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Information Day – Tuesday 24 March 2020

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Connect 2 Support will be hosting an Information day on March 24th from 9am to 12pm. We will be providing benefit checks, information in accessible formats and discussing what other support people may be eligible to access.

We will be joined by Ceartas Advocacy, an advocacy organisation based in East Dunbartonshire (ED), and OPAL one of their projects. The Older person’s advice line is a free information and advice service for all adults in ED.

McClure Solicitors complete the line-up and will be providing information on their free wills and power of attorney services.

We hope you can join us for the information morning. If you would like any more information please call Helen or Riley on 0141 777 5835.

Kiltwalk is back for 2020!

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Join #TeamDbScotland at one of 4 fabulous events around Scotland and help to raise funds for Deafblind Scotland. Every year thousands of walkers come together to have an unforgettable day out, so dig out those walking shoes, don your tartan and get ready to join in the fun!

Kiltwalk offers walkers the choice to take part at events in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh. You also have the choice of distance with the 6 mile Wee Wander, the 15 mile Big Stroll, and The Might Stride at 23 miles, so there really is something for everyone! And thanks to Sir Tom Hunter and The Hunter Foundation, 150% of every penny you raise will go to Deafblind Scotland.

Get in touch with our fundraising team if this is the event for you! We’ll provide you with a Deafblind Scotland t-shirt, our fundraising pack and lots of support to help you along the way. Contact Julie on 0141 777 5830 or email communityfundraiser@dbscotland.org.uk.

New BSL LEVEL 1 & 2

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Are you interested in learning a new skill?  Deafblind Scotland have new BSL Level 1 and BSL Level 2 classes starting from the following dates:-

Level 1 – Monday 2 September.  This is a 20 week course at a cost of £350.00

Level 2 – Wednesday 9 October.  This is a 30 week course at a cost of £500.00

Why not come and join us , please give us a call on 0141 777 6111 and we would be happy to discuss what is involved in learning BSL.

 

Deafblind Awareness Week

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A big thank you to everyone who supported Deafblind Awareness week 2019, particularly the Old Gatehouse, Mortons Rolls, McGhee’s Donuts and  McClure’s Solicitors! We had an amazing week and the weather was fabulous. The quiz night at the Old Gatehouse was great fun. Our first tea party at our charity shop was very tasty and many of our regular customers met our new Chief Executive Isabella. Deafblind members enjoyed a walk to the local waterfalls and celebrated with sweet treats. Over 40 children had a great time playing our new vintage games made by the Kirkintilloch Mens Shed and decorated by Dawn. Watch this space for next year’s celebrations!

People’s Postcode Trust

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We are extremely grateful for the support of the People’s Postcode Lottery through the Postcode Trust for awarding Deafblind Scotland £20,000 to continue supporting our Connect 2 Support welfare rights home visiting programme.

Deafblind Scotland’s Connect 2 Support home visiting programme aims to make social welfare and welfare rights more accessible for deafblind adults and has helped more than 500 people since the programme began.

Often, severely sensory impaired individuals rely totally on welfare benefits and incur additional expenditure due to the nature of their disability e.g. the cost of Guide/communicators etc. Welfare reform seems relentless and often difficult to negotiate. Welfare benefits are complex and the processes remain time-consuming, particularly for deafblind people. CABx are overwhelmed, their open-door policy in many cases no longer exists and initial contact is via a call centre. Their engagement process relies heavily on the completion of forms. For many deafblind people, this operating model is too difficult or even impossible to engage with. When deafblind people are unable to access information, this exacerbates their feelings of social isolation and loss of independence.

Deafblind Scotland (DbS) Connect 2 Support (C2S) home visiting programme aims to make social welfare and welfare rights more accessible for deafblind adults. The programme maximises the economic environment and rights of individuals so they can have a better quality of life and alleviates poverty and distress. Since 2015, the highly successful C2S programme:-

  • Has realised positive outcomes for over 500 people. This includes £1,145,000 in reoccurring additional financial benefits for over 350 sensory impaired individuals with financial gains with an average of £3045 per person (recurring). Some gains cannot be quantified in monetary terms such as blue badges, assisted gardening services, rehousing, aids and adaptations, SMART technology
  • Achieved 100% success rate with sensory impaired individuals moving from Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment.
  • Achieved 100% success rate with assistance in claiming Attendance Allowance, where the individual’s sensory impairment had not developed until the later years of the person’s life.
  • The C2S programme has alleviated real day-to- day financial concerns for many deafblind/ visually impaired people.

If you would like to know more about the Welfare rights programme then you can call Helen or Riley on 0141 777 6111.

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