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North Wales Deaf Association e-bulletin December, 2014

VENUE – NWDA NEW OFFICES DATE - SATURDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2014

TIME - 10.30am to 12.30pm We have now moved to our new premises in Colwyn Bay

Come along and pop inside to have a chat about the future of the family group and have a look at our new premises at the same time, the children can do some art and craft while we talk.

Refreshments will be provided.

North Wales Deaf Association,

E-bulletin, December 2014


WHAT’S ON VENUE CYMRU, Llandudno www.venuecymru.co.uk

Signed Performances Cinderella Saturday 20 December, 2.15pm

THEATR COLWYN, Colwyn Bay www.theatrcolwyn.co.uk MOOD INDIGO (12a)

Subtitled screening December 5th, 7.30 pm THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (12a)

Subtitled screening January 6th, 7 pm THEATRE CLWYD www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk

Jack and the Beanstalk - The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto BSL Signed interpreted performance

3 January 2pm Captioned performance/Perfformiad capsiwn

10 January/Ionawr 2pm TWO DAYS ONE NIGHT (15) Subtitled: French/Isdeitlau: Ffrangeg

Start date/Dyddiad cychwyn 16/17 December/Rhagfyr 8pm

Volunteers are needed to support these collection days, if you have a couple of hours spare to help out, please contact Julia Donaldson who is organising volunteers for the events – [email protected]. Come along and practice your Sign Language – Lee one of NWDA’s BSL Tutors will be collecting on these dates!

Co-op, St Asaph 5th December from 10 am to 4 pm Bay View Shopping Centre, Colwyn Bay 7th December from 10 am to 4 pm Victoria Shopping Centre, Llandudno 13th December from 10 am to 4 pm

http://www.venuecymru.co.uk

http://www.theatrcolwyn.co.uk

http://www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk

mailto:[email protected]


Help North Wales Deaf Association raise free funds this Christmas when you shop online! Please support us at:

easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/nwdeafassoc


FREE

L. I. P. S. CLASSES

Lipreading. Information. Practical. Strategies CLASSES

L.I.P.S. Classes provide a relaxed and friendly atmosphere in which to learn, with other deaf and hard of hearing people. Everybody learns at their own pace without

pressure. Learning to lip read is a great way of building up your confidence and will help you to cope with some of those awkward situations that make you feel anxious.

How L.I.P.S. Classes can help you!

By joining a L.I.P.S. Class you can

• build up your lip-reading skills

• learn to recognise some speech movements • anticipate what’s coming next

• know how to make the best use of environmental conditions

We do so much more at classes – lip reading practice using different exercises & games. We learn about Deaf Awareness, Communication Tactics/Strategies. Also

new equipment and what is available to help with our residual hearing. We can signpost to other relevant services. We learn through discussions, sharing

experiences and have guest speakers on deaf related topics. And more importantly we have FUN.

COME ALONG, BRING A FRIEND AND TRY A CLASS

New L.I.P.S. Class beginning at our New office at Colwyn Bay see details below.

North Wales Deaf Association

77 Conway Road, Colwyn Bay

CONWY LL29 7LN

TEL: 01492 530013

MINICOM: 01492 524983

E-MAIL: [email protected]

WEB www.deafassociation.co.uk


http://www.deafassociation.co.uk



FREE L.I.P.S. Classes Spring 2015 Lipreading. Information. Practical. Strategies Classes

Spring Term

Venue Day and Time Dates Menai Bridge

The Meeting Room, St Mary’s Church, (opp

Waitrose), Ffordd Mona, Menai Bridge,

LL59 5EA

Tuesdays 2pm - 4pm

January – 13th 20th 27th February – 3th 10th 24th

March – 3rd 10th 24th

Abergele British Red Cross, Red

Cross House, North Wales Business Park,

Abergele, LL22 8LJ

Wednesdays 10am – 12 noon

January – 14th 21st 28th February – 4th 11th 25th

March – 4th 11th 18th 25th

NWDA Office 77 Conway Road

Colwyn Bay Conwy

LL29 7LN

Wednesdays 2pm – 4pm

January – 14th 21st 28th February – 4th 11th 25th

March – 4th 11th 18th 25th

Mold Parkfields Community

Centre, Ash Grove, Mold,

Flintshire, CH7 1RY

Thursdays 10am

– 12 noon

January – 15th 22th 29th February – 5th 12th 26th March – 5th 12 19th 26th

Lip-reading classes across North Wales Supported by North Wales Deaf Association

Teacher: Barbara Gillett Contact: 01745 799317 Email:[email protected] Rhyl: Morrisons supermarket Wednesdays 10 – 12 pm Wrexham: Morrisons Supermarket Tuedays 1.30 – 3.30 pm Fees may apply. Please contact the tutor for further information.

mailto:Email:[email protected]


Delivery Scam / Sgiâm Gwasanaeth Danfon Parseli Hello ,

We would like to make you aware of the below scam. With the run up to Christmas many of you will be ordering items online for delivery and we want to make sure you do not fall victim to this scam.

