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Deafviews, issue 172
Deafview provides short up-to-date news stories and is brought to you courtesy of Teletext. You can also find Deafview on page 177 of Channel 4's Teletext service and Channel 4's digital and satellite Teletext service on page 837. If you have any news stories, information or events you want included in Deafview, please contact the Editor, Tim Russell, on (telephone) 0207 296 8145, (textphone) 0207 296 8029 or email: tim.russell@rnid.org.uk. You can also visit the teletext website at www.teletext.co.uk (external link).
New cash boost for deaf volunteers
Standard Life is sponsoring a three year volunteering project in Scotland. They are donating £45,000 towards the project, which aims to increase the capacity of local organisations, such as the Citizens Advice Bureau, to open their doors to deaf and hard of hearing volunteers. The aim is to improve access to these vital services for deaf and hard of hearing people.
TV vet takes dog bowl challenge
Television vet Joe Inglis is to row down the River Thames in a giant dog bowl he crafted himself to raise money for the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. The dog bowl, made from an old cattle drinking trough, has been named The Mutty Bark. Joe, from Vets in Practice, and his dog Jack will set off from Cricklade and finish at Putney eight days later.
Elliot stars in Sense TV appeal
Sense has launched a new television appeal asking viewers to support its work with deafblind children. It tells the story of a five-year-old child called Elliot, who is deafblind. Funds raised by the appeal will be used to support Sense's specialist services for deafblind children and their families. You can now see the TV appeal online by visiting the Sense website (external link, opens new browser window).
Stem cells help hearing recovery
Japanese researchers have shown that bone marrow stem cells injected into a damaged inner ear can speed hearing recovery after partial hearing loss. A team at the National Tokyo Medical Centre injected stem cells into the inner ear of injured rates. The cells survived in half of the rats, where they migrated away from the site of injection toward the injured region within the inner ear.
Deaf social worker picks up top award
A deaf social worker has won the Council Worker of the Year awards, held by the Local Government Channel. Paul Burrows, a senior project officer at the Adult Services Department in Hampshire, developed a simple computerised form that replaced over 28 separate documents. The awards are an "X factor" style competition where the winner is decided by public vote.
Improving access at Glasto
The disability co-ordinator at Glastonbury wants you to hear your ideas for improving the festival, including:
- Your views on induction loops - do you use them and where do you think they should be installed.
- What do you think about the interpreters at Glastonbury - should there be more of them?
- Subtitles - are there enough subtitled films in the cinema and do you ant them on the stages?
- Send your answers and ideas to disabledenquiries@glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
Signed tour of Summer Exhibition
A British Sign Language interpreted tour of The Summer Exhibition will be held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London on Saturday, July 21, at 6pm. For more details or to book a place on the tour, telephone 020 7300 5732, fax 020 7300 5781 or email access@royalacademy.org.uk