
Saturday 27th Sign Post Deeping. Christmas Fellowship with Free Food Cambridge Hard of Hearing Club Club Christmas Lunch venue TBC
January Friday 2nd March Deaf Club—chase the ace Sunday 4th Signed Service, St James Church, Hemingford Grey, 11am Thursday 8th Fenland Deaf Drop In Wednesday 14th Peterborough Deaf Drop In Saturday 17th Cambridge Deaf Club Saturday 10th Peterborough Deaf Club, event TBC Sunday 11th Signed Service, St Andrews Church, Soham 10am Sunday 25th Signed Service, St Mary’s Church, Godmanchester, 9:30am Tuesday 27th Cambridge Deaf Lunchtime Group Wednesday 28th Peterborough Deaf Drop In Thursday 29th Cambridge Hard of Hearing Club Talk in CCTV Cameras in Cambridge
Useful contact details are on the reverse of this page
Useful Contacts and addresses
Addenbrookes audiology Box: 94 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ Tel: 01223 217 797 Fax: 01223 586 912 Minicom: 01223 274 494 [email protected] Cambridge Deaf Drop in At CDA, monthly. Contact CDA for more information. Cambridge Deaf Club Held at Cambridge Deaf Association. 8 Romsey Terrace. Third Saturday of the month. Contact CDA for more information. Cambridgeshire Social Services for D/deaf children and young people Disabled Childrens Team Box SS1012 Babbage House Castle Park Castle Hill Cambridge CB3 0AT Telephone: 0345 045 5203 (General enquiries) Fax: 01480 376748 Minicom: 01480 376743 Text: 07901 226 356 Email: [email protected] Cambridgeshire Sensory Services Disability Service Amundsen House Compass Point Business Park Stocks Bridge Way St Ives PE27 5JL Phone: 0345 045 5221 Fax: 01480 498066 Send a text: 07765 898732 Minicom: 01480 376743 Email: [email protected] CDA Support and Advocacy Services 8 Romsey Terrace, Cambridge. Tel 01223 246237 Fax 01223 411701 [email protected] 07902 281668
CDA Connect (BSL Interpreter Services) Anna Baker 07895 072132 [email protected] CDA Sign Language Academy (BSL Course and Deaf Awareness Courses) Charlene Spires [email protected] Cambridgeshire Deaf Church For any information about services or advice concerning Weddings, Funerals or Baptisms please contact me, Jan Smith, on 07596 652077 or [email protected]. Cambridge Hard of Hearing Club Meetings are held at the Meadows Community Centre, 1 St. Catherine’s Road, Cambridge CB4 3XJ. Phone Pam on 235547 or text Chris 07876108963 Cambridgeshire Hearing Help 8a Romsey Terrace, Cambrudge Tel / Text 01223 416141 Mon—Fri 9am to 2pm Deeping Signpost Nigel Frisby Deeping Baptist Church, 42 Bridge Street, Deeping St James, Peterborough, PE6 8HA. [email protected] Ely Deaf Drop In Elizabeth Presnell – Cosson 07584 659044 Emmeline Implant Centre Box: 163 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ Tel/minicom: 01223 217 589 Appointments line: 01223 348 973 Fax: 01223 586 735 Huntingdon Deaf and Hearing Club & Huntingdon Deaf Drop in
Contact CDA for more information March Deaf Club & March Drop In Deaf Club St Peter’s Church Hall, March, Cambs. Meets first Friday each month from 7—11pm. Contact Godfrey Palmer by email [email protected] or Christine Pape 07902 282390 Peterborough Deaf Club Kingfisher Centre, Bretton, Peterborough. Meets second Saturday each month. Dan McMillan [email protected] Peterborough Deaf Drop In 2 weekly at City College Peterborough, Ky Dai 07548 667944 Peterborough Deaf Skills Club 2 weekly at Quaker House. Charlene Spires, [email protected] Peterborough Coffee Morning Gemma Dixon 07889 386324 [email protected] Peterborough Social Services 2nd Floor, Town Hall Bridge Street Peterborough PE1 1HF General Referrals: (01733) 747474 Sensory Duty: (01733) 454448 Fax: (01733) 454445 Minicom: (01733) 454449 Text: 07917 133170 Email: [email protected] Peterborough Deaf Football Andy Palmer 07949 571173 [email protected]
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Please support our urgent refurbishment project
We need lots of support to help pay for the costs of refurbishing our hall. There is lots
of work being done including dealing with damp and making the floors safe and more
accessible for wheelchairs.
People who donate over £100 can have their name put on a plaque in the building
People who donate over £500 will become an Honorary Vice President of CDA, have
their name on a plaque and be invited to a special VIP dinner to mark the opening of
the hall with a special guest speaker.
Please donate if you can, any amount big or small is welcome. It all makes a difference.
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