Life & Deaf on this week's See Hear

Coverage of the recent Life & Deaf collaboration with Julia Donaldson, the Sign Good Morning campaign and their  UK tour launch festival will be showing on BBC's See Hear tomorrow:

BBC See Hear (series 33, episode 8)
10.30am on BBC 2
Wednesday 25th September

This episode will be available to watch on iPlayer for the next few months.

Life & Deaf are reminding people that is not too late to join their Sign Good Morning campaign - simply submit a short video clip or sequence of photographs to their website

Life and Deaf invite

The Life and Deaf Team invite supporters to come along and well them home from their UK tour. Wednesday 24th July from 2-4pm in General Gordon Square, Woolwich.

 

 

Invite to End of Tour in Woolwich 24th July 2013 by Peterborough and District Deaf Children's Society

Life and Deaf - Include me in the world - UK Launch tour

Reminder from Life & Deaf:

Dear Life & Deaf supporters,

Please join us tomorrow afternoon (8th July) from 12-4pm for our UK tour launch festival!

The event will take place in the stunning grounds of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich (just next to the Cutty Sark ship). There will be interactive games and activities and a fun photo booth as well as film screenings and live performances by deaf young people at 12.30, 1.30 and 2.30. We will set off in our beautiful poetry-covered camper van at 4pm.

We hope that you and your friends, family and colleagues will also be able to join us at one of our other stops as we travel around the UK visiting schools, organisations and Tesco Extra superstore car parks along the way - please see the attached list of dates and destinations or visit lifeanddeaf.co.uk/uk-tour

From 6am tomorrow morning and for the full week that follows, the Sign Good Morning campaign will feature on CBS Outdoor digital escalator screens in London Underground stations, including Charing Cross, London Bridge, Waterloo, Euston, Paddington and Victoria! These fabulous clips of deaf children, celebrities and members of the community workforce signing 'Good Morning' will also feature on BBC 'Big Screens' around the UK throughout July. Please also look out for coverage of the campaign in the Metro and on morning TV this week!

The campaign is gathering momentum. It is not too late to be involved! Please send your own Sign Good Morning photos or video clips to us via our website (lifeanddeaf.co.uk/good-morning) or e-mail these to info@lifeanddeaf.co.uk

With best wishes,

Katie, Jane and Helena

Jane Thomas, Katie Ford and Helena Ballard

Directors of the Life & Deaf Association

 

Life and Deaf - 'Sign Good Morning campaign

On 8 July 2013, Life and the Deaf want TV and newspapers from all over the UK to say “Good Morning.” Rastafarian poet Benjamin Zephaniah and other celebrity supporters including Sir Ian McKellen, Rob Brydon, Nigel Harman, Joe Pasquale, Paul Ross and Sonali Shah have joined the campaign to get people to sign “Good Morning.” Check out their videos and more at http://www.lifeanddeaf.co.uk/good-morning/.

To add your video you only need 5 minutes and a smartphone or camera  to upload a video and photo of yourself saying “Good Morning” at http://www.lifeanddeaf.co.uk/good-morning/.

Follow the guidance below - for further information email info@lifeanddeaf.co.uk

www.lifeanddeaf.co.uk

Life & Deaf / Signs of the Past joint exhibition

Life & Deaf / Signs of the Past joint exhibition  at the Discover Greenwich centre, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, SE10 9LW from Saturday 8th - Sunday 30th September 2012

The exhibition will feature photographs of and poetry by many of the young people involved in the Life & Deaf 2 creative workshops.
Exhibition at Old Royal Naval College September 2012


For further details email: info@lifeanddeaf.co.uk                 phone: 07748 104 051 www.lifeanddeaf.co.uk

'Life and Deaf' Collective Poetry Showcase

Well done to the PDDCS members who had extracts of their poetry, written 3 years ago, showcased in an event at the SouthBank Centre on 29th March 2012. A short film was created based on a 'collective poem' made up of lines from over 50 poems of the Life & Deaf website. Other creative work based on the ‘collective poem’, including an audio poem (interpreted in British Sign Language) and a visual/sign performance by deaf students were are also presented. There were performances by the acclaimed professional poets Richard Carter, John Agard and Grace Nichols.
Started in 2006 the Life & Deaf projects use poetry and the arts to help young deaf people explore their identities and develop communication skills and emotional literacy. Their overall aim is to improve the mental health of future generations of deaf people as well as raise deaf awareness within families, schools and the wider community.

The quality of poetry created by the young people is superb. Check them out!!!

Life and Deaf continue to welcome any new poetry submissions  (with parental consent).

There will be a Life & Deaf exhibition of poetry and photography in the Greenwich Picturehouse cinema for all of April 2012. The exhibition is in the bar area on the first floor and in the downstairs space near screen 5.