A free Basic Food Hygiene Course delivered by a Deaf tutor is being held on 23rd and 24th March at Colchester Carers Centre, Oaks Drive (off Lexden Road), from 10am to 3,30pm. The course is available to Deaf and hard of hearing people aged 18-59, living in Essex.They must also be unemployed or receiving benefits. To book a place email Susan Slater or sms 0774 996 5727. Further courses will be held in Basildon (April) and Chelmsford (May).
A member of RAD staff, Desmond Masterson, was invited to give a presentation to the 2nd National Conference of Indian Association of Sign Language Interpreters, held from 13th-14th February 2010 in New Delhi, India. The aim of the presentation was to promote the profile of deafblind/deaf visually impaired people and how interpreters work effectively with them. Further information can be found at the website
RAD has formed an exciting European partnership with Deaf organisations in Austria and Finland. Funded by The European Lifelong Learning Programme, the purpose of the Leonardo Project Partnership is to enable care professionals in the three organisations to exchange expertise and learn from each others' services, methods and working practises. Members from each organisation will travel to the other countries to learn how they work. The first meeting took place in Linz, Austria in mid January and was attended by RAD's Head of Social Care, Ruth Geall (1st row, 2nd right) and Cath White, Senior Team Leader (2nd row, 2nd right)