Deafblind Scotland

Deafblind Scotland

Header Right

A A A

Home >   News

News

Deafblind Scotland Spirit Of Christmas

by

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, restrictions mean we can no longer meet in groups; play music in venues; or sing collectively.  This Christmas could be different but at Deafblind Scotland we feel there is more we can do together to bring a bit of joy to everyone’s festive season through our ‘Keeping the Spirit of Christmas Alive’ campaign.  Supporting this campaign through fundraising to make a deafblind person’s Christmas less isolated would be one way that you could join us in making this Christmas memorable for all the right reasons.

We celebrated a major milestone in Scotland this year with the 5th anniversary of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 which makes it clear that communication and human interaction need to be a right for everyone not a privilege as is often the case for deafblind people. With this in mind, we have focused this year’s celebrations around showing support for BSL through learning to sign ‘Jingle Bells’.

You can join us in this collective effort to ‘Keep the Spirit of Christmas Alive’ by brightening your friends and family’s festive season and of course have some fun along the way.

Please click here for our fundraising pack, and you can see our Youtube video of signing Jingle Bells here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD6jWipeVBo

Please do let our Fundraising team know if you would like to be involved or would like any further information. Contact details are:-

Julie Ritchie, Community Fundraiser, communityfundraiser@dbscotland.org.uk

Sarah Gillen, Trusts and Income Generation Manager, sarah.gillen@dbscotland.org.uk

Glasgow Community Lottery, Yaldi!

by

Deafblind Scotland are delighted to be part of the new Glasgow Community Lottery. You can help raise funds for Deafblind Scotland by taking part, tickets are just £1.00 per week, with a jackpot prize of £25,000!

Deafblind Scotland provides a much loved and valued service for the community.  People who are Deafblind (or severely dual sensory impaired) have substantial visual and hearing loss which causes extreme difficulty with communication, information and mobility. Deafblindness can lead to extreme levels of loneliness, boredom, stress, depression and withdrawal.

Deafblind Scotland is an award-winning national charity and Scotland’s principal authority on meeting the complex needs of individuals with acquired deafblindness. Our services include communication access advice, navigating self-directed support, information/formatting services, welfare rights support, accredited training, wellbeing activities, skills development and a specialist guide/communicator service.

We need your help so we can continue to offer and even expand our service. You’ve got to be in it to win it, so sign up here now, https://www.glasgowlottery.scot/support/deafblind-scotland

Thank you for your support and good luck!

Just Keep Going

by

We are absolutely thrilled to announce we have been awarded an amazing grant from The National Lottery Community Fund to run our Just Keep Going project. Thanks to players of #NationalLottery, our Just Keep Going project will support the mental health and wellbeing of deafblind people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A selection of deafblind members have been busy filming classes that you can do in your own home. Whether you live in Caithness or Clydebank you will be able to join Deafblind people leading the classes. All videos are subtitled and have BSL interpretation and are available on our Youtube page, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaXkbn5t0p9kd0UibHOfpjQ/playlists

We have Andy’s Crafty Classes, Gentle Chair Exercises with Alison, Arty Anne and Quizzes with Ian, so there’s lots to get involved with and enjoy.

DBS Virtual Charity Cycle

by

Our Annual Charity Millport Cycle is going virtual for 2020!
Although we’re not able to actually attend Millport for our annual cycle, we are inviting you to be there in spirit by signing up for our Virtual Cycle! Take part by choosing a 10 mile route of your choice and cycling on Saturday 05 September.
Tickets will raise much needed funds to support Deafblind People throughout Scotland, click here to register.
Please join #TeamDbScotland and share your photos on social media tagging @dbscotland.

Personal Safety DBS

by

Here is a link to a great video from The Scottish Centre for Personal Safety working in conjunction with Deafblind Scotland.  The video aims to Teach you the Law regarding self-defence, Reasonable Use of Force and Safe Practical Self Defence Skills.  Hopefully this will increase your self confidence and decrease any anxiety you may have, and any fear you may have about being attacked.

Wake Up and Smell the Roses

by

Wake Up and Smell The Roses
Over the next few weeks we will be publishing blogs from Deafblind Scotland members about life during lockdown. We hope you will enjoy, and we are delighted to issue the first blog by Issy, who has taken up gardening during lockdown.
“As someone who was born severely deaf and then went completely blind a number of years ago – one of the side-effects of all of this was that my garden had slowly turned into a jungle.
I didn’t realised how bad it had got until I actually got lost in it, lost in my own back garden how humiliating!
On several occasions I had to call on my retired guide dog and get her to guide me back to my gate or shout for my husband who would come and rescue me. So when lockdown came into being I realised I was going to be spending a lot more time getting lost in the garden and so I decided to do something about it.
Now I get lost in my own wee world of gardening and know that I can find my own way home”.

BDA Scotland Live Stream Show Thursday 02 July at 4pm

by

BDA Scotland will have a live stream show on Thursday 02 July at 4pm. The show talks about Physical Well-being and is funded by Scottish Government Well-being Fund. The guests are Trudi Collier and Mitchell Graham.

