Becoming Visible

@NEAS_EDI @NEAmbulance Great to see you out and about, Loveness!

Very proud of our work with @NEAS!

Celebrating Deaf Awareness Week 2023, with this year's theme of promoting Access to Communication. Find out more about this week of awareness raising, as well as national and Newcastle based organisations, resources, support and advocacy. internationalnewcastle.org.uk/deaf-awareness… @ConnectedVoice_

An event organised by WISENDSS* and Castleford Academy to inspire and inform Deaf young people and their families from across the North of England about further / higher education and careers! RT and share!

🤩NEW JOB ADVERT🤩 We are looking for 3 male buddies/support workers of any age to fill current service user needs. All other applicants also welcome to fill additional posts for Buddies, Support Workers and Personal Assistants as part of our growing team. Contact details below:

🙂Looking for male (3) support worker / Buddy🙂

Just posted a photo @ Newcastle upon Tyne instagram.com/p/CZcLSmRND9H/…

Just posted a photo @ Newcastle upon Tyne instagram.com/p/CZcLFcyN2DF/…

🤩NEW JOB ADVERT🤩 Looking for young male buddies to fill a current service user need. All other applicants welcome to fill additional posts for Buddies, Support Workers and Personal Assistants as part of our growing team. For more information contact deafid@becomingvisible.co.uk

@rayspencermbe Delighted @sueleebv did another good job last night! Always a privilege to work with you guys! #littlepantobigheart

Lovely to have the brilliant Sue with us tonight signing our madness to her appreciative audience. Her energy, skills and good humour fill the room with such a fantastic positive energy.Joyous to behold x 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

fb.watch/9Ya7UMN0K-/ BV Buzz's Christmas Fayre - live now!

@SRA_England @differencenorth @lisette_auton @nwnclaire We agree @lisette_auton is brilliant and her work provokes thought :)

@differencenorth @lisette_auton @nwnclaire @DeafBV Wow that's fab. So much to think about and reflect on. "not an add on"..."make people feel welcome, like really welcome"... I'm off to find a BSL lvl 1 course now

Today we're feeling inspired by @lisette_auton Thanks to everyone who came to our screening last, and @nwnclaire and Sue @DeafBV. 'Do. Be brave. Be scared. Be kind. Be Radical. Be confrontational. Be angry.- Demand Access' youtube.com/watch?v=rTBaap…

@SRA_England @differencenorth @lisette_auton @nwnclaire Join our BSL Level 1 Course at Mea House, Newcastle or online with us too :)

@QueerCantHear We have had reports of some appointments not being filled by the contractor but no reason given for this / and ‘a shortage’ is a strange thing to say. I would suggest contacting the Trust’s Patient Experience Team to raise concerns?

@DeafBV any advice?

Newcastle deafies and terp pals: My consultant receptionist has informed me that they 'cannot guarantee that an interpreter will be booked for next appointment due to trust shortage' That to me sounds...v illegal, but has anyone else recently experienced similar/what do I do?

@NRCPD @Dukevfr Expansion of register categories NOT the answer. In long term it creates MORE problems. The issues we have now is from mistakes 20 years ago - need to revisit and learn what those are and THEN avoid mistakes and involve Deaf people MORE in processes/ educating/ training, etc

@Dukevfr 1/2 Hi Tony, we agree. We definitely need more professionals (and of the right standards) on the registers to meet the increasing demand. Our current strategy involves developing the professions on the registers through richer post-qualification development, authoritative

4 days of availability left in 2021! Blessed to have a full diary, but we need a strategy for more interpreters & more trust in the qual/reg system. Too many clients tell me their list of preferred/trusted #1nt's is very short! @NRCPD @SignatureDeaf @VLP_TerpTweets @ASLIuk #BSL

@NRCPD @Dukevfr Not just ‘right’ but safe and high standards. But how do you set a high benchmark with such a fragmented system and extreme differences in training/ skills and quality :(

This ‘Human’ show is coming to Sunderland on Sat 14 May 2022 at the Fire Station in Sunderland. @DeafSunderland - book your tickets!

@BeckyChapman31 @Ex_Bodies @davidellingt_n Do you have PR info in BSL? :)