Deafblind UK

Take a look at the latest findings by Claire Manford, our PhD researcher at Anglia Ruskin whose latest research article has just been published. 👏 '𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬: 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞'  'This paper outlines work being undertaken as part of a PhD project that aims to improve academic and social outcomes for deafblind children and young people. It also outlines a novel methodological focus on accommodating the unique communication and access requirements for deafblind young people.' Please follow the link to read Claire's findings and share them with other professional bodies who work within educational and social care settings ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/edAE7wE3 #DeafblindAwarness #Accessibility #InclusiveEducation

#TBT to last month when we joined Access Social Care and their new Ambassador, Jools Holland to launch their new campaign and supporting social care. Thank you for having us for such a fun evening! #socialcare #DeafblindAwareness #AccessSocialCare #GovernmentTransparency #AccessForAll

We are honoured to be an official partner of The Commonwealth at 75, a commemorative publication produced by The History of Parliament and St James’s House. It meant so much for our work to be recognised at the official launch, at Westminster Abbey yesterday!  Deafblind UK CEO, Nikki Morris and Deputy CEO, Rod Cullen attended Westminster Abbey for the launch of the publication, ‘Commonwealth at 75’, a commemorative book celebrating 75 years of the Commonwealth. We are so proud to be recognised in the publication and celebrate this huge moment for the recognition, support and advocacy of people who are deafblind across the globe. 💜 #CommonWealthAt75 #DeafblindAwareness   [Image description] Photo one is of Nikki and Rod standing in the halls of West Minster Abbey. The ceiling is high and grand with arches created using stone. To the right, there are large stone frames and plaques on the wall with images and scriptures. To the left are large windows and lanterns which illuminate the corridors stone floor and walls. Rod wears a navy suit and Nikki wears a black dress with a red floral print. Photo two is an image of Rod holding open the 'Commonwealth at 75' book, the pages displayed are those featuring images and text from Deafblind UK members. 

The 3rd of October marked our annual Deafblind UK conference, celebrating the theme this year of 'Standing out and fitting in' - exploring how people living with deafblindness identify themselves and how society supports them. We were joined by people from across the globe, tuning in and attending discussions with amazing guest speakers who shared valuable knowledge, experience and perspectives. You can find out more about the speakers on this link- https://lnkd.in/e5U6Fc9W Not only this, but we managed to make this a fully accessible event with closed captions, lip speakers (shoutout to Lipspeaker UK) and BSL interpreters who did an incredible job. And of course, what would any online event be without some technical hiccups? 😅 But we got there in the end, and we hope you all found the day as useful and interesting as we did! Thank you to everyone who attended, and please get in touch to share your thoughts from the day. P.S. Just in case you missed something, all talks were recorded and will be available for 60 days from 08 October to stream using the same platform you used to sign up! #DBCon24 💜

📚✨ Excited to be at the Usher Kids UK Information Day today! 🎉 Philippa, Amanda, James, and Mike are all here, ready to share insights and learn from the best. Let's make it a day full of ideas, innovation, and connections! 🧒👦 #UpliftingYoungMinds #FutureGeneration #UsherKids2024

A great move forward, the earlier sight and hearing loss is detected the more support can be implemented, minimising the impact on children’s education. https://lnkd.in/eqzyWu4S

When your employment contract says ‘and any other duties’ and you end up hosting the Deafblind UK Conference… We’re a small team at Deafblind UK but tomorrow we’ll stream our online conference to over 1000 people across the world! This means stepping away from our day jobs and pulling together. So, your hosts for tomorrow’s conference are Wellbeing Coordinator Amanda, Marketing Officer Philippa, Volunteer Coordinator Vanessa and Retail Manager Simon! #DBCon24 Get your free ticket at: https://lnkd.in/etgS9gGr

Check out our latest research and how we will support Local Authorities in future 👇

One not to miss - join us on Thursday to find out what HSBC are doing to drive inclusion and accessibility in banking. https://lnkd.in/e46weQQV #DBCon24

We're really looking forward to Stella's live talk this Thursday. There's still time to register for the Deafblind UK Conference - https://lnkd.in/e46weQQV