Please join and discuss Physical Well-being with us, all in BSL. Click on the link to join the show, https://www.facebook.com/BritishDeafAssociation/posts/3589844451077850

Deafblind Awareness Week 2020 – Dare to Dream

by

Deafblind Awareness Week 2020 – Dare to Dream

This year we are pulling out all the stops and celebrating Deafblind Awareness Week in a very unique way! The last couple of months have taught us to appreciate all we have and to think about others, #BeKind. Our focus this year is Dare To Dream. We want you to get involved and take up a new challenge – it’s your dream so you do what would make you happy #DareToDream.

Deafblind Scotland Ambassador, Gordon Smith will be launching our week long programme of activities for Deafblind Awareness week. People of all ages and abilities can get involved, so choose at least one challenge and support Deafblind Scotland in 2020! #DareToDream

The 7 for 7 challenge – set yourself the challenge of completing 7 activities in 7 days, sign up here. Whether you choose to walk, run or cycle, make Deafblind Awareness Week the week you will commit to completing 7 activities. Simply track your activities on your fitness tracker, or email us details of your acitivities and we will award you with a Deafblind Scotland pin badge, and a certificate to thank you for your achievements.

Red and White Week – Red and white are the colours of Deafblind Scotland. These are the colours on the cane which show that a person is deaf and blind. We would like to see you celebrating Deafblind Awareness Week by dressing in red and white. Please send your photos to our Facebook page @dbScotland and let’s celebrate great achievements and spread the word about Deafblind Scotland!

Deafblind Scotland Blindfolded Bake Off – We’ve all had lots of weeks perfecting our baking skills, so now is the time to test your skills by signing up for the Deafblind Scotland Blindfolded Bake-Off. All that’s required is a good sense of fun, and a blindfold! Create your best cake, we’ve found tray bakes or cookies to be best, perhaps even in our red and white colours, and submit your photos to our social media pages @dbscotland. A winner will be picked by Deafblind Scotland’s Chief Executive Isabella Goldie, and two of Deafblind Scotland’s cooking class students. You could even sell your fabulous bakes to raise money for Deafblind Scotland!

Dust off your football skills with our toilet roll Keepy-Uppy Challenge – Grab yourself a toilet roll and get practising and see if you can be the champion at this task. Can you keep up or even beat our attempts, it won’t be difficult? We look forward to seeing who will hold the toilet roll crown!

And more exciting announcements to come!  Get your thinking caps on – what will be your challenge?

We will be featuring deafblind people’s achievements and showing how they are winning during the lockdown. Deafblind Scotland member and Board Member, Issy has been learning to play the flute and has recently passed her grade 6 music exam. She is now studying for grade 7 and her dream is to achieve grade 8 – dare to dream and you will achieve the unimaginable! Since the lockdown, Issy has also taken up gardening and has conquered another of her dreams, a beautiful gardening plot where she can work, relax and enjoy her free time. Be inspired and make your dreams come true #DareToDream.

Thank you from Isabella Goldie, Deafblind Scotland Chief Executive

by

❤️Thank you for your support ❤️

Isabella Goldie, Deafblind Scotland Chief Executive, has made a video message to say thank you to Deafblind Scotland donors and supporters.

“I just want to say a huge thank you to all the people that have supported the work we do here at Deafblind Scotland. All the people that regularly give us money, or just occasionally give us money.

I think over the last few months we’ve all experienced the real difficulties in isolation and lockdown. For deafblind people that’s pretty much a daily experience and your money has just allowed us to reach out and to support people. People who right now have found it really difficult to cope and your continued support has done untold good.

So, at a time when it’s been really difficult for all of us, I can’t thank you enough on behalf of Deafblind Scotland but really on behalf of deafblind people thank you. It’s just amazing to know the support is out there, and also for deafblind people to know the support is out there. Thank you.”

Please see the video here,

❤️Thank you for your support ❤️Here is a message of thanks from Isabella Goldie, Deafblind Scotland Chief…

Posted by Deafblind Scotland on Monday, 8 June 2020

National Volunteer Week

by

This week is National Volunteer Week. We would like to show our appreciation to everyone who volunteers with Deafblind Scotland. We are extremely fortunate to have amazing volunteers supporting us in many different roles across our charity. Thank you 😊🌈
#NeverMoreNeeded

Deafblind Scotland Chief Executive, Isabella Goldie “It’s volunteer week and I’d just like to say hello to all of the volunteers who’ve worked with us at Deafblind Scotland over the years. We know these are really difficult times and we just hope you’re all keeping well but mainly I’d like to thank you for everything you’ve done for us. We really appreciate all the hard work.

For some of you, you work within our charity shop every single week, and others help with events and help to fundraise and I just want to let you know that this money has been really, really important right now. It’s allowed us to reach out to some of the most isolated people in our society. Some of the people that are shielding and are already very isolated even on a good day and these are not necessarily the best of days at the moment. However we can see light at the end of the tunnel and I hope you will rejoin us and rejoin the effort in supporting Deafblind Scotland. Albeit it might be socially distanced events or it might be virtual events, but there’s lots we’re going to be doing in the months to come to make sure we can continue to provide the support to all of the deafblind people across Scotland that might need it. Thank you, you’re so appreciated.”

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close

test