Reports advise that a card is posted through your door purporting to come from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a Premium rate number). If you do call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call. Anyone receiving a card with these sort of details should call Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655 or Crime Stoppers UK on 0800 555 111. It's also really important that people are aware that the premium rate number may change so please do not call any number stated on a card from PDS.

Hoffwn eich hysbysu o’r sgiâm hon. Rhwng rŵan a’r Nadolig bydd nifer ohonoch yn archebu eitemau ar-lein ac rydym eisiau sicrhau nad ydych yn dioddef oherwydd y sgiâm hon.

Yn ôl yr adroddiadau bydd cerdyn yn cael ei bostio drwy flwch llythyrau eich drws gan gwmni honedig o’r enw PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) yn awgrymu nad oedd modd iddynt ddosbarthu parsel a bod angen i chi eu ffonio ar 0906 6611911 (rhif pris uchel).

Os ydych yn ffonio’r rhif hwn ac yn clywed neges sydd wedi cael ei recordio maent eisoes wedi codi £315 am yr alwad ffôn. Dylai unrhyw un sy’n cael cerdyn gyda’r math yma o fanylion arno ffonio Adran Dwyll y Post Brenhinol ar 020 7239 6655 neu Crimestoppers ar 0800 555 111. Hefyd mae’n hynod o bwysig bod pobl yn ymwybodol y gall y rhif pris uchel newid felly plîs peidiwch â ffonio unrhyw rif sydd ar gerdyn a gewch gan PDS.

If you need to reply regarding this message, click on this email address: [email protected]



Can't make your hospital appointment? Don’t be a no-show If you cannot keep your hospital appointment, please contact BCUHB so that your slot can be used for another patient. Please call, as soon as possible, the clinic appointment clerk at the hospital on the telephone number provided in your appointment letter or contact us by email as follows: Anglesey and Gwynedd: [email protected] Conwy and Denbighshire: [email protected] Wrexham and Flintshire: [email protected] Each outpatient appointment costs the Health Board up to £150.00. If you miss an appointment and don’t tell them in advance, they can’t re-use this appointmnet and patients have to wait longer for an appointment. You may wait longer or be referred back to your GP if you fail to let them know. If you have communication support booked then please remember to ask them to contact WITS to cancel the communication support. NWDA can help - NWDA can contact them on your behalf: Tell us when your appointment is date and time Where and which department Contact number of hospital Your name Your hospital number (on letter) Please tell us if you would like a new appointment to be sent to you – Yes or No You can contact NWDA by Skype, sms, fax, phone or e mail to [email protected]






Funds raised for North Wales Deaf Association from recent activities and events

The Zip Wire event raised £554 thanks to Jackie and Julia

Snowdon Challenge to date has raised - £400.28

AGM cakes and crafts raised £93.00

Holly Cuffin completed the 13 miles Conwy half Marathoon on the 23rd November. You can still sponsor her by sending monies to our offices in Colwyn Bay or by going on line to https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/hollycuffin1

Hear to Help Drop in clinics

Llandudno Library, Penrhyn Bay, Llandudno, Conwy LL30 3HN 1st Friday per month 2 - 4

Llandudno Llandudno Hospital, Hospital Rd, Llandudno, Conwy LL30 1LB 2nd Friday per

month 1 - 3 Llandudno Llandudno Library, Mostyn Street, Llandudno,

Conwy LL30 2RS 3rd Friday per month 10 - 12

Llandudno Trinity Centre, Trinity Avenue, Llandudno, Conwy LL30 2TQ 4th Friday per month 10 - 12

Valley Valley Hotel, London Rd, Valley, Anglesey LL65 3DU 2nd Monday per month 12 - 2

Amlwch Clwb y Gorlan, off Salem St, Amlwch, Anglesey LL68 9NT 1st Tuesday per month 1 - 3

Llangefni Canolfan Ebeneser, Bridge St, Llangefni, Anglesey LL77 7PN 1st Tuesday per

month 10 - 12 Tremadog Ysbyty Alltwen, Tremadog, Gwynedd LL49 9AQ 1st Tuesday per

month 10 - 12 Dolgellau Leisure Centre, Ffordd Arran, Dolgellau, Gwynedd LL40 1LH 1st Friday per month

