NEWS AND INFORMATION
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- Deaf Friendly Cricket
Deaf Friendly Football
- Family Sign Language Course
- Flickr - More DDCS Event Photographs
Cinema Subtitles
Discount Cards
DEAF FRIENDLY CRICKET
The Dorset Cricket Board are offering FREE cricket coaching sessions for anyone who is hearing impaired and interested in playing cricket. They will cater for all abilities and all ages.
The sessions will be held on:
Sunday 7th and 21st March at Sherborne School 12pm to 2.30pm and Sunday 11th and 25th April, 16th and 30th May and 13th June at Clayesmore School in Blandford.
There will be lots of FUN cricketing activities for all to get involved!
For more information and to book at place please contact Paul Warren on 07966 267348 or Greg Parsons on 07912 201508.
DEAF FRIENDLY FOOTBALL
This free monthly event is hosted by the Dorset County FA and is proving very successful. The last session was attended by approx 16 children of all ages. They had an hours training and then then split into two teams for a game.
It's great fun and they look after the smaller ones who come and play. Educational Audiologist Sam Beeling is on hand to ensure fair play. They would really welcome some girls to play as well - your child is welcome to bring a friend (deaf or hearing) if they want to.
The next session is Sunday 28th February at 2pm. It's indoor so the weather won't be a problem! Just bring your children to the The Carter Community Sports Centre in Hamworthy BH15 4BQ (in football kit) just before 2pm. For more details email the coach Todd Govan - toddgovan@dorsetfa.comor ring his mobile 07943 810606.
Please come and try this if your children like football - it really is a great team and friend building event - and its totally free - they even provide refreshments!Family Sign Language Course
Are you a parent of a deaf child aged 0-5? Are you interested in learning sign language as a family?
If so the NDCS are running free Family Sign Language Courses for families in the South West during 2010.
Find out more and register your interest at www.ndcs.org.uk/isign
View More Pictures from DDCS Events
We do not have room to show all the pictures we take at our events on our website. If any parents would like to see them you can access them on a Flickr website.
If you are interested please e-mail info@dorsetdcs.co.uk for your own personal access password.
Cinema Subtitles
We realise that many of our members would like to enjoy family days out and we have several local cinemas that can offer a range of subtitled films.
Click on the following link to access the Your Local Cinema website.
First click on the "subtitled cinema" icon, then click the "The cinemas" icon and search by your town to find the nearest subtitled films to you. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you have the option to enter your email address and town to get regular emails with local screenings.
Please make sure you double check with your local cinema before travelling as schedules are subject to change.
Some cinemas have a good range of films and times, some have a more limited range. There is an option on the page to leave positive or negative feedback with your local cinema. Please use this option as we need to tell the cinemas what we want.
You can also get a CEA card that entitles a carer to go to the cinema free of charge when accompanying a disabled person. The card costs £5 to buy and you need to send photos but I use ours regularly and save money every trip. For more details go to our Discount Cards page and click on the link. One of our committee members also finds she can get the same benefit by showing her sons Disability Register Card issued by social services.
DISCOUNT CARDS
Did you know that your deaf child is entitled to some useful discount cards that give the child, or the carer, or both discounts on - cinema admissions - rail travel - bus travel.
CINEMA DISCOUNT CARD
The card entitles a carer to free entry when they accompany the deaf child. The carer can be family or friend and the card is issued to the deaf child so a different person could accompany your child on each occasion.
If you have more than one deaf child they can each get a card and each can have a free carer accompany them.
To apply for the card, which costs £5.50 per person and is valid for 12 months, go to the following website or click on this link - www.ceacard.co.uk. The website also has a useful Q & A page to answer your queries.
To qualify for the card you will need to send a passport size photo of your deaf child and a photocopy of their entitlement letter for disability living or attendance allowance. Send this with your £5.50 cheque and the application form which you can print from their website and you should receive your card within 3 weeks.
The card is accepted by all the major cinema chains including these local cinemas -
Empire - Tower Park, Poole.
Odeon - Westover Road, Bournemouth and New Canal, Salisbury.
Cineworld - New Bond St, Weymouth and Old Station Way, Yeovil.
Please note it is not valid in some of the smaller independant local cinemas but the website has a very useful postcode search facility which tells you which of your local cinemas will accept the card (Bridport and Dorchester cinemas will accept it and so will Wells cinema)
The Dorset Deaf Childrens Society is happy to recommend this card to its members - several of our members have the cards and find them a good cost effective way to enjoy a family day out at the pictures.
The DDCS is currently involved in lobbying the major cinema chains in an attempt to get more subtitled films shown at times that suit our members - this is an ongoing process and we will keep you updated with our progress as we achieve any.
Don't forget that loop systems are available at the major cinemas for deaf and hard of hearing people wearing hearing aids or cochlear implant processors. These are of great benefit to the deaf - ask at the cinema reception or ticket booth for a loop and ask them to make sure the loop is switched on and working. For more information on what a loop system is and how it works click on this link - www.rnid.org.uk and enter LOOP SYSTEMS as a search in the top right hand corner search box.
RAIL TRAVEL DISCOUNT CARD
This card is available to all deaf children. It offers a discount off the adult rail fare for rail travel within the UK. Although it is probably cheaper to buy a child ticket anyway, the advantage comes in the fact that an accompanying carer travelling with the child gets a third of the price off as well. The card costs £14 and is valid for one year so you need to be making regular use of it or doing a longish journey to make this worthwhile. To read more or apply go to - www.disabledpersons-railcard.co.uk
DORSET BUS TRAVEL FOR FREE
Profoundly or severely deaf children can TRAVEL FOR FREE on buses within Dorset(and on journeys that finish outside Dorset but start from within Dorset).
East Dorset ,North Dorset,Purbeck and West Dorset Councils are all grouping together for this. You will need to apply for a travel card from either the West Dorset or East Dorset Council and send proof of disability and a passport style photo with their application form.
More details are available on the councils Dorset For You website and you can download the form and print it out in PDF format or get one from your council offices or click this link to go to their website - www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=546