CHSWG Meeting Venue Change

Jo Tasker has sent this to me-

The Savoy Centre,

Northfield Road,

Netherton

Dudley

DY2 9ES

Tel: 01384 818156

Fax: 01384 818157

Email: savoy.centre@dudley.gov.uk

Please note there has been a change of venue for the CSWG meeting on Monday 17th from Landlord suite to Savoy centre. The address is above. Apologies if this causes any inconvenience but if anyone has met in the landlord suite they will know why we have changed it!

Regards

Jo Tasker

Catherine Lander

Principal Speech and Language Therapist(Hearing Impairment)

Dudley

Membership Form

            

 

 

 

Dudley Deaf Children's Society

 

As a member you and your family will be sent an invitation and a very warm welcome to all our events throughout the year.

 

Registration is easy. Please complete this form and return it to:

 

• Your Resource Base or Listen and Learn Centre, your Visiting Teacher of the Deaf, or post it to: The Membership Secretary, Mrs. Debbie Gough, 258 Wolverhampton Road, Sedgley, Dudley DY3 1RD
  

 

Name of Hearing Impaired Child

 

First Name    ……………………………. Last name…………………………………..

 

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Newsletter 19 (Feb 08)

NEWSLETTER 19 February 2008 www.ddcs.org.uk

1. MEMBERSHIP FORMS are attached. It is still FREE to join! There are
   

three additional pieces of information we require. A) Please indicate whether or not you wish your details to passed to the National Deaf Children's Society B) Permission is required for photographs to be taken and displayed C) Indicate if you would like the newsletter printed in an alternative language such as Urdu.

1. NATIONAL DEAF CHILDREN'S SOCIETY. www.ndcs.org.
2. Please log on for up-to-date information on courses, books, toys, benefits, and so much more for parents, carers and professionals.
   

3. 
   

   PRE-SCHOOL FAMILY WEEKEND 11^TH – 18^TH APRIL 2008 at The Hilton Hotel, Chepstow Road, Newport, NP18 2LX.
   

   The weekend FREE and is designed as a follow-up to the NDCS newly identified family weekend. Further details are on the NDCS website. The contact person is: Elizabeth Bryan, Wales Programme Co-ordinator, 4 Cathedral Road, Cardiff. CF11 9LJ e.mail address: elizabeth.bryan@ndcs.org.uk Phone number: 029 20373 474. Registration has to be in by 7^th March.
   

   
   

   FAMILY FUN DAY AND EXHIBITION 2008 15th
   JUNE 2008, 10.00am until 5.00pm, Crewe Hall, Weston Road, Crewe, CW1 6UZ.
   

   As in previous years there are a huge variety of activities and exhibitions on offer for all the family from toddlers to teens and parents/carers. There are indoor and outdoor activities but these may be amended if there are adverse weather conditions! More details will appear in the next newsletter, but there is funding available for us to hire a mini bus or coach. IF YOU THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO…..please complete the form at the end of the newsletter and return it as soon as possible so that we can make an application for the funding.
   

   
   

   WEEKEND FOR FAMILIES WITH NEWLY IDENTIFIED DEAF CHILDREN – BIRMINGHAM 11^TH JULY – 13^TH JULY 2008, at The Deaf Cultural Centre, Ladywood Road, Birmingham. B16 8SZ. Contact Helen Bell, Event organizer, 37a Great Charles Street, Birmingham. B3 3JY. Phone: 01212349820. e.mail: Helen.bell@ndcs.org.uk
   

   FREE to members. There are more details on the NDCS website.
   

   
   

   If you haven't got access to a computer please do contact me as I can send the necessary booking forms for each event directly to you.
   

   
   

   3. PARENTS AND TODDLERS. 10.00am until 11.30am
   

   Friday 7^th March CHILLY KIDDY'S –Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge Industrial
   

   Estate, Stourbridge,
   DY8 1JN
   

   Friday 11^th April Landlords Management Suite, Merry Hill Centre
   

   Friday 2^nd May CHILLY KIDDY'S
   

   Friday 6^th June Landlords Management Suite, Merry Hill Centre
   

   Friday 4^th July Proposed summer outing to West Midlands Safari Park.
   

   
   

   4. BEER, SKITTLES, FISH and CHIPS EVENING Saturday 2^Nd February
   

   An excellent turn-out of 19 families came for an entertaining evening of skittles, chips, fish, nuggets, sausages, …. and some liquid refreshments! The final elimination round was hotly contended between Ellie Willetts and Josh Dovey, both pupils at Ashwood Park Resource Base for the Deaf. In the end it was Ellie who won a bag of skittles to take home.
   

   WELL DONE ELLIE!!!
   