10 - 12 Llanrwst Hafan Gwydir, School Bank Lane, Llanrwst,

Conwy LL26 0AR 3rd Thursday per month 10 - 12

Abergele Canolfan Dewi Sant, South Parade, Pensarn, Abergele, Conwy LL22 7RG 1st Wednesday per

month 10 - 12 Mold Parkfields Community Centre, Ash Grove, Mold,

Flintshire CH7 1TB 2nd Thursday per month 10 - 12

Llangollen Llangollen Library, Castle St, Llangollen, Denbighshire LL20 8NU 2nd Friday per

month 10 - 12 Pen y Cae Community Centre, Hall St, Pen y Cae, Wrexham LL14 2RU 1st Thursday per

month 2 - 4

https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/hollycuffin1


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Community Voice

Gwrandwch/Listen

Community Voice is a 4 year National Lottery funded project which started in April 2012. The aim of the project is to help communities on Anglesey influence services, policies and decisions that affect them so their needs are better met.

Our role has been specifically to help people with hearing loss play an active part in the project. To achieve this we have been:-

• Working with people with hearing loss to empower them to engage with existing services in their area.

• Raising deaf awareness throughout the community as a whole through the provision of deaf awareness workshops

• Deaf awareness training

• Provision of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters at events

• Organise regular forum meetings across Anglesey, to discuss a variety of issues regarding services on Anglesey including problems with accessing health services and not knowing how to change the services they received.

As the project develops we will be taking these issues to the service providers themselves and giving people with hearing loss the opportunity to influence these services and change them for the better.

So far over 140 people on Anglesey have taken part in the project with us.

If you live on Anglesey, and would like to take part or, would like more information on the Community Voice Project, please contact our Community Voice project officer Lee Thomas at the NWDA Offices, or you can contact him by e-mail:-

[email protected]



North Wales Deaf Association We are having a

Volunteer Support ‘Christmas’ meeting on 12th December 2014

at our office here in Colwyn Bay to thank our Volunteers for their valued support in carrying out

their roles. If you would like to Volunteer for us

please get in touch for more information Relevant training will be given.

Fund raising, Events Ambassadors, Office duties,

IT support (e-mailing, SKYPE) Translation written English to Welsh


Now we have moved to our new offices we have found there are several things that we need and would appreciate any donations you are able to make from the list below.

Christmas Decorations - For our tree and our training room

Gardening tools, containers and pots for indoors and out. For more information, please ask Julia our Volunteer Co-ordinator

Comfy chairs for our training room – similar to those in reception.

We would like to exhibit Deaf Art Work. We have a number of walls in our new building that would be suitable for displaying pictures, paintings and drawings, which can be viewed by the people visiting our offices. Please contact NWDA is you would like to exhibit some of your work.

Information from Deaf Clubs in North Wales Llandudno Deaf Club Coffee morning From the 11th November the Llandudno Deaf Coffee Club will meet every Tuesday morning at NWDA’s new offices 77 Conway Road, Colwyn Bay LL29 7LN from 10 am to 1 pm. NWDA’s Community Support Officers will be available from 10 am to 12 noon. Come along and meet your friends old and new for a relaxing chat over coffees, teas, and cakes. Rhyl Deaf Club Meets on 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at Hafan Deg, Grange Road, Rhyl From 7pm to 10pm Denbighshire Deaf Coffee Club Meets every Friday afternoon from 2 pm to 4 pm at Hafan Deg, Grange Road, Rhyl. NWDA’s Community Support Officer will be there for appointments.


Mold Deaf Club Meets at FLVC Offices, Corlan, Wrexham Road, Mold Every Wednesday from 10 am to 12 noon Drovers Arms, Denbigh Road, Mold – Friday nights 7:30pm Wrexham Deaf Club Victoria Youth Centre, Hill Street, Wrexham, LL18 1SN – Thursday Coffee Morning from 10am.

Free Lip-reading groups with Rosemary Claydon Llandudno Junction has moved to NWDA’s new offices At 77 Conway Road, Colwyn Bay Next meeting 7th November from 2 pm to 4 pm Abergele Third Friday every month 2pm to 4pm Hafod Y Parc, Kinmel Avenue, Abergele, LL22 7LW

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77 Conway Road, Colwyn Bay

LL29 7LN

E-mail:- [email protected] Web:- www.deafassociation.co.uk

Skype: search for nwda.interpreting

Tel: 01492 530013 Fax: 01492 532615 SMS 07719410355 minicom: 01492 524983 Company Limited by Guarantee No. 2959589 - Registered Charity No.1048017


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