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Get Set For Deafblind<br />
Awareness Week 2017!<br />
There’s so much to look forward to during this year’s Deafblind<br />
Awareness Week between 26th June and 2nd July. This year’s<br />
theme is ‘Sight and hearing loss is more common than you<br />
think; let’s talk about it!’<br />
Our national member<br />
forum will take place<br />
on Friday 30th June<br />
in Peterborough.<br />
Representative Deafblind<br />
UK members from across<br />
the country will come<br />
together to discuss<br />
the future direction of<br />
Deafblind UK services.<br />
We’ll also be holding other<br />
exciting events over the week<br />
including a Ukulele concert,<br />
a ‘student versus teacher<br />
bake-off’ at a local school<br />
and bag packing at a local<br />
supermarket, so check out<br />
www.deafblind.org.uk<br />
for updates.<br />
The Princess Court Ukelele band<br />
The Deafblind<br />
Awareness Week logo<br />
On the Web<br />
You can also get involved<br />
online by submitting<br />
questions to our live<br />
Twitter Q&A sessions<br />
everyday between 1 and<br />
2pm each day from 27th<br />
– 30th June. Simply tweet<br />
your question to with the<br />
hashtag #ask<strong>DB</strong>AW and<br />
your questions will be<br />
answered by a sight and<br />
hearing loss expert.<br />
Out and About<br />
Deafblind Awareness Week celebrates the late Helen<br />
Keller’s birthday. Born on 27th June 1880, Helen Keller<br />
was known for her writing works and political activism,<br />
and most notably became the first deafblind person<br />
to earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Through Deafblind<br />
Awareness Week we aim to encourage a better<br />
understanding of living with sight and hearing loss.<br />
Here’s where you can catch the<br />
Deafblind UK team throughout<br />
the week:<br />
Monday 26th June<br />
• nLondon – Deafblind<br />
Information Day, Deafplus,<br />
Trinity Centre, Whitechapel<br />
• nChelmsford – High Chelmer<br />
Shopping Centre<br />
• nBristol – Bristol Central Library<br />
• nBirmingham – Asda, Barnes Hill<br />
• nLancashire – Burscough Village<br />
Primary School, Omskirk<br />
• nNorth Wales – Glan Clwyd<br />
Hospital, Denbighshire<br />
• nNorthern Ireland – Altnagelvin<br />
Hospital, Londonderry<br />
Tuesday 27th June<br />
• nBury St Edmunds – West<br />
Suffolk Hospital Eye Clinic<br />
• nChelmsford – High Chelmer<br />
Shopping Centre<br />
• nBristol – Tesco, Eastgate Road<br />
• nSouth Wales – Age Connects<br />
Community Café, Barry<br />
• nNorth Wales – Bangor Hospital<br />
• nNorthern Ireland – Royal<br />
Victoria Hospital, Belfast<br />
Wednesday 28th June<br />
• nPeterborough - Serpentine<br />
Green Shopping Centre<br />
• nNorth Yorkshire – Henshaw’s<br />
Arts and Crafts Centre,<br />
Knaresborough<br />
• nNorthern Ireland – Ulster<br />
Hospital, Belfast<br />
Friday 30th June<br />
• nManchester - Macular Road<br />
Show, Renaissance Hotel<br />
A Deafblind UK<br />
information stand<br />
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