   A warm welcome to the new families who joined us for the first time …. we hope to see you again soon! We shall be looking for a bigger venue for our next event!
   

   
   

   5. HEARING IMPAIRMENT SERVICE UPDATE
   from Mrs. Gill Pillar, Head
   

   of the Hearing Impairment Service.
   In January we welcomed Mrs. Katie Tingley
   

   to the service as a Teacher of the Deaf. Katie will be based in the Listen and
   

   Learn Centre at Crestwood School.
   

   Following a consultation with parents via the Children's Hearing Services Working Group (CHSWG), the DUDLEY DEAF CHILDREN'S SOCIETY have very kindly agreed to purchase a hearing aid care kit for all families. This will help ensure that all hearing aids are maintained in good order. Workshops will be arranged so that training can be provided to use the packs. Watch this space - and many, many, thanks to the DDCS!
   

   
   

   6. EASTER EGG COMPETITION There
   are three age ranges:
   

   If you would like to comment on anything in the Newsletter – or write an article yourself – please send it or phone Shelagh James, The Education Centre, Church Street, Pensnett, Dudley, West Midlands. DY5 4HB. Phone: 01384-811747. e.mail: shelagh.james@dudley.gov.uk
   

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   Reply for the NDCS FAMILY FUN DAY and EXHIBITION 16^TH JUNE 2008, CREWE.
   

   
   

   First name……………………… Last name………………………...... Age…………
   

   
   

   Your child's school………………………………………………………………………..
   

   
   

   Parent/Carer details
   

   Title Mr / Mrs / Ms ………… Name…………………………………………………....
   

   
   

   Address…………………………………………………………………………………….
   

   
   

   Post Code…………………… Phone number…................................................
   

   
   

   Number of seats required on the bus: Adults…………… Children………………..
   

   
   

   Please return the form as soon as possible to: Mrs. Debbie Gough, 258 Wolverhampton Road, Sedgley, Dudley, West Midlands. DY3 1RU

Membership Update

            

                                                

Membership of DUDLEY DEAF CHILDREN'S SOCIETY is now

 

FREE

 

As a member you and you family will be sent an invitation and a very warm welcome to all our events throughout the year.

 

Dudley Deaf Children's Society (DDCS) is part of the National Deaf Children's Society. We are one of their 120 local groups and are a registered charity.

 

If you contact the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) in London you will be sent a package which contains information about all their services and a wealth of information leaflets. Most of their information is sent free to parents and they can give help with the many questions that you may have about deafness. There are also leaflets to help you apply for any benefits that may be available to children who have a hearing loss. You will also receive a copy of the National Deaf Children's Society quarterly Magazine. It is packed full of real-life stories as well as up-to-date news and developments.

 

Just like the NDCS, we at the DUDLEY DEAF CHILDREN'S SOCIETY
are interested in helping you as well. Whether it is for informing on Educational or Welfare issues we can try and help you. Some of the children that we help have mild or moderate hearing losses and some are severely or profoundly deaf. Some use mainly Sign Language as their only means of communication and some use just a small amount. Some are in Mainstream Schools and some are in the Resource Base at Ashwood Park Primary School or The Listen and Learn Centre at The Crestwood School. We will try and help each individual child and family in the best way that suits them.

 

As an example of some of the help that we give, some children need special telephones or a video and television which can display subtitles. The DDCS may be able to help pay for this special equipment, enabling the child to be more independent at home.

 

During the year the DDCS organise different events where families like you can meet and have fun! These events are often offered FREE to DDCS members.

 

Past outings include the Pantomimes at Wolverhampton and Stourbridge, Alton Towers, Ten-Pin Bowling, and Swimming Parties at Dudley Leisure Centre. Speakers have been to talk to parents about Cochlear Implants and in the future we hope to organise an evening to see and learn about the new Digital Hearing Aids. A crèche is provided for the younger children at these evening meetings.

 

Perhaps one of the most important ways in which the DDCS can help families like you is by providing opportunities for both parents and children the chance to MEET OTHERS and TALK! We also have a number of parents who are willing to come and have a chat with you at home or just talk on the phone.

 

The choice is entirely yours.

 

We have a web site: www.ddcs.org.uk

 

The site contains useful information about our service, current committee members, the newsletter, and forthcoming events. You can also add your own comments on the site and register as a member.

 

Thank you.

 

Dennise Thompson

Chairperson

Dudley Deaf Children's Society

 

 

YOU NOW NEED TO COMPLETE THE ENCLOSED FORM TO BE INCLUDED ON THE DDCS REGISTER.

 

Remember it is now FREE …. FREE …. FREE …. to register

 

If you do not reply you will no longer receive any further correspondence from the society and you and your family / child / children will not be included in any future outings, parties, activities which are organised or funded through the DDCS.